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Says well, i'm trying to get barack obama out of office as quickly as possible. the idea was that the voters would take out their frustration about the grid lock in this town on the majority party, on president obama. that didn't really work. it seemed to work a little bit in 2010 maybe, the republicans have enough control to really grid lock things up. barack obama obviously lost the 2012 re-elect. the republicans have inflicted enormous damage on themselves. with the strategy being that they would run somebody outside of washington. that failed. now they can't get out of it. now they created...

Mcconnell was at the center of it. where once, congressmen and senators would come together to work together for the common good. we now have senator mcconnell, the proud grid lock, grinding the government to a hold. senator mcconnell has blocked legislation that could actually help kentucky and move this nation forward. and for the past few years, he has done it for the worst possible reason, a reason that my grandmother would tell you was no motivation at all. out of spite. >> senator mcconnell offered this welcome to president obama on the senate floor in advance of his visit to the hill. >...

60% of the electorate is available. and ezra klein, whenever an incumbent sees that number, that his re-elect is 40% that is one desperate incumbent senator. >> yeah, it doesn't make him happy, this is sort of the central irony what they have done in the past up couple of years. there is a strategy, i actually happen to love mcconnell, because he is by far the most honest person in washington. you get some that don't tell you. you ask senator mcconnell, he says well, i'm trying to get barack obama out of office as quickly as possible. the idea was that the voters would take out their frustrati...

Through. >> i want to say thanks to our agenda panel today. it was all of these guys here that messed with your audio. not us. you will find a link to this segment after the show on my website page. thanks to all of you. our producers pick comes to us from the man that we call our godfather. the long time msnbc producerer, rich stock well. a lot of grid lock centering around the debt crisis. of the ten presidents who preceded president obama only three left office with a debt ratio lower than when they came in. who are they? ronald reagan and the two george bushs. everyone's retirement dream...

Said for democrats. >> i think when it gets to compromise, you're probably right. that both house, senate, and probably the president's budgets are dead on arrival because we're stug in this dead lock. to me compromise means both sides give something. as the senate budget was just described, i think that's accurate for the president's budget as well. they're going to offer spending cuts and tax increases. now it is absolutely the case that republicans have said no way on tax increases. but in fact thus far, we've cut about $1.5 trillion in spending and raised about $600 million in tax increase...