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Grace the cover of the white house christmas card. he also started in his own christmas video. ♪ >> colleen birk is the author of "christmas with the first ladies, the white house decorating tradition from jacquelin kennedy to michelle obama." colleen, it's great to have you here. let's talk about bo because he is certainly a major member of the obama family, and he played a big starring role in christmas this year as we point out from the christmas card to this video. why is bo getting elevated? >> right? everybody loves bo. he made his first appearance in the gingerbread house as an oversi...

Come to the bargaining table, and this is a team, so maybe they don't want to be out there in the forefront making noise, but i think it's understood for their members, though that draw support from the tea party what their position is. it's very clear those two who really rely on tea party support and have those beliefs won't vote for a tax increase. i think it is looking more likely that we're going to be a year. we talk about actually represented grover norquist whochs the guru had given it a thumbs up, and yet, still because he gave it a stamp of approval it does not pass the smell test fo...

First of all, their leader, mitch mcconnell, has to cut the deal, and also they know as senator isakkson said, they can't get it through the house. >> david, the washington post is reporting, though, that the tea party in all of this is basically staying on the sidelines saying that members still call and e-mail congress, but have held no rallies. they've done little lobbying. even that -- is it so surprising that john boehner is having so much trouble wrangling republicans in the house, and is this more of a payback scenario almost for people that were on fiscal committees that were purged fr...

More time, but i it they're making a big mistake. >> what about the window of opportunity here and the fact that the president needs to push for something a little bit bigger when leverage is on his side on the front end? >> well, i definitely hope that he can and will continue to push for as big a deal as possible. we're just a few days away. so i do believe that he has all the leverage right now, but we do have to be back in session. like i said, i'm hoping that we'll be back in session before this week is over and that we will be able to come to a deal. i know in terms of politics four or f...

Over the cliff than not. >> with me now is chief political correspondent for -- and david knock murrah, white house reporter for the washington post. great to have you here. steve, i want to start with you because you just heard senator lieberman say that he thinks it's more likely that we're all going to be going over this cliff than not. is that the sense that you have been getting from lawmakers as well? >> absolutely. first of all, i just checked about 20 minutes ago. there are no talks going on today. the senate comes back on the 27th. there's a lot of stock being put many the fact that m...