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Involved here, why did they pursue this? why did this become the major scandal it's become when it really is only apparently about sex and e-mails and sort of, you know, tawdry communications between them. at the same time, obviously there will be, you know, there already have been complaints from republicans in congress, some outcry there, but i don't think at this point -- i think this qualifies as a distraction for obama. i don't think there's anything that's come out that's going to derail him on the if is call cliff -- fiscal cliff. >> he has a strong hand in the fiscal cliff but at this ...

Steve rattner, look at the republicans as obstructionists. it is about jobs. we've had some disappointing jobs reports out. what would this do in terms of jobs and could the republicans argue it could hurt job growth? >> certainly argue that in the short run cutting taxes will add jobs. i think that's a sort of fundamental tentative basic economic theory. all of this is taking place against a much bigger backdrop of two things. first what harold talked about, this is the politics. a lot of political theater where democrats are trying to stake out their view of the world. republicans stake out ...