Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110919:16:02:00
$250,000 a year. we'll see if the president is pressure republicans to go along with him on the hill or get independent voters to come with him in the election next year. >> gop had a chance to strike a deficit reduction bill with the president back in july which contained more substantial entitlement changes. did the gop blow it a couple months ago? >> some conservatives argue they did blow it because they refuse to accept any tax increases. people like david brooks, my colleague at the "the new york times" said it was a fantastic deal and they should have taken it. republicans leaders and ra...