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People in the run-up to the election looked at what he did in troops in afghanistan and some of the other decisions and stuff that this was simply keeping things calm in the run-up to the election. what we've seen, after the election his decisions on syria as you said, this is not a president who wants to have a robust or big or bold foreign policy. so that is not going to win him any marks out there either. >> paul: are we going to see a big budget deal before it is over? the budget issues are sign up but they are going to come back here? >> the other thing is going to come is the debt ceilin...

Allies, john mccain and kelly ayotte are calling for hearings into what happened over the last two years to figure out if there were the gaps. would you at least support the idea of hearings to figure out what intelligence communications may or may not have worked over the past couple of years? >> oh, sure absolutely. i think we need to have hearings. we need to gather information. these should be done in a professional way, rather than people on very little evidence beginning to draw conclusions. let's get the evidence, let's figure out what went right, if anything, in terms of collection sys...

Budget issues as well as immigration reform and education. senator christian gillibrand explained to andrea mitchell how the idea for the dinner came about. >> i said, you know, now that you're starting your new term if you want to create a bipartisan agenda, a great place to start is with the women senators. we meet regularly and have a dinner every quarter. oftentimes the women reach across party lines and reach consensus. he said that is a great idea. >> you want to know what they ate, right? they had alaskan halibut and a bit of peach pie. as always, why are you awake? shoot us an e-mail...

Controversy his week around brad paisley and ll cool j's new song accidental racist but we began by discussing toure's take on president obama's budget proposal. >> i'm nervous, because we have republican party that is obstructionist, that is not incented to work with him. that is incentivized to go home and say, i stood up to the president. i yelled at him, in a town hall or i wagged my finger in his face when he came to my state, or, you know, i -- i blocked his defense secretary choice, you know, or i -- i mean people are getting lots and lots of points for these things. and the budget, tax...

Is it the economy? >> the economy, but the biggest frustration is generally with washington. people have seen the battles over budget issues, the economy, and don't feel like things are happening, which makes this a high stakes week for the president. he put out his bucket. he has advancements on gun control, immigration reform. if he's able to capitalize on these things, there's a window out of the tailspin. it's a mini one for now. there's a lot riding for the president on whether and how he declares victory on some of these things, cuts a deal, and shows some progress. >> greta: the poll th...