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Four kids too. >> theres only a couple places in the country somebody would look at $400,000 and think its extremely wealthy. >> even in washington, d.c. if you make $400,000 for a couple youre rich. >> this weekend the presidents been a tough negotiator. as you said with republicans. i think hes been tough. the general reports about one meeting with boehner, quote, at one point according to notes taken by a participant, mr. boehner said i put $800 billion in tax revenue on the table. what do i ...

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 about this. the freedom works is important to the tea party. >> we want matt kibbe back here. >> the group collapses, its bad for the tea party, its good for the people who dont like the tea party. >> i want them to get out of the way of government work. thats my number one concern. >> happy new year, i mean it. ...

>> its editorial pages and straight paper. did you get the sense this is a little tilted towards the republicans because of the sourcing? just about the way they admitted the source. didnt the obama people say we didnt want to participate in this because they thought it would harm the negotiations in progress? >> mark from politico had extra reporter around that. the president was saying when he said i get the $800 billion for free was pointing out people like johnny isaacson, tom cole in the ho...

Say in australia now. saying when congress wrote the cliff, defined it, spend cuts, increases on income, tax increase on state. they wrote it up as this horrible thing that nobody would want to face. either side, right? they designed it that way. now theyre walking right over that cliff. over niagra falls. explain. >> its like congress is on pluto and were all on earth. they say they want deficit reduction. if you go over the cliff, you get deficit reduction, you just dont get it in the responsi...

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 his cabinet the way he wants. and the only reason that a nominee would be knocked back, if there is some question of gross ethical, legal, or moral constraints. and were seein...

Hormel who is a great leader and i think hagel has incredible regret for those comments he made 14 years ago, havent been sought. i told human rights campaign invite hagel to speak at a record. reach out to him. >> we always get -- i get into this. everybody knows i get into this. you say something the wrong b way. he referred to them as aggressively homosexual. what he meant was hes a gay rights advocate. its not in his personal life. all he was accused the guy of is believing deeply in the rig...

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 these people who are not normally part of the gay silo. if youre not an advocate and starting out there, sometimes...

How about an answer on that one? whats going to protect these guys more? the low expectations people have about them getting anything done or failing to do what they set out to do. they all set the deadline. they have the -- what do you call it. the stakes are clear, the payroll taxes, income taxes, you 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 aga...

Its a story about an actual shaggy dog. apparently on vacation old mitt 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...

>> hes got to make a decision. obama has either got to nominate him when he gets back to washington tomorrow or move on. >> 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 becaus...