i think the american people are tired of it. we will come to a deal eventually, but it's coming at a great cost. >> who gets a better deal right now, would it be the president or the republicans, who wins, assuming this deal dana has been reporting and that we have been reporting, fund the government through january 15th, have these house/senate budget negotiators work out some deal by december 13th, extend the debt ceiling until february 15th, who wins out of this deal? >> what stephanie just said, if this did in fact cost us 900,000 jobs, nobody wins. the president presides over a weak economy. the republicans have a black eye. frankly, harry reid doesn't look all that good, either. the city of washington decays in the esteem of the american people and we decay as a country around the world. this is a lose-lose-lose process. >> i think if you look at the data that's coming out -- >> the polling numbers. >> there's a "the washington post" poll that's out today that shows republicans getting the blame by more than two to one.