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Along with that globalization point i made, is that donald trump may have a reputation of being a great negotiator, but he doesn't look that thoughtful at all when it comes to the way this is unfolding. i think part of it is that his economics team is fighting about that, so there's kind of an unsettling bit of infighting going on within it. but there are no channels with which to resolve this in the near term. that's whyimpacts. >> the art of the deal being questioned here. >> exactly. >> thank you very much for that. president trump under fire this morning for mocking the me too movement i...

Went up very high. there were different provisions and other loopholes but directionally this is where the world was. when reagan came in, tax rates dropped dramatically and were kind of reset at this lower level. the point i most li wanted to make is tax rates are by any historic measure very low but very interestingly when we compare the obama plan to the romney plan, we are fighting over a very small piece of ground. we're fighting over the distance between me and willie, not over western europe. >> just to go back to the point that you and joe were just discussing, you cannot take anybody ...

Until that happens, i wasn't sure -- >> fantastic. >> and we get to the point that frustrates so many americans, which is that we know what the solution is and often times it's seeded right in front of there and we can't get there because of our political process. >> we try. maybe we will have that discussion someday, i hope we do. but. we do particular talking around the edges and thankly it's difficult for me tone vision the step-by-step scenario in which that changes. we caned to the grand bargain between obama and boehner. we were there and then all of a sudden we weren't. >> we're going t...

>> well, it is. and you wonder why we can't have a serious dialogue about it, but the reason is because every time somebody comes out with an idea, whether you like it or not, to reform medicare, look at social security, they're met with a press release that's already printed and on the shelves of most democratic representatives attacking that plan. there's never been, i haven't seen recently anyway, a constructive dialogue about these long-term problems. >> let's take this dialogue and to turn why professor porter is here. joe was talking about the mathematical realities in the competition be...

They seem so compatible to me. he's solid as a brick and safe as a seat belt. >> can i make a quick point on portman? as somebody who covered him on capitol hill, there's no doubt he's a policy wonk. he probably better than dealing with the press than almost any politician that i've written both they are. think think that would help any any. he has very little clue dealing with reporters on a personal level. >> and quickly on the timing of this, some suggest romney might do this sooner rather that be later who get the pain -- >> who knows. if he wants to generate