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Miss, as you said, john. they've had a 99.1% success rate since 2004. now, if they do away with it, one of the proposed ideas is that teams would automatically get 7 points for a touchdown, and then they would have the option to run a play from the 2 yard line. if they're successful, they would get an extra point, but if they fail, they would lose a point. that's just one of the proposed ideas. all right, number one in the lineup section of bleacherreport.com today, the seahawks' richard sherman is now apologizing for his epic rant following seattle's win in the nfc championship game. sherma...

It's one thing to say the public sector pension system needs to be cut back, effects will be felt unevenly, 19% employed by the government, 14% of white and 10% of latino. cutting pensions would hit black retirees especially hard. insult added to injury, significant portion of african-american seniors live in poverty. 19% currently living in poverty compared to 9% of seniors as a whole. many might call something a fix but what could actually be a system of increasing racial equalities plaguing our system. we're talking during the break we can't separate from from 99/1% narrative. >> we talk ab...

That was critical of the fact that we lowered taxes for 99.1% of the american people. i'm here to lead the fight against out of control spending, and i'm going to lead that fight as speaker of the house. >> ben smith is the editor-in-chief of buzzfeed. and erroll lewis. let's start with the white house strategy, because this has been the president's strategy for a number of weeks if not months now to try and get folks worked up. it hasn't worked yet. why and the white house going to think it's going to work over the next few months. >> i think if you look at the polls, you can see that the peo...

Act? where was the president's plan? why didn't they pass something? and here we are at the -- beyond the 11th hour, looking at each other. without having fixed it. >> do you think bob woodward has exposed something about the white house positions on all of this that we didn't know? >> i think he made clear that the sequester was the president's idea. it was the white house that demanded it. i think bob woodward was right. >> the feeling is, you hear it publicly from the president. but also privately as well, that you can't agree even if you'd like to on any more revenue because the house cauc...

Because the house caucus, conservatives, tea party folks, were so upset with you for the last revenue increase to avoid the fiscal cliff that they in effect lead you, that you don't lead them, that you don't have room to maneuver. >> david, let me say this. there's not one member of our caucus who said one word to me that was critical of the fact that we lowered taxes for 99.1% of the american people. not one. >> are you secure in your speakership? >> listen, i'm here to lead the fight against out of control spending. and i'm going to lead that fight as speaker of the house. >> the next crisis...