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They'll have to negotiate again, give them a reason, momentum, to solve problems they have clearly been unable to handle over time because it's not easy to do these things and they have not been able to achieve the deficit piece, time to turn the page. >> chris cillizza, thanks to you for standing in, my alter ego during this holiday break, sort of wasn't a full break, given all the news that was developing. but chris, winners and losers, short term, then i want to go to luke to talk about the actual votes and breakdowns. this was a short-term victory, and a big one for the white house, but go...

End. they didn't believe all of the tax cuts were a bad idea in 2001 or 2003. what they did believe and continue to believe is that the very, very highest end and people who do the best, 2% of the 300 million in this country, that they can pay a little more during this time. in terms of the deficit piece of this, the president is absolutely convinced and is taking steps. there is a bipartisan deficit commission that i know if washington bipartisan commissions come and go but this is a very serious effort. they will come back with recommendations. there will be tough choices in there the presid...

More progressive at the bottom end. they didn't believe all of the tax cuts were a bad idea in 2001 or 2003. what they did believe and continue to believe is that the very, very highest end and people who do the best, 2% of the 300 million in this country, that they can pay a little more during this time. in terms of the deficit piece of this, the president is absolutely convinced and is taking steps. there is a bipartisan deficit commission that i know if washington bipartisan commissions come and go but this is a very serious effort. they will come back with recommendations. there will be to...

Too much, but i can't do it now if i want to be serious about the deficit. why not say to the american people, you have to sacrifice. we have to get rid of tax cuts if it's a bad idea which is what democrats believe, that the tax cuts were a bad idea. >> democrats didn't believe all those tax cuts were a bad idea. there were battles in 2001 and 2003 from democrats to do things like double the child care tax credit, to make the tax codes more progressive at the bottom end. they didn't believe all of the tax cuts were a bad idea in 2001 or 2003. what they did believe and continue to believe is t...