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And tell you what i think about it. absolutely normal. for most people. >> that hadnt been said before we get too enthusiastic, although i hope that it is, its not every day you get an issue where 90% all asking for the same thing, so i hope this is a marking of the beginning of a good trend, but well see how it goes. >> and in washington, the great ryan grim of "huffington post." thank you. well be right back.

Ryan and teresa, thank you for your time. >> thank you. still ahead, rand paul talking about civil rights at a black college? what could go wrong? the answer is plenty. but first, why is the gop still dick cheneys party? thats next. asional have constipation,

Looks like tomorrow at 11:00, theres going a be a press conference between democrat and republican from west virginia. looks like some kind of compromise can come together. ryan, you were in d.c., how has the presence of the sandy hook victims altered? >> it makes it a lot harder for the same partisan games to be going on and it allows these kind of mansion and toomey talks to be going on. what im hearing from a top senate source is that they were announcing a bipartisan background check announc...

Looks like tomorrow at 11:00, theres going a be a press conference between democrat and republican from west virginia. looks like some kind of compromise can come together. ryan, you were in d.c., how has the presence of the sandy hook victims altered? >> it makes it a lot harder for the same partisan games to be going on and it allows these kind of mansion and toomey talks to be going on. fz what im hearing from a top senate source is that they were announcing a bipartisan background check anno...

Issue. he was focused on defeating the inevitable filibuster. he made sure the fight was about getting an up or down vote. which is an amazing thing when you think about how disciplined republicans have been in their lock step filibustering. that lock step discipline is crumbling on this issue. joining us from washington, ryan grim, the "huffington post" chief and errol lewis. and mark blase. ryan, the developments today, i have to say, i had been something of a skeptic from the beginning. i wok...

He made sure the fight was about getting an up or down vote. which is an amazing thing when you think about how disciplined republicans have been in their lock step filibustering. that lock step discipline is crumbling on this issue. joining us from washington, ryan grim, the "huffington post" chief and errol lewis. and mark blase. ryan, the developments today, i have to say, i had been something of a skeptic from the beginning. i woke up to being a skeptic. what has altered the dynamics to the ...

Ryan. >> yeah. thats what the republican party wants. saying that they are offering that as some sort of a concession is a strange thing to say. thats like the president saying, ive put the buffett rule out on the table and thats not popular with everybody but thats the concession that im making here. it just doesnt make any sense. ryans budget in general, you know, doesnt make sense, the numbers just simply dont add up. so the idea that that is at all a meaningful contribution to the conversati...

For this to unnormalize the filibuster. when we said the filibuster -- ill allow you to have a vote and tell you what i think about it. absolutely normal. for most people. >> that hadnt been said before we get too enthusiastic, although i hope that it is, its not every day you get an issue where 90% all asking for the same thing, so i hope this is a marking of the beginning of a good trend, but well see how it goes. >> and in washington, the great ryan grim of "huffington post." thank you. well ...

On thursday. yesterday, we talked about the gene yous of the presidents political strategy on this issue. he was focused on defeating the inevitable filibuster. he made sure the fight was about getting an up or down vote. which is an amazing thing when you think about how disciplined republicans have been in their lock step filibustering. that lock step discipline is crumbling on this issue. joining us from washington, ryan grim, the "huffington post" chief and errol lewis. and mark blase. ryan,...

Ruined economy, much like the one that mrs. thatcher inherited, what, back in 1979? >> you know, this is striking, mart martin, because usually when dick cheney opens his mouth only very sensible thoughts come out. this is really quite out of character for him. but, look, he would like, very much like his own legacy as virtually all republicans, conservatives would, to be identified with that of margaret thatcher or the idealized version of margaret thatcher. >> you mean the version. >> well, of...