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>> they control everything and gotten none of the signature achievements done. to the point about the surprise on tax reform, again, this is an incredibly busy week here in washington, keeping the government open, if you follow the debates during the obama administration they get rough. they're hard to do. john painer got fed up with the debates within his own caucus andfully the treasurer department, maybe counting heads on health care the president throws tax reform into the mix. >> we will be having a big announcement on wednesday, having to do with tax reform, the process has begun long ag...

Country. it's symbolic. it doesn't mean anything. what means something is the 2012 budget. unless we do real deficit reform in the right way, fair, balanced, and reasonable, this country is in the duck soup. >> if you look at the elections next year, do you think given what's happened this week that democrats are poised to take over the house in 2012? >> i think if john painer and leaders of the republican party cannot control the tea party, yes, i think we'll be back. >> okay. ed rendell, always good to see you. >> thanks, alex. >> we invite all of you to watch "meet the press" tomorrow. an e...

Far as the scar tissue from two years of chaos. >> there was intense conversation on the phone between president obama and speaker boehner. >> how do we know about this? >> well, that's -- >> why -- >> -- republican insiders tell this to nbc news. >> it's not helpful. >> okay. just sayin'. >> i'm saying it's not helpful. the fact that there are intense conversations on the phone and we know about those tense conversations. >> you want to hear from john painer? >> sure. >> okay. he says that he was hinting that the sides were not close on this. do we have the boehner sound bite? okay, roll it. ...