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Issue issue? >> its hard to measure. the one thing we know for sure is theres maybe 70 or so, 60 or 70 hardcore ideologues. the rest could go either way. 28 of them basically went with us because the speaker knew he had to deliver those votes, but from what weve seen in the past, you know, theres i think a working majority between the democrats and i think still a majority of republicans, but its a weak majority. its a majority thats afraid of their own districts of afraid of interest groups, bu...

Doesnt he in fact have a solid working majority of the senate and couldnt they start from there trying to be positive about dealing with the congress? >> the arithmetic is simple, 5 democrats, it takes 60 to get things done. theres 45 republican, it takes 15 more democrats to work with the republicans. we have to work together. joe and i understand that. maybe we should have had both democrats and republicans at the white house having a martini together. >> there are a lot of bills that senator ...

Percent. we go into the fourth quarter weaker than we wanted, and that is an important part of the year, holiday spending. number two, federal reserve tapering probably off the table for 2013. probably off the table for much of 2014. we take the brunt of this economic slowdown. >> i dont think the era is over. john boehner does not have a working majority without 30 or 40 of those hard-liners who are not challenged in their own district. i do think, though, theyve learned a lesson that they have...

gripping a huge part of the country right now. hot and hotter. thats what the national weather service says that we can expect for the next several days, and you need it know this. at least 16 states under heat advisories or warnings today. adding to the misery, nearly 2 million people without electricity in the d.c. area and surrounding states. deadly storms battered that area over the weekend killing at least 16 people. our brian todd is outside in that heat in the d.c. suburb of whe...

Realize that if production is separated from innovation, that were not going to be inventing the next great thing necessarily, the more people will come to manufacturing. i think we can overcome that. the china currency vote is the perfect example. i think a lot of new members of congress influenced by the tear party uchbds that manufacturing in america goes hand in hand, and i think they can stand up to the interests. i know a lot of democrats are prepared to do it. i think we have a solid work...

>> it didnt start the rancoring. i will concede the issue of balancing the budget was c contentious then and contentious today. >> the discussion is about a middle class out there suffering and an elitist bunch inside the beltway that is talking about hey, maybe well only work three or four weeks between the end of the year. you know that doesnt play well, tony. >> what were really talking about after the election should we have a lame duck session. and a lame duck session, if the congress doesn...

Administration like maybe carol browner and people. i mean, how can this be good for britain? we were promised that david cameron the conservative leader, his new brand of touchy feely conservativism is the one that was going to sway the electorate to vote conservative this time. it didnt happen that way. >> didnt the parliament increase the number of conservatives by 90 or something like that? >> absolutely. david cameron conserved his one majority but it wasnt a working majority and thats the ...

Through today. of course, yesterday, the stock market teetered, first because of greece and then because somebody pressed an "b" instead of an "m." and then, katty kay, britain held an election, the first time since 1974, looks like great britain will have a hung parliament. >> all those people that thought we had the rise of a third party in britain and nick clegg was going to do well, that was the big disappointment of the evening. he didnt do well. those here thinking as independen independen...

>> the economy takes a hit. probably about six-tenths of a percent. we go into the fourth quarter weaker than we wanted, and that is an important part of the year, holiday spending. number two, federal reserve tapering probably off the table for 2013. probably off the table for much of 2014. we take the brunt of this economic slowdown. >> i dont think the era of the tea party is over. john boehner does not have a working majority without 30 or 40 of those hard-liners who are not challenged in th...

Percent. we go into the fourth quarter weaker than we wanted, and that is an important part of the year, holiday spending. number two, federal reserve tapering probably off the table for 2013. probably off the table for much of 2014. we take the brunt of this economic slowdown. >> i dont think the era is over. john boehner does not have a working majority without 30 or 40 of those hard-liners who are not challenged in their own district. i do think, though, theyve learned a lesson that they have...