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Defeating the lieutenant governor for the united states senate seat there. we ve had ted yoho in florida who beat, i believe, a 13-term incumbent. there have been huge victories across the board. all anybody wants to focus on is our losses. we can t deny that 2012 was not a good year for us. you can t blame it on the tea party movement either. moderates lost too. so i think that people need to go back, look at message in 2010 when the tea party movement drove the message, we won huge victories. in 2012 when the republicans were driving the message, we didn t have to many victories. it sounds like what i m hearing is one of the reasons you guys suffered this past election cycle is because the party wasn t conservative enough. well, no. i wouldn t say conservative enough. i mean, you know, when you say conservative enough, are you talking about social issues or fiscal issues? i m talking about fiscal conservatives right now. ....
A stalemate, does either side have any momentum in the talks? and if a compromise could be reached, what might it look like? we turn to our panel, a.b. stoddard of the hill and the washington post s ed o keefe. a.b. let me start with you, thoughts on what you heard on the sunday shows today. did it make it feel more or less optimistic that the two sides can come it an agreement? well, i think the democrats obviously are dogging on those tax hikes for the top 2%. that s obviously still a problem for republicans. you hear people like senator corker agreeing with congressman tom cole of oklahoma. to give on this brings the leverage back, i think into the republicans corner. i agree with the congressman. that it gets it off the table. you get into the new year and you bring the big fight on. and entitlement reform, the real money to the debt ceiling debate in late january or february. that s still where we re at. that s no matter what president obama says, about whether or not he s ....
There s only one party to blame republicans. i can tell you i don t want to do it, the president doesn t want to do it but we need to solve the problem, we cannot allow the reckless position to drive this economy into another recession. a recession which the republicans will own. joining me from the white house, nbc s mike viquiera. mike, it sounds like the same old-same old. any new movement you re hearing about? we seem to be at a point where democrats are staring at republicans, saying we re not going to put forth any new proposals until you cry uncle. republicans say that s not going to happen. until the president comes forward with some entitlement and tax reform proposals. and that s where we are right now. the two sides are staring at each other. having said that, there are some prominent republicans, primarily on the senate side, but a few house members who say you know what, we should just cave on the whole issue right now on the tax rates for the wealthy. the presiden ....
Take on the political headbutting. i little hopeful news a short time ago. the president and speaker of the house john boehner meeting at the white house this afternoon to talk about averting the fiscal cliff. i want to get some reaction from the brain trust. tax rates and where they stand are at the center of this debate. this is a quote from the new york times. it really got my attention. even if republicans were to agree to mr. obama s core demand, that the top marginal income rates return to the clinton era levels of 35%, 39.6%, after december 21st, it goes on to say the additional revenue would be about a quarter of the revenue he wants to collect. why should republicans agree to that if it s not going to generate tough revenue? because they re not coming up with much of anything on their side, right, to cut government commensurate with the size of closing that deficit. ....
Stepped out upon the world stage now. the fate of human dignity in our hands. blood s been spilled to afford us this moment. now, now that s a great scene. steven spielberg s acclaimed new film about honest abe prompting rivals on capitol hill to try to set aside politics and enjoy some popcorn, harry reid and mitch mcconnell sent out a joint invite to all colleagues and spouses to attend a bipartisan screening at 5:00 on wednesday afternoon, we ll keep you posted on that. let s look at other stories making the rounds on the political playground. who knew former republican presidential candidate, mitt romney was a boxing fan? last night, in vegas, romney and his wife, ann, were ringside, they had some good seats, to see ....