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>> you have worked with five presidents now, if i get it right, you've served under five president, reagan, bush, clinton, bush, obama. give me some of the pros and cons of how each of them dealt with the senate. start with reagan, what do you think he did right and what could he have done better? >> of course i had many disagreements with president reagan. we were running when i came into the senate very large deficits. >> right now that would be the fiscal cliff solution. >> at the time, they were somewhat unprecedented for the period before that. and so we struggled with that throughout his...

It's wrong. >> is it possible that having this provision where people can opt out of a union, it doesn't force the union to be more responsive to everyone's needs? because if the union does could that, then you are going to have complete membership anyway in theory. so does it not just require the union to work a little harder so that 100% of a workplace thinks it is a good thing to do and to belong to the union? >> the problem with that theory is that when michigan is in hard times, like it has been, the unions do compromise. they do come to the table, they do work things out. and remember so...

It's wrong. >> is it possible that having this provision where people can opt out of a union, it doesn't force the union to be more responsive to everyone's needs? because if the union does could that, then you are going to have complete membership anyway in theory. so does it not just require the union to work a little harder so that 100% of a workplace thinks it is a good thing to do and to belong to the union? >> the problem with that theory is that when michigan is in hard times, like it has been, the unions do compromise. they do come to the table, they do work things out. and remember so...

Good saturday afternoon to you. i'm craig melvin. you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. less than three days until the so-called fiscal cliff and congress still trying to hammer out a deal. they've had 515 days to work this out. still, though, capitol hill leaders are at an impasse and starting next week, you and i could see our paychecks cut as payroll taxes go up and that could be just the beginning. the clock at the bottom right of your screen there might as well have a blaringa, large on it because come midnight monday if lawmakers have not found the fiscal cliff solution you're ...