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These last couple of days, can congress redeem themselves by doing at least one useful thing that even they themselves admit that they would like to do? what are the odds? joining us now is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "the huffington post." thank you so much for being with us. nice to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> its almost unfathomable that we might get to the end of the year without all the baseline level stuff that always passes, the pentagon bill, the farm bill, the hou...

Thing that he says he wants to do and that his base wants him to do. >> well, you know, goldie, when you look at the fact that ryans talking about hecklers, we remember when congressman joe wilson called the president a liar in the middle of the state of the union address. now the number two republican in the senate is calling the president a liar. he says, quote, i think the current administration has taken lying to a new level. now, when you look at that and the claims hes operating imperial, ...

So, in some ways, you know, the tea party message is much better in opposition than it is in actually governing, since they dont like governing. >> ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "huffington post," thanks for being with us. nice to see you tonight. >> you, too. >> all right, it looks like congress will summon the energy to vote on at least one important issue this week, and they appear determined to do something sensible. i know, sounds weird, especially coming from me, but i might actua...

Campaign, considering that the website is doing better. a senior administration official says 750,000 people visited the site yesterday, and enrollment numbers obtained by nbc news show more than 100,000 signed up in november. let me bring in our company, molly ball, national political reporter for the atlantic, ryan grim is the huffington post washington bureau chief and an msnbc contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so the huffington post had the scoop on this pr push...

Because of immigration reform. fast and furious, not extending bush tax cuts, dream act, war in libya, gun control, benghazi. and quote, all the czars hes appointed. its amazing. >> its amazing that the kitchen sink isnt in there. >> i didnt get to it. >> maybe it is. maybe we havent looked closely enough. i think ryan grim is right about this. this has never truly been about any of these issues. this is about nullification of this president. nullification of any of his agenda thats enacted incl...

Would have been talking about bush lying his way into wars where thousands of our service members died. this is not about that. this is about delegitimatizing this president. and the second part of this is this is about winning the next election. very localized gerrmandered districts. the problem with that is the tent draws so small that they cant win a national election on this basis. and so they had better get right and get right soon, or theyre going to be sort of irrelevant for the next seve...

>> and lets get right to our panel. joining us now, dana mill bank of the washington post and ryan grim of the washington post. ill start with you, ryan. we had michael haden, former cia director, raised eyebrows this weekend when he said that edward snowden has this dooms day cache of secret intelligence hes waiting to drop on the united states. do you have any reporting on what is in said dooms day cache and should we be worried about it? >> i dont have any personal reporting. i have tried to ...

Which, of course, they have been doing the last three years, we would have much more of a consensus on health care in the first place. >> nobody tell ted cruz. thank you so much to dana mill bank and ryan grim. the president marks world aids day. more straight ahead of the but first, cybermonday today. drone drive deliverys tomorrow? you are now entering the land of the amazon. ♪ oh yes mr. postman ♪ mr. postman look and see

Fail once youve gotten to the top in the u.s. >> and just staying with you for a second, ryan, because im fascinated by what this does to the wing of the party that we have shown to be ascend ant over the last couple years, reading the tea party, meaning the more isolationist wing of the party, the rand paul part of the party. are we going to see yet another rift inside of the republican party over issues like iran? >> well, yes. i mean, you know, the -- the poll weighing is certainly not going ...

Country. >> and last word to you, margie. is there any chance there will also be a similar fragment within the democratic party, or will democrats stand behind this deal politically in order to stick with the president. >> i think that remains to be seen. what we see, at least among democrats, we know if there is a disagreement, its not -- theyre going to come to the table. its not a simple reaction, if the president is for it, im against it, that we see on the right. look, people dont want to s...