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Their economic power, protected with this constitution. the only pressure that can be put on morsi is not from the inside, unfortunately, but from the outside. they are expecting this loan from the imf, $4 billion. the loan was supposed to kick in, and the agreement was supposed to happen the 17th of december. this is a very important appointment. the 15th is the referendum. the 17th is the approval. if the country will go on being unstable, they ll not have that loan. this is the only issue that will change the game. hang on for a moment. i want to bring in aaron david miller, vice president for new initiatives at the woodrow wilson center in d.c. served as adviser in the middle east to democratic and republican secretaries of state. honor to have you. pleasure. the u.s. relationship with president morsi under a microscope, has been for some time. in the washington post say, the obama administration has been morsi s main enabler. what with role should this country play in egypt? ....
We have one house. that s it. a lot of people are putting forth a theory. i actually think it has merit, when you give the president the 2% increase that he s talking about, the rate increase on the top 2%. all of the sudden, the shift goes back to entitlements. is that what happens, dave? you ve heard that described in some quarters as a doomsday strategy, although it s quite good for republicans. they would basically punt, like he described it, on tax rates and say that in january, now that we ve given you what you campaigned nont eed on in two e. they think they have a better argument now. republican pollsters will point out that the senior citizens who are told by many a campaign ad that paul ryan and mitt romney would kill medicare voted for the romney/ryan ticket. ....
It s a big problem. it will be fascinating to see how it plays out. tony doukoupil. when you write that book, come back. i will hold you to that. it s a fascinating article. let s continue our discussion on marijuana legalization and the political implications, we want to bring in the sunday war room, joining me democratic strategist, chris kofinis, the former chief of staff for senator mansion from west virginia. republican strategist joe watkins, former aide to president george h.w. bush. chris, let me start with you, president obama has yet to weigh in on what the federal government will do. is going to do in terms of enforcing federal drug laws. what risks does the president face on this issue? the country is kind of divided, you re seeing where legalization is happening. it s happening out west. ....
In any form, then we darn well better cut spending. because spending is the biggest part of this problem. what are the chances, a.b. stoddard, that substantial entitlement substantial entitlement reform is even a part of this so-called fiscal cliff deal? well republicans are pushing all along, saying we could actually see a scenario where our members agree to rate hikes. if you brought the real money to the table. aggressive entitlement reform. some kind of medicare overall is what s anticipated. because democrats have said they re not going to touch social security and medicaid is an expansion of medicare. but medicare is the program that was in the offing in the 2011 budget deal that fell apart between the speaker and the president and the republicans are asking him to look at that program. the left is telling him not to. you hear a lot of talk about how they want to focus on the taxes and get us over the fiscal cliff. but as i said before, it doesn t matter what the president ....
Longer-term discussions about this if they want to get serious about budget cuts. this is is a president who has an appetite for spending cuts. he has talked about it throughout his presidency. he hasn t had a chance just yet. this may be his opportunity to do so and say look, i got taxes, but i also gave you spending cuts and we got serious about fixing this problem. if can he do that, i think he himself could declare victory. the question is whether more liberal members of the house and even of the senate, would go along with some kind of plan and that s why i think republicans may be right. minimal changes for now. probably a good thing. whether or not it happens long-term remains to be seen. a.b. stoddard of the hill, ed o keefe from the washington post, we ll check in with you later in this hour. coming up here, it s legal to light up in washington state and in colorado, it s now legal to possess pot. we re going to talk about what it all means for the feds, and the countr ....