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Doesn't want transportation, so he's got the perfect trifecta. >> it's true that our energy production here has crept up above 50 percent of our use, because of private sector and oil production using new techniques, high drawlic fracturing and horizontal drilling, does it have anything to do with his policies? >> no, things keep functioning even if you have a president that doesn't cooperate. if you really look at the way that he views energy, politically, he is supported by people who don't want anyone more fossil fuels and he has tried to placate them so he can get campaign contributions an...

Hell or high water. what gives? >> one of the more interesting phenomena is conventional wisdom and legislation and getting things passed is turned on its head. a win was a win. health care changed and it was not a political win for the president. it used to be when both sides said they wanted something, it was a matter of time before it happened and rve had to go through the calisthenics and rhetorical jumping jacks to make their points and at the end they gotting to and there was a deal. both sides wanted to extend and there was some agreement on how it would be paid for. the republicans sen...

The wealthiest people in america one penny if that's what it takes to make sure that working families get a payroll tax cut. it is a clear defining moment, a contrast between the parties that the president has made clear. >> reporter: that's been kind of a classic democratic argument essentially, asking the rich to do a little bit more to give everybody some tax relief. bottom line the republicans say that they are going to pay for it without that millionaire surtax. they believe the keystone xl pipeline makes a whole lot of sense because when i look at the construction sector there is more th...