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Damage for themselves before they voted. >> yeah. they have an idea of what they think the northeast is. it goes back to age old countryside versus city rivalry. so they think everything is manhattan. when they actually -- when he actually toured it and saw these are americans just like people in mississippi that they also need help. and, you know, the republicans would be wise to remember theyre on the winning end of a very good deal here. if the federal government just vanished, the northeast ...

Lets go ahead, lets -- lets do the fiscal cliff. and lets take it to them on the debt ceiling. that is what well do on the debt limit. that is where well fight the battle. that is where were take it to obama, that is where well make him pay and get the spending cuts. remember that? that is where were at. were now at the debt limit. and guess what? this is not the time to fight this battle. we cant win anything on the debt limit. and when we get to march and the continuing resolution -- you know ...

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 was good. you know, politics was working. no, wrong, the fact that we have been dealing with these crises when there is a real economy out there that actually demands policy...

This, that means something probably good is happening in politics. >> yes, yes. >> and kind of -- you are really seeing a division within the republicans, obviously, between those who are just very stuck in kind of a mentality towards their base that is obviously very destructive towards that of the broader nation. and a bunch of others who kind of figure a couple of other things, one, we would like to stick around here and maybe win some election. and two, perhaps pushing wound after wound on t...

Really not what folks sent us here to do. >> and ryan, the funny thing about this, this can end up being perceived as some sort of republican cave when they never should have taken a party position against raising the debt ceiling in the first place. so that doing the rational thing could actually simply look rational when they chose to do it. >> right, exactly. they -- if they had never made a big deal about this to begin with then they wouldnt be in this situation. now, obama kind of aided and...

Painful footage watching him scold america about asking about the doping. >> now he has gone to the confessional of oprah. well see how america responds. >> well be monitoring that, you and i, my friend, im sure in the coming days. today on our show, president obama is readying for a fight on the debt ceiling, or maybe not. will he be able to coax republicans in congress to do something, anything, or will the party of no take a page from its 2011 playbook? well dance on the debt ceiling with and...

Johns, and manufacturing. if you are a manufacturing a car, and you think you are competing against or electronics and you are competing against some other country where theyre paying their people next to nothing, thats a different story. the kind of thing were talking about here is you cant -- theres -- youre not going to papa johns in china to get your pizza, right? >> or if you are, you are very wealthy, incredibly wealthy. >> and the 14 cents is not a problem. >> because the hospitality indu...

I encourage everybody to read "the "new york times"." the fact that robots are -- its not a good thing to the american worker. they tried to replace me as a robot, but i have stood firm, everyone. matthew, sorry we have to cut it off there. we hope to have you back sometime very, very soon. thanks for joining us. >> coming up, lance armstrong is just the latest elite athlete offering a maya kulpa for his misdeeds. so is ryan grim. well look at the armstrong confession and another case of fallen ...

Skilled worker visas, and were decreasing -- >> in the republican party thats a huge issue. actually on both sides. that is one piece where you wouldnt see them in disagreement, except in the business community. >> ryan -- >> andrew. >> go ahead, jose. go ahead. >> no. i was just going to say its not only highly skilled workers in business theyre looking for. theyre also looking for the people that will come in august in arizona to pick peppers at 110 degrees outside, and those jobs are required...

Him some credit for that, but i dont understand why anybody would make a deal with him. thats what i cannot figure out for the life of me, and i dont think this is tiger woods. i dont think this is -- i dont think theres a comparable situation where you look at somebody who has had a problem with this and you think, wow, theyre going to be able to go again in the future. i dont understand why he still wants to be in sports and why he thinks there will be fans that will support him. >> he has ten...