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white house briefing room to blast house republicans, blaming them for the gridlock. >> and let's not play brinksmanship. the american people are weary of it. they're tired of it. >> minutes later, the house speak, john boehner said, no, this is the democrats' fall for refusing to pass a year-long extension. the republican speaker called on the president to order senate democrats back to washington. >> i need the president to help out, all right? >> cnn is working its sources on both ends of pennsylvania avenue. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin will join us in a second....

now, the "cnn newsroom" continues with randi kaye. >> have a great day. >> thank you. the treasury is sending out checks as promised, and somehow there is just as much fear and uncertainty and economic anxiety as ever. we will tackle the next three main questions. what is going on with the stock markets? the dow is on track for the ninth straight day of losses. any guesses on how long it has been since nine straight days of loss? 33 years. lots of scary numbers are behind these, and we'll get to those in a minute. question number two, who will make the cuts. the debt deal left a ha...

Bogus. do you believe him? now it's time to call in washington correspondent of "the nation" john nichols. good to have you with us tonight. welcome first to michigan. welcome second to wisconsin. this is a situation where a governor has got the legislature behind him. they passed the law. he can appoint someone to ride herd over the finances and the city. how radical is this? >> it's incredibly radical, ed. because especially in the upper midwest there is a strong tradition of local government control at the town, village, and city level. people really do respect their local governments and t...

Bogus. do you believe him? now it's time to call in washington correspondent of "the nation" john nichols. good to have you with us tonight. welcome first to michigan. welcome second to wisconsin. this is a situation where a governor has got the legislature behind him. they passed the law. he can appoint someone to ride herd over the finances and the city. how radical is this? >> it's incredibly radical, ed. because especially in the upper midwest there is a strong tradition of local government control at the town, village, and city level. people really do respect their local governments and t...

Clinton and many term congressman from this area who became known for championing the cause on the corner concept. he had 400 stops where he just greets voters during this rashes and a lot of the issues he's been tackling, brooke, are the same thing you've been talking about on your show, about budgets, how to rein in but on a city level, the pensions, the deficit, how to do it all while keeping jobs, growing jobs and a microcosm of the national debate. polls close today at 7:00 local time, and it might not end here. if no one gets 50%, there will be a runoff on april 5th. >> president obama a...