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With people in the middle politically. theyd say why does he say it that way? might sound like a small point to others, but the ones who learn their lingo of politics, its important. your thoughts. >> i think tom friedman got it beautifully right in the new york times today -- >> hes pro-hagel. >> yeah. hes pro-hagel, but i think it took him awhile to get there. i think hes demonstrated right away the view of the jewish-american look on him is not monolithic. which he hadnt used, i think he was ...

Strapped his dog to the roof of the car. >> its me your jewish friend sarah. can you believe its election time again? time to go to the polling place, cross your name off the list and vote. but this year its not going to be that easy because there are these brand new super [ bleep ] up laws as a way to prevent voter fraud but are in fact designed to make it hard for specific people to vote. black people, elderly people, poor people, and students. i wonder what those demographics have in common. ...

I have grown. ive moved from being skeptical to being all for it. i think im like so many people on that subject. especially younger people. and to hold a guy to what he said back at doing dont ask dont tell as national policy and say theres something wrong with this guys thinking, i think that is unfair. >> i think, you know, that was 14 years ago. and i think that one of the things that ive tried to encourage the human rights campaign and other gay rights groups to do is begin reaching out to ...

>> it sounds like these guys are sick of each other. >> is that something you can report that they dont like each other, they talk like guys on a street corner? >> theyll all say they like each other. >> do they talk like guys toughing it out on the street corner? >> i think they do sometimes. >> whats amazing about that story in the journal is theyre still having a conversation. >> its editorial pages and straight paper. did you get the sense this is a little tilted towards the republicans beca...

That way? might sound like a small point to others, but the ones who learn their lingo of politics, its important. your thoughts. >> i think tom friedman got it beautifully right in the new york times today -- >> hes pro-hagel. >> yeah. hes pro-hagel, but i think it took him awhile to get there. i think hes demonstrated right away the view of the jewish-american look on him is not monolithic. which he hadnt used, i think he was trying to say this was a difficult discussion to have in washington....

Republicans who said look. we ought to get this done for the middle class. i think obama was saying to boehner look, i dont need to give that. >> $700 billion just for getting the middle class tax through. just for that. yeah. >> this is what he told his members in the congress. because of stories like this, that can paint the picture to the voters that obamas not playing ball. >> trying to explain this to somebody from pluto. say in australia now. saying when congress wrote the cliff, defined i...

Name it. they put it all together. and if they blow it, whos going to get hurt the most? >> well, i think the republicans right now are hammering themselves in the foot over and over and over again. at some point they may figure out how to stop doing that. but in the short-term doesnt look like thats happening. i think the low expectations right now are only helpful to them if they can get a deal done. its not clear that can happen. they may even fall short of these low expectations theyve had f...

Accountable way. its like chopping off on arm. >> like says i want a shower, im going to niagra falls. >> they still cant get it done. were dysfunctional. no other explanation. >> i think they can stop the roller coaster and make it go. theyre doing a dance now because republicans dont want to do something to rates. obama wants to play hardball. but i think theyll have a different argument later in the year. >> i guess both believe its better to go over the falls than cut a deal thats going to h...

And i sat here -- and i once sat here while dick armey told me he was glad he couldnt be married to me. hes a grister, not an attractive or decent -- i dont have a dog in the fight i came on tv to talk about politics. i think hes a jerk, his wife came with him and shes a big jerk. i say a pox on all their houses. im glad theyre shooting at each other and not the rest of america. >> thats why i like you. >> by the way, im only saying, i dont think hes a crook. >> the big point is, and joans right...

>> is this the vetting process weve got now? in other words, the president doesnt decide who to pick. he gets an idea, a hunch, puts their name out there and see how it rides. is that a good process? >> no. its a particularly cruel process to everybody involved. weve used the phrase borking. weve gotten around to the notion we have to do this with supreme court justices because its opposed for life. but until recently, the president was given the leeway that he gets to run his administration and...