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Months. >> i do weekends now so all this is news to me. >> i'll give you, i'll use this occasion to get into the mix and to plug our show a little bit. we're going to get into a particular segment of this discussion this weekend. one thing that interests meering with live and talk so much about the hyper polarization. that we sort of live with now. we've had three straight presidential çelections. 2008, 2012, that haven't been define by massive swings. it is not about persuadable voters. it is about the turnout of the waist. so i ten to agree. what crystal just said, i don't think this irs t...

Through. my question is when you look at the great skills and the talents that lbj had dealing with the senate and congress, do they really apply in the era of hyper polarization that we live in? the republican leader. does mitch mcconnell respond with the same? >> i think you have to remember that there was terrific polarization in the 1960s. the democratic party was in control of tourn democrats who were against the kifl rights bills and controlled the mitties. the house were mostly in control of people against the bills. they were also against most of the great society programs. he had to f...

All of our data are that there is just no confidence anymore in our government institutions. >> we are living if an era of hyper polarization, unlike anything that has existed in post war era. i don't think a lot of official washington has fully kind of come around to the fact that centrist policy making, where you used to legislate, does not work anymore. and so there is a regime shift or a model paradigm shift that needs to happen. the country is becoming more polarized. the middle has disappeared in the house. and that's where you used to legislate. it doesn't exist anymore. >> and, in fact...

>> for one thick right now the federal government faces shutdown on december 17th if a new spending deal isn't finalized by then. >> we're in an era of hyper polarization and hyperpartisanship. those things are making it very difficult for congress to do anything. soon we're going to be in campaign 2012 mode, which is going to make it even more difficult for members of congress to take actions. >> some people are probably already in campaign 2012 mode. one last issue, shep, on which lawmakers will face considerable pressure to act before new years expiring unemployment benefits for the million...

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