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Archaic. and slow moving. and in many cases unfair. in many cases you are forced to make deals that are not the deal you would make. you would make a much different kind of a deal. you are forced into situations that you hate to be forced in. >> another word for that is compromise in a democracy. this is the democratic system that is testing not only the president but the republicans in charge of those two majority institutions after spending so much time being the party of no, the question is whether they have forgotten how to get to yes. and to a deal that is possible rather than perfect. an...

To tom don lynn. >> michael, your reporting is that there is some lack of urgency if not commitment. explain. >> right. well, there certainly has been. by the way, i am a bit surprised to hear the president's comments to john dickerson in that interview this morning because he had previously accepted that russia was behind the hacking. that was after that january 6th assessment unanimous of all the u.s. intelligence agencies stated with high confidence. he had an opportunity to examine that and go into depth and ask for any of the backup material if he had doubts. he had previously accepted it...

Or should i say not doing. >> people want results. i think a lot of republicans are giving president trump the benefit of the doubt right now, saying he is new to the game, right, he is new to working the inside scoop. he is learning how to negotiate with these people. but eventually they're going to want to see things get done, whether it's working with democrats which republicans probably wouldn't speak openly about, or it's getting the tax reform bill through. that is going to be a huge litmus test for whether or not they have confidence that he can get things done. they want to see results...