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But they came 20 seats short of a majority. and consequently, 20 seats short of power. you've got gordon brown's labor party, which ironically lost the most seats in this election. and are still 68 seats short of power. so now both of those leaders are trying to strike deals with nick clegg. nick clegg, who is the leader of the liberal democrats. they came in third, but they got 57 seats, which is significant if you can strike a deal with them. and what we see going on right now is david cameron offering nick clegg a role to play, a major role to play, in a liberal, conservative coalition. and...

Joining us from london, jim maceda to clear up the confusion. we just heard from the white house. the president's looking forward to who ever the new prime minister is going to be. who is it going to be? >> reporter: you're not going to get me out on this one. it's anyone's guess, which is the quirky side of the parliament in action. david cameron, he won the vote, but not the election. and now, the horse trading starts. cameron came out earlier today offering the liberal democrats a very extraordinary by any standard from a conservative party, a coalition and offered to join a liberal, conser...

Jon: the republican party is aiming to recapture congress in november and possibly take back the white house in 2010. gop powerhouses have built a massive fundraising, organizing and advertising organization to try to do just that. let's talk about it with karl rove ones again. -- once again. he is the political architect of the bush presidency and a prominent force behind this conservative coalition. he rejoins us from texas once again. karl, is this an admission by your party that democrats simply outcome peted with you the last time around? >> reporter: well on the last several election cyc...

Should join. the congressional budget office some years ago said this is one of the most dramatic unprecedented overreaches in the history of the federal government. it is something that i think is worth looking at. >> greta: it is a political decision or legal decision, do you think for her? >> she's the chief legal officer of the state of minnesota and she should look at it from a legal standpoint not withstanding the politics. i hope she will approach it with that perspective in mind. i think she will make a call on the legal grounds and try to keep the politics out. i hope that's the case....

New orleans, our political contributor. you've covered this story for a long time, so have i, john. there have been tensions, i suspect they're trying as desperately as they can, the obama administration, to get a commitment from the israeli government to stop construction of new housing units, not only in the west bank but in east jerusalem. so far they haven't gotten that commit. . >> they ever not gotten that commitment. they want the israelis to say whatever happens in jerusalem is subject to final status negotiations. stop the construction, get back to the bargaining table. they also want...