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Well, get us nowhere. but speaker boehner refuses to negotiate, this is literally his announced policy right now. he wouldnt talk to the white house. the way he sees it to jump start negotiations with obama, he would be slammed for engaging in out of sight secret talks with the president who the party doesnt trust. he will endanger his very speakership, both are simply nonstarters. this is a nonstarter to negotiate and a nonstarter to compromise. so what is left? well, the sequester is left. joi...

Today. it is crickets, as you would describe. there is nothing going on. and were sort of in a situation where everybody is in the canoe which is about to go over the water fall and nobody is paddling. what are they doing to start negotiations? nothing from either side, from what i can tell. and everybody is now moving to the next phase, which is the sequester goes into effect on friday. we see what happens, world saved, world doomed. you know, how dramatic it will be, probably not so immediatel...

Jon: republicans have been saying, where is the leadership, essentially challenging the president to come up with a plan to avoid all of these horrific things that hes been talking about, the cuts in navy ships, the release of illegal aliens and the like. it sounds like youre saying hes devoting his leadership skills to assigning blame rather than fixing the problem. >> reporter: well, i dont think there is any question. now hes scheduled to meet with congressional leadership on friday, and i do...

Over how to fund the government. at the end of march, march 27th, i believe, something called the continuing resolution. if we dont pass one the government shuts down. i dont understand how well continue to pass the resolution if we havent even figured out the sequester beforehand. it seems as though the shutdown will be likely. >> that is what the republicans are betting on. there is sort of this gaming narrative on what it will be, obama actually thinking the world will end in some ways and pe...

The best thing that happened in washington today is not going to sound like the best thing when i tell it to you. it is going to sound like a very boring thing, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testified before the senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs. and please, please, please, dont change the channel. it was great, ben bernanke, a george bush appointee, probably the single most important policy-maker, said basically. >> adventure, excitement. a jedi craves not these thi...

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We miss you on friday. you cant take fridays off from us because we dont hear "happy friday." >> i was in atlantic city for the dressage. >> really? >> what? >> thats fantastic. no idea what youre talking about. >> theres fiber in atlantic city. >> theres fiber there. we miss you. and now heres willie geist at the one "p" table. hes going to be asking you some questions about "politico." >> just to make up for it, happy wednesday. >> boom. >> well take that. lets talk a little business. "politic...

You know, mowing the lawn. everything goes in their favor. and the idea that we still have carried interest after weve been talking about it as one of these terrible loopholes for years, that you come in in the morning. and if youre investing capital, you turn on the light. you sit down at your desk. and youre taxed at a rate thats half of what i pay or, i dont know, joe, but maybe what you pay. >> oh, i pay 12%. >> such a target. >> i am a target. >> things have gotten in this crisis. look whos...

Guns that are out there in a serious way. its impossible. >> you know, though, the thing is, though, chuck todd, you could ask a question about whether americans supported toughen forcement of l enforcem are already on the books and have nra members that say amen. >> how about fully funding atf? how about getting a permanent head of the atf and not politicizing it, forcing this idea of senate confirmation which, by the way, was a poison pill that the nra wrote in order to prevent there ever bein...

Longer term bigger fix or do something with the sequester, that we punished ourselves, basically because we have been unable as a body to come together. i think that was also said, shouldnt we do the sequester in a smarter way where there is more flexibility. >> i suggested to make trade offs in the near recovery, and aligning the policy with the timing, the timing says we made progress in the very near term as far as the budget is concerned. the problem is unaddressed in the longer term. so it ...