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>> yeah, look, i do think you're going to -- >> martha: old on nancy. >> the republican and democrat -- >> health care -- can i ask andrea -- >> martha: we can debate about that, too, andrea. finish your thoughts and -- >> i think republicans and democrats are going to go with both of their bases absolutely furious i think it's going to be very hard going forward to get compromise, particularly in an election year. they're going to start to look at thele polls and say i got to worry about winning. at the end of the day politicians need to look like they're doing something. bothand republicans are going to be faced with that challenge. and the one area i hope they come together, you hear them talking about it, is cutting the decifit. so i think that spending has to be the most important issue. on the other issues like repealing obamacare, you're absolutely right, total gridlock, an energy bill, total gridlock, immigration, more gridlock. at the end of the day they have to look at spending and i think obama is going to do it in the state of the union and republicans are going to talk equally as much about it. martha: we're going to talk
martha. martha: that was one of the developments we saw over the weekend, right, mike. >> absolutely, obviously the one the white house is most ecstatic about is don't ask, don't tell, something they have promised, the gay aspect of president obama's base, and, so, it's not clear extly when the president will sign it, but, they are very happy to deliver that for a key constituency for him and the draw, may be on tax cuts, where the president's happy about it, and, also, so are leading republicans, like, senator mcconnell, and the losses you mentioned, the dream act, which the white house was hoping to do to resolve the status of the children of illegal immigrants, who didn't break the law themselves, may have been in the country fire long time, a -- fo and giving them a pass if they go to college or join the military and the president will continue to work the issue and the republicans say there is nothing against the children but they want to fix the borders first that he had president says he'll work on the problem of