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It's math. dana millbank is an opinion writer for "the washington post." good to see you, good morning. >> hi, chris. >> your piece, obama launches a revolution, talks about how the president's plan is, quote, unrealistic, highly partisan and a nonstarter and that's good. what's good about it? >> well, i was writing about it, not in terms of the policy but in terms of as a negotiating tactic. the president has been, let's face it, a fairly poor negotiator so far. he comes into these things saying exactly where he would like to end up and then he winds up getting pulled closer and closer to the...

Ramallah, the palestinian capital and tel-aviv and israel. they have made it clear they will not support this. the united states also does not want to be left in the position of standing with israel, perhaps against much of the rest of the outside world, vetoing a measure that favors the palestinians, particularly in the context of the arab spring. so the u.s. is trying to jump-start negotiations, which seem to be happening. the israeli prime minister netanyahu offered to talk to ma m mud abbas. there may be some movement on negotiations before theest comes to pass on friday. >> how much press...

Going to help you be competitive in a global economy, you better believe we will. >> you were a governor with a republican-controlled legislature. there were some pretty tough fights as i recall. pretty tough fights. >> yeah. >> are there any lessons in that? how do you negotiate from a position of intractability? frankly, it seems on both sides in this particular case over the last 24 hours. >> well, it's the multitril-dollar question, how to do that. i think what the president has done is very shrewd. he showed p up to this point that he was willing to negotiate, to compromise, to be the rea...

Secretary of defense robert gates, this was possible. and what was different this time was that the president of the united states had a plan to bring the military leadership along, and together they did this. it was the senior military leadership buying in, certifying to the congress with the president that they were wiread for this important and historic change. >> well, it is an amazing day. mike, are you either going to go down and re-enlist you think soon? >> i'm going to try to. i'm in the process. i've spoken with recruiters, starting the application process. i'm optimistic within the n...

Book, a governor's story a fight for jobs and america's economic future. both are here to talk about it. nice to see you. good to meet you. you talk in this book -- i have to tell you there's something right at the beginning, i'm going to drive the camera people crazy it's a fantastic graphic called seven months of a free fall. as i read about it, honestly it was -- i can't imagine being in the middle of it. it was difficult to read. you look at the president's job plan, you know what your experience was. what do you think of it? >> actually, i think what the president has done is tie all of h...