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Senator corker who was on "meet the press" today. he has come out and said i'm not going to abide by the norquist pledge. you're seeing it start to crack. sure, he still has a lot of weight over the republican party, but you're seeing that is beginning to change. it looks like taxes are going to go up. republicans know this. if they do get a deal, it looks like tax rates will probably go up. maybe not much for the wealthy, but they will. and if you dent get a deal, they go up for everyone. i don't see this. >> john boehner spoke about his reaction when timothy geithner first shared the preside...

Probably likely that we won't get a deal before january 1st. but on january 3rd, the senate sends a bill over. where now we're voting on a bill to lower taxes. the norquist pledge becomes irrelevant. in fact, they comply with the norquist pledge by voting for a bill that would provide tax relief for 98% of americans. so i just think this is a very difficult political situation on the republican side. you know, the speaker clearly knows that revenues have to go up. and he doesn't have the leverage now. and we're back into brinksmanship politics. but bottom line, the cliff is really much more a ...

Against it. and i just don't see -- maybe i am naive. >> let me tell you what will happen. and i know this will happen. it will pass. that bill, the president's bill passes the senate. >> it's already passed the senate. >> and then republicans will pass tax cuts through all and then through the house. >> what people voted for was compromise. they want to see it work. they did not vote for the president and democrats to say my way or the highway. they didn't. they didn't. they want it to work. >> i think the disappointing thing for some and particularly republicans and those who may be watching...

You need to compromise. as has been pointed out, 218 people have signed that norquist pledge. all these senate republicans, it doesn't matter what they say. it's the house republicans that matters. it's the house. >> based on your reporting, who has the harder job? president obama getting nancy pelosi's democratic caucus to go along with cuts on medicare or john boehner getting the house republicans to agree to higher taxes? >> i think boehner. >> emphatically boehner. pelosi has a long track record of sticking out a position and doing what the president wants her to do at the end of the day. ...

Detail. it says in part republicans aren't against tax rate hikes because of one man or a pledge. we're against hiking rates because they're bad for the economy and hurt jobs. our first team points out it seems like the parties are ready to agree to a large point for taxes on the wealthy. the down side is the two sides can not agree on how to raise the taxes on the wealthiest lois. >> i think you've hit the nail on the head. first of all, i don't think they care about throwing groesher norquist under the bus. i don't think the pledge is great de. they can't be on the side of raising taxes for ...