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Were talking about permission to pay the bills weve already acquired. >> let me ask congressman cole about negotiation. everybody likes negotiation, we have a system of government that requires it in certain circumstances. theres a budget process in which a budget gets passed by the house, a budget gets passed by the senate, and they appoint people to a conference committee, where they hash it out. and the house refuses to appoint conferrees to that conference committee, saying they wont negotia...

Everybody likes negotiation, we have a system of government that requires it in certain circumstances. theres a budget process in which a budget gets passed by the house, a budget gets passed by the senate, and they appoint people to a conference committee, where they hash it out. and the house refuses to appoint conferrees to that conference committee, saying they wont negotiate on the budget. why not negotiate through the normal channels rather than -- >> i think theres always a pre-negotiatio...

At the enof the day when you look at chris christies actions, what they always come back to is whats good for chris christie? national pundits keep talking about him as a candidate, but the way he conducts himself is always about what will help me most in new jersey. whether its the medicate funding or supporting the president on sandy. lets look at the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll numbers, views of chris christie by party, you see a clear breakdown there, the positives and negatives. h...

Little bit. but in a close race, those kind of things have an impact. >> if i could say one thing about the economy, though. remember, peoples attitudes about the economy and the individual states, they are not just looking at their state, in ohio, people say they credit kasich, rather than obama for the jobs. people look at the nations economy, the slow growth. the rate we are going, it will take us 3 more years to get back to the level of employment we had when the recession begone with a 7-ye...

Voters angry, uncomfortable, get them to come up because they hate the guy. the problem is not enough americans hate barack obama -- >> ill tell you what im impressed by is obama bringing in the cavalry. he brought in colin powell. said are you going to endorse or not, and he wouldnt tell me. just at the right time. he got bloomberg coming out -- >> and by the way -- >> now the biggest endorsement you can get, the best surrogate on this planet is bill clinton. the former president has been all o...

In the cavalry. he brought in colin powell. i bumped into him about a month ago and said, are you going to endorse him or not? he want tell me. just at the right time. he got bloomberg coming out -- >> and by the way -- >> now the biggest endorsement you can get, the best surrogate on this planet is bill clinton. the former president has been all over the country for obama. hes lost his voice hes working so hard. here he was in florida today. lets take a look. five stops down there. >> what pres...

Not, and he wouldnt tell me. just at the right time. he got bloomberg coming out -- >> and by the way -- >> now the biggest endorsement you can get, the best surrogate on this planet is bill clinton. the former president has been all over the country for obama. hes lost his voice hes working so hard. here he was in florida today. lets take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, im always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new...

We showed you the averages of the polls from battleground states. lets take a look at some individual numbers. in wisconsin our new nbc news/"wall street journal"/maris poll shows obama with a three-point lead. in new hampshire our poll has the president two points ahead. in iowa our poll has president obama up by six, 50%, 44%. in colorado a new cnn/opinion research poll shows the president leading by two. finally to michigan where a new epic poll shows the president ahead by six, 48%, 42%. wel...

Bachmann look like a hippie. >> thats a hell of a push. thank you for coming on, senator mccaskill. good luck in your race. weve had you on our show so many years. hope to have you on next year. >> thanks. >> president obama has garnered praise and endorsements following his handling of hurricane sandy. could it win him the election? this is "hardball," the place for politics. the distances arent getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the new 2013 ram 1500. ♪ with the best-in-class...

Out of the senate? well ask her a little later. also, the presidents response to the devastation caused by sandy earned him praise by governor chris christie and other east coast leaders. 78% of americans also think he did a good or excellent job dealing with the storm. could the storm be the pivotal moment, the black swan in the race? let me finish with the bottom line on this election eve and i ask this to everybody, fair question, is obama a good president? think about it. this is "hardba...