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Yes, they're willing to step up to the plate. but dana is right in this. it actually goes back to the point about republicans just wanting to challenge the president in any way. because if they're going to get attack from the right they need to say they opposed the president in everything he proposes. so that's going to be a lot of the bluster on this. but generally nominees get approved. and we did see in the president's first term, tom daschell had to withdraw his name after some tax issues and some stories that came out object him. there could be some of that ahead. but it looks like some o...

Greenfield. and from washington and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. >> i'm reading the jeff greenfield column. >> isn't it fantastic? >> it's always fantastic. he posted at 4:00 a.m. this morning. i was weeping by 4:15. it was unbelievable. it really was. except i disagree with it. everything about it. the misleading second term curse. poor barack obama, after fighting and spending his way to a close but clear re-election, he's doomed to four years of agony, thanks to that second term curse that affects just about every president who's had the misfortune to win a second term. the lit...

Are going to afflict his second term. all i'm saying is take a breath before you do a universal theme all presidents are afflicted by a second term. >> of course, we know all presidents are afflicted by a second term and talk about the president's second term course. we're not suggesting the president was arrogant or his people were arrogant, there is -- you've been through so much four, five years into it, is there an exhaustion from not seeing your family, from not eating right, from not living right. you get ground down. >> absolutely. there is that reality, not only the president himself a...

And across the country, if you did more to get high skilled immigrants into town, you could not only have an economic recovery but an economic boom. there's a lot of agreement off the record on this, but that politicians on both sides are scared to go out there and be the first to say, hey, let's do these big things that could have an appreciable effect on the economy. >> steve, do you agree with that assessment? what are the big things that need to be done? >> i totally agree. the thing that's depressing about the fiscal cliff plan, we will change the tax code, change this, a tax on gas to he...

Smoking in the city. the employees out like pows smoking their cigarettes. >> at least they wear walking down the stairs. >> you want bloomberg for a fourth term now? >> he's done an incredible job on this issue and people have made fun of him and mocked him and took out a one page ad in the "new york times." >> do you want him for a fourth term? >> i kind of do. is that bad? >> of course you do. >> what about democracy? 16 years of michael bloomberg. >> it was totally not democratic the way he got his third term. >> the big gulp. >> you have the big gulp. >> there are work arounds. i found so...