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Tax cutters the republicans. he wants to extend for it a full year. they gave him two months. it allows him to play the populist card. he's for a tax cut for everybody, and they're concerned about the bush tax cuts, and it allows him to run against congress. this is political malpractice 101. so i would suspect the house will make some changes. the only caveat, chris, if they don't have the votes to make changes, the worst thing for the republicans, and for the country, would be to do nothing, to make everyone's taxes go, making them appear totally inept. >> speaker boehner was out this mornin...

>> juan, obviously so much of this is political, and the president has been able to make the point, as nor bye said, i'm fighting for a tax cut for the middle class. the republicans have been saying, we're fighting for jobs and this keystone pipeline. how do you think that's working out politically? who's winning the argument? >> the longer it goes on, the more benefit it is to the president. plays right into his hands. i can understand the republican opposition, especially from the sort of tea party house members, but the idea, then, that they would say no and not have the payroll tax cut ext...

Laughingstock, and the president will be able, in his state of the union, beat us about it. we want to see a full year extension with the extension but also with the pipeline in. >> i think the house republicans are absolutely right. they passed a one-year extension of the pay cal tax rut, one-year extension of unemployment insurance, took care of the doctors and medicare, and they paid for it. the senators passed this ridiculous two-month thing, from the point of view, from the republican party, it isn't helpful. president obama gets to stand up and hammer away at the congress and republicans...

Benefits, two months, a provision that president obama must decide within 60 days whether to go ahead with the keystone oil pipeline. it's all paid for, but there's no surtax on millions. senator bayh is this the kind of legislating why you quit congress? >> in part, chris. it also explains why congress' job approval is 9%. this was ridiculous. this should have been extended for a full year. the pipeline should have gone forward, but this allows the president a quick out, after 60 days, saying there's not enough time to decide. i think the house has a decision to make here. it ought to be exte...

They've been pressured from within their party by a narrow grouping to go way off the deep end, off the cliff in favor of a radical deconstruction of medicare and medicaid. now as people have become aware of it, citizens across the country, they face this very tough vote. remember that a number of these republican senators are up for re-election next year. people like olympia snowe, richard luger, scott brown. if they vote for the ryan bill, they will strengthen themselves in their primaries but they'll go into november elections facing voters who will be furious with them. on the other hand i...