Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111223:07:06:00
How can we not get that done? i mean, has this place become so dysfunctional that even when people agree to things we can't do it? enough is enough. the people standing with me today can't afford any more games. they can't afford to lose $1,000 because of some ridiculous washington standoff. he reminds me of a guy at a card table looking at four aces, saying how can i lose this hand? >> and a fifth one buried in the cushion. and the tea party republicans, as jonathan said, gave him those aces. they allowed him to look like the victim of gridlock, not responsible in any way for gridlock, who ...