Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121214:02:24:00
But he learned very quickly that the republicans had a whole other strategy, which was fight them trench by trench, fight them hand to hand if necessary. now, the message out of president obama's news conference appearance was, listen, this woman is qualified and i will stick with her to hell and back, till hell freezes over, and help her cut through the ice. that's the impression he gave. but that's not the way he played it out. >> does this -- if he has, as you're sort of arguing, if he's sort of incentivized the republicans to keep fighting in this way, to keep doing what john mccain did he...