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live in washington. the dramatic standoff over the payroll tax cut ended with the we werer shortly after 10:00 this morning when given the chance to object to the senate bill freshman house republicans kept quiet and let it pass. earlier today senate majority leader harry reid couldn't help taking a jab at the conservatives who had led the fight. >> i hope this congress has had a very good learning experience, especially those who are newer to this body. everything we do around here does not have to wind up in a fight. >> nbc's mike joins us from the white house and mike is nbc's pol...

live in washington. the dramatic standoff over the payroll tax cut ended with the we werer shortly after 10:00 this morning when given the chance to object to the senate bill freshman house republicans kept quiet and let it pass. earlier today senate majority leader harry reid couldn't help taking a jab at the conservatives who had led the fight. >> i hope this congress has had a very good learning experience, especially those who are newer to this body. everything we do around here does not have to wind up in a fight. >> nbc's mike joins us from the white house and mike is nbc's pol...

Then, sort of selling him as this one who counseled the unemploy unemployed. that's the political ad. >> when he said that, i thought, well, this may be what he's going to have to use because he needs something to counter agent what we're certainly going to see, what we saw when he ran for senate against ted kenny in 1994, governor of massachusetts. you can bet the obama campaign, if mitt romney is the nominee, is going to out run interviews when people lost jobs and he's going to need to counter act that in some way, probably more effective than other people testifying on his behalf rather th...