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Harry reid had this to say. >> if we have work the weekend before christmas we will do that. if we work monday before christmas, we will do that. if we have to work through christmas, we are going to do that. i know the game they're playing. they have done it before. the only impediment to holding votes without delay and at reasonable hours is blatant part sh isan republican obstructionism. spending an entire week, wasting and waiting for a vote. this is a foregone conclusion whu what is going to happen. >> joining me congressional scholars and authors, extraordinaire, thomas mann senior fello...

Giant contract to help north korea build nuclear reactors. but when donald rumsfeld testified before the senate, they didn't ask about the stock that he held or his roles in international business. they didn't even ask about the north korean reactors. they recommended his nomination to the full senate where he was confirmed in another vote of 95-2. so if history has anything to say about it, then what's happening to chuck hagel right now is not at all normal. it is not the regular order of business in the united states senate. they never asked other defense nominees about this. the campaign to...

The media need a quote from a political expert. i'm pleased to have them here, doing their first sunday news program. thomas mann of the brookings institution and norman orrinstein of the american enterprise institute. and former president of the conservative independent women's forum. gentlemen, let's talk about the central thesis, which i think is one that people that covered, i spent a few years in washington as editor of "the nation," covering the hill, it's very apparent if you're covering washington day by day. but i think poorly understood outside washington. this idea that we have a co...