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Includes individuals but that's a nonstarter because the president wants to raise taxes on upper income individuals so let's talk about where we can work and that's why he's taking the position he's taking. republicans don't see it that way, though. >> here's what i would say as someone who has negotiated a lot of deals in my life. there a couple of cardinal rules for getting a negotiation done. first one is you have to actually want a deal. it not clear to me obama wants a deal. it's very clear to me he wants to be able to blame republicans for the lack of a deal. second, you need to flatter ...

Board, obama would have come in and he would have been virtually begging to make a deal. and you would have had spending cuts, and you would have had -- you could have put this country back on track. they lost all the >> sean: they got elected, too. >> i don't understand. you know, it's funny, and john boehner, who i know and like a lot, by the way, and i happen to think he's very capable, i just don't know what happened here. i don't understand it. the republicans, believe -- i've been saying the last few months the republicans have all the cards and not just talking about just the debt ceili...

Board, obama would have come in and he would have been virtually begging to make a deal. and you would have had spending cuts, and you would have had -- you could have put this country back on track. they lost all their --. >> sean: they got elected, too. >> i don't understand. you know, it's funny, and john boehner, who i know and like a lot, by the way, and i happen to think he's very capable, i just don't know what happened here. i don't understand it. the republicans, believe -- i've been saying the last few months the republicans have all the cards and not just talking about just the debt...