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Before leaving town for hawaii. abc's karen travers tracking it all in washington. good morning, karen. >> good morning, paula. good morning, john. it wasn't pretty. neither party got what they wanted, and they department even get it done on time. but last night, congress sent president obama a deal on the fiscal cliff. after months of drama and some tense last-minute negotiations, congress finally passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. after the vote, a rare late-night statement from president obama. >> this law is just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy and broad...

Disqualified from becoming secretary of state and president obama then picks john kerry instead, guess what happens in the united states senate? massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. i'm fully aware of that fact. that's kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational explanation forle all of this republican hand ringing. it has been been going on. there are legitimate...

Secretary of state and president obama then picks john kerry instead, guess what happens in the united states senate? massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. i'm fully aware of that fact. that's kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational explanation forle all of this republican hand ringing. it has been been going on. there are legitimate questions to ask about wha...

44% biden. i think within the margin of error. it was pretty time nevertheless, let's say paul ryan had done to biden what biden did to paul ryan just on the gesturing. just on the laughing. how do you think the media today would be playing all of this? how do you think they would be reacting? i have a feeling they would say it was really disrespectful of the vice president and unbecoming a man such as paul ryan. that's just my sense. >> you know, look, i think the polls show that people saw what they wanted to see in the debate. if you were predisposed to like democrats you loved what joe bid...

Medicare vouchers that are going to hurt him long term and i think it's fair to say that we will see a little more activity at the next one. biden, i think, will be terrific at the debate this week. i've got another debate on tuesday of next week. >> yeah. >> and by next week, i think a lot of the hand ringing will be complete because we're going to go ahead and win this things. >> joining me now is jonathan capehart and sam stein. jonathan capehart, the president is saying in his next debate there's going to be more activity. >> one can only hope. >> what's he thinking? what's he got in mind?...