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Campaign, but, you know, maybe hes right. i mean, the fever cant go on forever. it has to break at some point. you know, either it breaks or their entire party breaks. you cant continue being a party that ignores, you know, national election results as demint said that the party wants to do. you know, you cant go in and say, if we win, then we have a mandate, but if we lose then the other side doesnt have a mandate. you can only be divorced from reality for so many years. so, you know, whether i...

>> its absolutely true. but, again, we have to get to a point where were not just accountable to rush limbaugh and fox news and all of the other pundit stations and, you know, the types of propaganda that some of the people in the republican party put out. we have to get to the place where our elected officials are serving their constituencies in total, not just portions of the constituency. >> i pray that was the case. ryan, the president basically in the interview that he doesnt -- he says he ...

Than ten rounds, something the vice president focused on in a google chat. >> i am much less concerned, quite frankly, about what you would call an assault weapon than i am about magazines and the number of rounds that can be held in a magazine. >> i want to bring in "usa todays" washington bureau chief susan paige and the huffington post washington bureau chief ryan grim. >> the national mood has changed if you look at the polls. 53% of people have a favorable view of the presidents plan. look ...

I think they should have all the time it needs to get up on the floor and state their case. i suspect minority rights. but the american people are hurting. they want action. we cant -- we cannot address the major issues if we continue to need 60 votes and the legislation yesterday did not deal with that issue. >> senator bernie sanders, always good to have you on the program. thank you. >> thank you. >> ryan, he wasnt alone in voting no. a lot of people have concern about this filibuster bill, t...

And, ryan, were also seeing even the opposition to health care lose its theme among republicans. michelle bachmanns repeal bill initially couldnt even find sponsors. governor jan bruin, the latest cave on medicare expansion in arizona. and speaker boehner even calls it the law of the land. these are the people whose main goal in unseating president obama was to go after the health care act. now, theyve even weakened on that. >> right. and one of the key divisions within the republican party is, ...

And ryan grim, editor for "the washington post." joy, let me start with you. the gop finally blinked. >> look, they were going to raise the debt ceiling. >> take us hostage? >> no, you know what, they were always going to raise the debt ceiling. they knew it. everyone knew it. the president wasnt even taking their calls on this issue. he was like you can call me if you want to talk, but not about the debt ceiling. they understood they couldnt negotiate. and at the end of the day, the only reas...

In the house for the foreseeable future. and the other candidate that looked at the 2012 election and said were on the wrong side of the demographic and political shifts that are happening here. what can we do to change the course of this. but the problem is that there are a ton of republicans who are just fine with controlling the house, controlling a lot of governors mansions, controlling the kind of consultantcy corporations. a lot of people are doing very well by this status quo. >> especial...

Brin brin brin brin brinksmanship again. >> clearly, they dont have the same motive. >> right. >> ryan, speaker boehner said yesterday that the president is trying to destroy the gop. listen. >> were expecting over the next 22 months, to be the focus of this administration. as they attempt to annihilate the republican party. and let me just tell you, i do believe that is in his circle, to shove us into the dust bin of history. >> thats pretty strong words, particularly since some believe theyre ...

Being all hung up about the debt and deficit. he didnt go on and on, even in his speech about the convention, he talked about a $4 trillion deal. if this is an indication of where he is going, were done with it. >> i want to see what he says about the state of the union. this has to be jointly -- >> well have you back. >> thank you. >> no, this is an inauguration night. >> i promise original thoughts when we come back for it. >> dont start to reach into a future episode of this show. the comedy ...

Because youre going to lose it. dont create a national crisis around this that will only wind up with you caving. so just do it quietly, early, the sooner you do it the less attention and less people notice that you -- that all of this happened. >> so the only thing i would say about all of this, some of us have this sense of relief when we dealt with the fiscal curve. and now with the debt ceiling, if we blow through these without a crisis were all going to you know, wipe our brows and say that...