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Discretionary spending cuts the democrats will hate. those dreaded triggered cuts, the ones that each party will hate, are supposed to provide the incentive for the super committee to come up with something smarter, something more acceptable to both parties. but what if the automatically triggered cuts are not so automatic after all? joining me now is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "huffington post" who wrote about this today. ryan, thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> ryan...

Want to get cut so they wont get touched. youll have the next year-plus to start talking about how youre going to do -- how youre going to do all of this together. the debt ceiling, the bush tax cuts that obama extended and also these supposed automatic cuts. so all of thats going to get put together and will get worked out probably sometime in the lame duck. >> well, ryan, isnt it even specifically designed to be done in the lame duck session? the super committee isnt even expected to report un...

Structural policy work in these very short amount of time and so everythings just going to come together. and i talked to a bunch of senators and laid this scenario out to them and overwhelmingly they said, yes, thats right. thats when its going to come together. so what were going to have, were going to have deadlock now and thats probably a good thing for all sides, the republicans dont want taxes so they wont get tax increases. democrats dont want cuts. they wont get cuts. god knows the penta...

Call them. super committee, congress, whatever you want to call them. what they were supposed to cut. so, you know, basically we have a lot of theater right now. >> yeah, on january 1st, at that point, the bush rates expire and you would raise $4 trillion over 10 years without anybody legislating anything. were going to do a lot more on this. ryan grim of "the huffington post." thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thank you. coming up, you heard it here last night and the president h...

Very short amount of time and so everythings just going to come together. and i talked to a bunch of senators and laid this scenario out to them and overwhelmingly they said, yes, thats right. thats when its going to come together. so what were going to have, were going to have deadlock now and thats probably a good thing for all sides, the republicans dont want taxes so they wont get tax increases. democrats dont want cuts. they wont get cuts. god knows the pentagon doesnt want to get cut so th...

Thanks for joining me tonight, howard. >> thanks, lawrence. coming up, how the constitutionality of the health care reform bill will dominate the presidential campaign next year. and later, what "the huffington post" reports as the super lie behind the super committee. ryan grim joins me with the details. why do we have aflac... aflac... and major medical? major medical, boyyyy! [ beatboxing ] ♪ i help pay the doctor ♪ aint that enough for you? ♪ there are things major medical doesnt d...

The incentive for the super committee to come up with something smarter, something more acceptable to both parties. but what if the automatically triggered cuts are not so automatic after all? joining me now is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "huffington post" who wrote about this today. ryan, thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> ryan, the title of your piece today, "super committees, cuts, anything but automatic." what did we miss here? how did they sneak by us? how are the...

Nobody thinks that chris christ yaes made up his mind, some of his closest people are asking around, if the governor were to decide to do this, might you possibly be available to help? >> howard, quickly before you go. i need you to place your bet. will he or wont he, will christie run? >> no, in the end he wont for the reason steve said. i think hes a master of timing and i think he realizes this probably isnt quite his time. >> howard fineman of "the huffington post" and msnbc. thanks for join...

Operating on this intellectual level. >> well, its an admission of being in trouble for him to call congressman paul ryan and apologize to him. that certainly is not in gingrichs dna. great to have you with us tonight, ryan grim. appreciate your time. remember to answer tonights question at the bottom of the screen. want to know what you think. coming up, there is a special election in upstate new york. ill talk to a supporter of the republican in that race. his name? carl paladino, professor co...

2008, is, you know, disingenuous for somebody who claims to be operating on this intellectual level. >> well, its an admission of being in trouble for him to call congressman paul ryan and apologize to him. that certainly is not in gingrichs dna. great to have you with us tonight, ryan grim. appreciate your time. remember to answer tonights question at the bottom of the screen. want to know what you think. coming up, there is a special election in upstate new york. ill talk to a supporter of the...