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Rare voice of reason in the wilderness here said it eloquently, look, youre going the embarrass yourself, the entire fight is going to come to washington, everybody is going to lay the blame at the republicans for threatening to blow up the economy, and then you will waive. so mcconnell and those folks, it is a reality, it is maniacal, to say yes we lost the election, but we still have the leverage we can blow up the global economy and so that is how we get our agenda accomplished. this is a dem...

Absolutely will not negotiate over it. the republicans lost the perception, the first time they went through this thing, the public perception, and they would again. and i want to go to jay carney, something else he said about the economic effects of this. >> throughout the recovery, the weakest month of job creation was in august of 2011. and the primary reason for that, was because the house republicans insisted in july and june -- the insistence by them with the prospect of flirting with defa...

Smithsonian, the different bureaucracies around washington. so you know, that certainly could be where were headed. but were in uncharted territory here. >> ryan, my guess is the republicans will try to move this thing as far off the door step in the future as possible, using primarily all democratic votes in the senate, and then mostly democratic votes in the house. >> i think that would probably be john boehners favorite way of doing, i think youre right. instead of doing 30 days with a decent...

Closing down the federal government, the parks, the smithsonian, the different bureaucracies around washington. so you know, that certainly could be where were headed. but were in uncharted territory here. >> ryan, my guess is the republicans will try to move this thing as far off the door step in the future as possible, using primarily all democratic votes in the senate, and then mostly democratic votes in the house. >> i think that would probably be john boehners favorite way of doing, i think...

And newt gingrich, you know, the rare voice of reason in the wilderness here said it eloqu t eloquentle, look, youre going the embarrass yourself, the entire fight is going to come to washington, everybody is going to lay the blame at the republicans for threatening to blow up the economy, and then you will waive. so mcconnell and those folks, it is a reality, it is maniacal, to say yes we lost the election, but we still have the leverage we can blow up the global economy and so that is how we g...

>> ryan grim, thank you for joining us. thank you. and coming up, gabrielle giffords on his side. and chris christie attacked republicans again for slacking off on help for the victims of hurricane sandy. and big surprise, a mississippi congressman who begged, begged for katrina money had the nerve to vote against sandy money, which got him little bit of attention from john stewart. that is coming up. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods first day of work. and his new boss told him two t...

Said he will not negotiate over increasing the debt ceiling. youre saying despite whatever the business community thinks, you may have to push it to the brink once again? >> well, what were saying here is the problem, the biggest problem confronting the country is our excessive spending. >> and even house speaker john boehner conceded in a recent interview with "the wall street journal," that the debt is one point of leverage but not the ultimate leverage. joining me now, ryan grim, it sounds to...

Victims in chicago were african-american. i mean, this is a slow motion massacre that people dont pay attention to. if newtown prompts a broader discussion about guns weaponry, the breakdown of societial structures in this country, mental health resources, then good, but the question is, ryan, is this time different? >> i think it is different, but this really all comes back to the criminal justice system because, yes, everybody else has mental illness problems across the world. nobody treats th...

Joining us today political analyst and georgetown university professor the golden throat michael eric dyson. huffington post, washington bureau chief ryan grim, katrina van den hoogel is publisher of the nation and krbt for bloomberg businessweek josh green. the hearing for chuck hagel hasnt even begun, but some senators are already cast theiring ballots against him. so far six senators have openly said they will not vote to confirm him. senators john cornyn, lindsey graham, tom coburn ted cruz ...

Capitol hill is empty this week as congress is on recess, or, rather, a constituent workweek. it is time for congressmen and women to travel home, meet and hear from their constituents, or for the speaker of the house its a time to fly down to florida for the bcs national championship football game and according to politico, have drinks at this place, outdoor tiki bar at the lodge and spa in the florida keys. it does look like a nice play for a pina colada. congress was in session for a whopping...