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These guys are saying we're not going to allow rich people to get a dime for tax increases. it's a stark contrast amplified by things like the movement and polls that show people want to raise taxes on the rich. he's on the right side of the issues. >> instead of battling congress, the president will take executive action. why didn't he do that earlier? >> well, i think before the president really did believe -- i think, coming in, i'm one of those who thinks he did think he could forge consensus in washington. that's a mindset of a senator. he found out that's not going to happen. no legislat...

Nobody thinks about the senate. people think about the house where the fisticuffs are happening. when the president sets himself against them and says, look, i'm fighting for the middle class, these guys are saying we're not going to allow rich people to get a dime for tax increases. it's a stark contrast amplified by things like the movement and polls that show people want to raise taxes on the rich. he's on the right side of the issues. >> instead of battling congress, the president will take executive action. why didn't he do that earlier? >> well, i think before the president really did be...

Obstruction galore. i'm not going through this again. you put me in the white house, we get our team back, this is where we're going. is that too much of a heavy hand. >> well, i do think he needs to lay out in the state of the union and throughout this year what he would do differently in his second term. would he have a different attitude toward the filibuster, for instance? would he seek changes in the rules of the senate? will he use what they call recess appointments to get some of his people in there? they're not confirming anybody. they had a guy they put up to be head of the printing o...

These guys are saying we're not going to allow rich people to get a dime for tax increases. it's a stark contrast amplified by things like the movement and polls that show people want to raise taxes on the rich. he's on the right side of the issues. >> instead of battling congress, the president will take executive action. why didn't he do that earlier? >> well, i think before the president really did believe -- i think, coming in, i'm one of those who thinks he did think he could forge consensus in washington. that's a mindset of a senator. he found out that's not going to happen. no legislat...

Think about the senate. nobody thinks about the senate. people think about the house where the fisticuffs are happening. when the president sets himself against them and says, look, i'm fighting for the middle class, these guys are saying we're not going to allow rich people to get a dime for tax increases. it's a stark contrast amplified by things like the movement and polls that show people want to raise taxes on the rich. he's on the right side of the issues. >> instead of battling congress, the president will take executive action. why didn't he do that earlier? >> well, i think before the...