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Democrats and some republicans being outmaneuvered by the president who fashions himself as the ultimate negotiator? >> i am not sure if thats the case. you have the president not doing much in the shutdown situation. we havent seen shim publicly since friday afternoon and the proposals hes putting on the table on his twitter account like earning the filibuster in the senate are non starters. as far as getting deals done, hes on the phone with chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. but so far we hav...

They see him doing it, and they like it. if you want to relate it back to the shutdown situation, i mean, i think one of the questions everyone is trying to get at is, is president trump going to be blamed for the shutdown? one, right now, only 30% of the country approved of him. those people are not going to blame him for the shutdown. so, yes, while i think mitch mcconnell would like leadership from president trump, he sees the people who like him think he is playing it right, and there isnt r...

Democrats to work with him to avoid this. as of the republicans -- the polling shows that they take the blame. no matter who is pulling the levers. >> well, yes and no. america in the era of full partisan tribalism, everybody takes the blame. there is -- i will put it this way, there is enough blame to go around. certainly, the preponderance of the blame falls on the republicans because they control the executive branch in both houses of the legislature. we should also point out that the militar...

Avoid this. as of the republicans -- the polling shows that they take the blame. no matter who is pulling the levers. >> well, yes and no. america in the era of full partisan tribalism, everybody takes the blame. there is -- i will put it this way, there is enough blame to go around. certainly, the preponderance of the blame falls on the republicans because they control the executive branch in both houses of the legislature. we should also point out that the military is not affected by a governm...

Five months ago they had said, listen, we have these broad goals, were going to have a new administration, lets wait until april. well, it is april. there is a new administration. do we have any proof that theyre going to get these things accomplished? >> its going to be difficult especially because the white house has jumped into these negotiations and said we want funding for our border wall, we want language on sanctuary cities included in this funding measure. these are all poison pills for ...

>> so there isnt any leadership. and speaker boehner doesnt dare endorse anybody. first of all, hes weak. secondly, it would be counterproduct in, i think, were he to say i want kevin mccarthy. hes being squarefcareful about. what is the strategy? the tea party people may well have enough juice in the house to force a shutdown situation. and if you know these people, if you talk to them, interviewing them in the hallways, you know that shutting the government down is what they want to do. its co...

We have a very real chance of a debt ceiling fight that will bring us close to or even, you know, into some sort of shutdown situation. so the notion that this has settled a lot is sort of a wonderful nonsense of the holiday season. >> absolutely. to that point, kate, one of the things i thought was interesting this morning was the sound we just played of congressman paul ryan making it clear. i mean, theres been so much about how this means theres not going to be a government shutdown. thats wh...

Together because there are real issues that need to be addressed with our health care system. certainly this is not the answer. >> in an election year with a 22% approval rating for the party -- and by the way, a low approval rating for congress in general, it is not a great place to start, and its clear that what democrats want to campaign on is that republicans are blocking everything that we want to do, and what republicans want top campaign on is obama care is a disaster, and its not going t...

Context of inner branch relations. some scholars, some law professors have argued that at a certain point, this kind of threat, while not technically unconstitutional under precedent, is extra constitutional. tell us about that. >> absolutely. the executive and legislative branches need at least a minimal level of cooperation. look at what it was -- at how president obama could not perform his constitutional functions of engaging in diplomacy, and he couldnt go to this very important asian confe...

Been running at a slower pace and not doing what it should be doing in recession times any way. goldsie is right all federal loans are going to be gone if the government shuts down. the federal government buys things in bulk and gets them for affordable. but now, in a furlough and a shutdown situation, essentially the federal government will be buying certain things almost as if its retail. this costs more. its not saving us any money. >> right. it seems so hollow. theyre so concerned about cutt...