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Important for the democrats. >> winning! chris cillizza. >> thank you. >> thank you. and the monthly jobs report is not a joke. it's just two days away. president obama is getting nowhere fast on his campaign to pass a jobs bill. >> at least put this jobs bill up for a vote so that the entire country knows exactly where members of congress stand. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us now from capitol hill. well, first of all, according to the senate democrats today, the president is not going to get the plan that he initially submitted in terms of paying for it. they've come up with their own ve...

Fault. >> and of course, it is eric cantor that many on the inside say really blew up the budget talks. it was he who held the speaker, john boehner's feet to the fire. cantor has hit back at president obama on twitter, tweeting out, "while the president seems to be in full campaign mode, we in the house are going to try and find areas of commonality to work for the people." of course, "commonality" is a subjective phrase. one person's commonality is another person's obstructionism, as far as the white house is concerned. and rick perry really produced some big numbers, the third quarter fund-...

Representatives. >> msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com, chris cillizza joins us with the daily fix. hey, chris. the president seems to be pointedly ignoring the republican charllengers in the presidential race, but going by name after these house leaders. he really is taking them on. >> no question, andrea. i think it's part of a broader, fire up the base strategy. most people don't know who eric cantor is, but many people in the democratic base, activist types, do know who he is. and look, the president is smart. his job approval numbers in the recent "washington post"/...