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Look, it's not just a liberal conspiracy to call this confusion when in fact, eric rudol rudolph-- eric ericson talking, on this vote. >> and the g.o.p. in disarray, it wasn't what did or didn't get done in this fiscal cliff deal which was more can kicking. >> jon, i think that was the mean, if i can use jim's word. this is the political story that comes out of this debacle. there was only one column i saw that was really thoughtful by robert samuelson and real clear politics that said this is a failure of presidential leadership because the president wasn't talking at all about the fact that ...

of representatives refused to hold a vote on a senate approved bill to spend 60 billion dollars on hurricane relief. now, they did approve a smaller chunk on friday. 9.7 billion dollars and they are promising to hold more votes, but here is how the media jumped on this. newark star, christy rips g.o.p. on sandy bill delay, cnn called it a bombshell. is that too much drama, jim? >> well, i mean, it works for christie, doesn't it? the governor of new jersey has now set himself up as a sort of triangulated figure looking down with mostly scorn at both the democrats and the republicans a...

>> howard university, student aid campaign. i want to give a shoutout to my mother, nesta bernard. they are raising money like rabbits for deserving kids to be able to finish school. >> raising money like rabbits. >> we need money. >> you're raising a lot of money. >> robert samuelson op-ed today about a lost generation. look at the unemployment numbers. 41% are people who are under 30. this is a serious problem that i think we haven't committed enough attention to. >> mr. shapiro. >> bloomberg hired a new social media editor, my friend scott bixby. congratulations. follow him at scott bix. >>...

erskine bowles on debt deal making, whether he wants to work for the obama administration and his pal simpson's newfound love for deficit hawk gangnam style. plus, what will had hillary clinton do next. the secretary of state's future. some of clinton's closest allies are keeping very quiet which actually was surprising. good morning. from washington it's monday, december 10, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. we're in double digits in december. what does that mean? it means we're finally at the serious phase of the fiscal negotiations. three weeks to go before the pr...

>> well, president obama campaigned on it. he was not shy about that at all and he beat mitt romney. everyone who ran for the senate on the democratic side campaigned on it and they picked up five seats. so, there is a mandate there. i think what everyone has to agree upon if you don't agree on the 250. let's compromise. we have to raise taxes on those who can afford it we have to do cuts. we have to do reform. we have to do investments we have to do it all. the last thing everybody needs in this country is a high stakes game of chicken during a lame duck session of congress. that's a disaster...