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They're leading. >> i think you made the point in the column which was so good, which was about when the president won, the first thing he did was avoid the fiscal cliff by doing the tax cuts for -- i mean, the tax increases on the wealthy. he sort of jammed that down republicans' throats. it was a huge victory for him, but then -- >> his prerogative. >> his prerogative, right. he won. but then ever since that point, to john's point, it's been downhill. >> how does he turn this around? >> he has to be modest in the state of the union, number one. he has to hope probably that republicans mispla...

Exactly the position of the republican party and the tea party movement. no new tax, let's cut the budget and have gotten it, quite frankly, chris, by digging their feet in, being tough, being -- resistant and standing by their principles. >> what day will this occur? it this deal's success? the success of the intransigent naert says my way or the highway? when will they win the battle? this month or next month? >> may be august 2nd. if not the week after. >> won't be damage to the country? won't have inflicted damage to the country to get their way? >> my guess, republicans, boehner and other...

Intransigent group. the truth is they're going to win this battle. i'll tell you why. at the end of the day, we are going to get an increase in the debt ceiling. we are going to get budget cuts, maybe of $2 trillion, $1.5 trillion or $1 trillion. we're going to get no new revenue no new taxes nap is exactly the position of the republican party and the tea party movement. no new tax, let's cut the budget and have gotten it, quite frankly, chris, by digging their feet in, being tough, being -- resistant and standing by their principles. >> what day will this occur? if this deal's a success? the ...

Favorite. the ditch. >> yeah, one of the keys back. i don't know why there's no more -- there's no republicans willing to work with the president. he seems like he's trying to get elected again. he's so angry and someone has to check his speeches and say you got to start writing speeches that are presidential, not so partisan unless, of course. >> it was the campaign mode again because it is campaign time again. it's the midterm elections that are coming up. >> it's their election not his election. >> the president was so good in his campaign, he relies going back to his strengths of campaigni...

Fix it? >> i think at the end congress has the four the pick it. >> until nearly noon today it looks as if this white house had no intention of yielding. the attorney general wrote an op ed in today's u.s.a. today defending the policy. crushing political pressure, which included crushing poll numbers arc wake up call from ivanka and pleas from their allies in congress the make it stop. >> fit continues it's going to make us look pretty bad. i'm going the try to see it doesn't continue. we should never play with lives of these children. >> rather than announcing a policy that blew up in their f...