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Struck me as the president in complete triumph, just complete wipeout of the republicans on this, just not wanting to just, spike the, the football on them. >> i agree with you, lawrence. look, everybody understands. john boehner said total surrender. thats what they did. they got nothing. they literally held up the government for 17 days, they got absolutely nothing. and the president knows that he completely vanquished them. however, theyre now about to go into a, a negotiation over the budget...

Surrender. thats what they did. they got nothing. they literally held up the government for 17 days, they got absolutely nothing. and the president knows that he completely vanquished them. however, theyre now about to go into a, a negotiation over the budget. and i mean, maybe it is because, i just got finished the book last week. looking at it in the sense. >> thats "tipping the gipper" by chris matthews. do not cite the book without the word chris matthews. >> all right. just for a minute. li...

Way he was speaking right after his re-election when he first started to say "i will not bargain in any way on the debt ceiling." >> yeah, absolutely. i think that the big narrative on the right was that they just didnt believe that barack obama. when he said that after the election. yeah, whatever. they were still thinking about the narrative of 2011 when he actually in the end did cut a deal to avoid going over the debt limit. this was a president who was really saying, straight forwardly, no,...

But to get back on track here, thats so much for the corrections. joy, the president was really forceful today and what struck me about his tone in the speech is -- it was identical to the way he was speaking right after his re-election when he first started to say "i will not bargain in any way on the debt ceiling." >> yeah, absolutely. i think that the big narrative on the right was that they just didnt believe that barack obama. when he said that after the election. yeah, whatever. they were ...

Battle with president obama and the democrats that ended in the republicans total surrender. today, mitch mcconnell said that the next time around "a government shut down is off the table. were not going to do it." senator mcconnell said that in a frank interview with robert costa for the national review online. senator mcconnell said, one of my favorite sayings, an old kentucky saying, theres no education in the second kick of a mule. when robert costa asked mcconnell, when did you know this st...

Think its surrender, congressman, when you go into a fight knowing that youre going to lose the battle. we knew ahead of time we were going to lose a battle. >> oh, now. [ overlapping speakers ] >> congressman, you asked mark for his plan so let mark say his plan. >> okay. give me your plan. >> the plan would be to argue on the merits of what paul ryan was suggesting. we could have talked about mean testing medicare, change cbi and entitle cuts and talk about budget issues which is what republic...

And he has provided all of that for the american people. unfortunately, because of the fight, the american people are taking it in the shorts. >> mark, youre from texas as well. is that how you see it? did ted cruz accomplish something? >> i disagree with almost everything. i think the only thing he accomplished was gaining more supporters and fundraising for himself. but did absolutely nothing for the country and did a lot of harm for the republican party. i think hes basically burned down the ...

Exasperation with the illogical and irrational positions that some republicans have staked out over the last few years. >> we hear some members who pushed for the shutdown saying they were do it to save the american economy. but nothing has done more to undermine our economy these past three years than the kind of tactics that create these manufactured crises. >> and yet listening to several republicans, even after their complete surrender last night, it seems that theyre not just irrational, ma...

Supreme court decision. i dont look for surrender, what i look for is some kind of reconciliation. if it wasnt going to be this issue, it would be another issue, thomas. no question about it. they went after the aca, they were unsuccessful, they know they lost to put it in their terms, but we look at it as something that we should be trying to help this act along, make it better, improve upon it. some states are doing very well. some states that have preferred the federal government are not doin...

We should finish the job of fixing our broken immigration system. number three, we should pass a farm bill, one that american farmers and ranchers can depend on. >> the deal is being described as a fools errand or worse surrender. yesterdays deal to open the government for three months and raise the debt limit until february, was it a victory for democrats? democrats seemed to think so. senator schumer had nothing but praise for the commander in chief. >> every time i saw the president, must hav...