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Take it out. >> roger simon, who will spend christmas in washington, but then will soon be on the road to iowa, always a political reporter at heart. >> new year's eve in des moines. >> what could be better? thank you, roger. >> thank you. up next, it's less than two weeks out from those iowa caucuses. we'll talk expectations with rick perry's campaign. plus, the democrats' take on the payroll tax fight with michigan congressman, sandy levin. a sign of the times in times square. the "2" has arrived to completely that 2012 sign. the new model uses about 78% less energy than last year's. y...

Democrats agree with the republican leader of the senate, we should go ahead and get this done. >> that was president obama a short time ago, from the white house. from the conservative pages -- the opinion pages of the "wall street journal" to fellow republicans like arizona republican john mccain, house gopers are getting hit on all side. if the deal isn't done by year's end, 160 million americans are lose about $40 in each paycheck. still, there's no concrete sign that house leaders are about to cave. so is there anything democrats can do, other than wait it out? the nick congressman sandy ...

Average. >> congressman, quickly, i just want to -- house republicans, as we mentioned, are not showing any signs yet of backing down on this. if they do not back down, will house democrats, senate democrats in the white house, hold the line? will they insist that the two-month extension is it? that that is the compromise? >> the senate bill needs to be passed. the house republicans need to get off the dime. by the way, it's not only bad for millions of americans, it's bad for the economy that we don't do this. the republicans in the house have to come to their senses. they need to act. period...

Part of what the republican party may actually be doing is creating a gay vote, in the sense of actually creating a vote -- putting themselves in a position where, to have the identity, lesbian, gay, or transgendered and to vote for the republican party would be to vote against ones self, which hasn't always been true. >> the way the republican's consensus on immigration and their -- >> that's great. >> -- and their vitriol towards immigration creates a hispanic vote. >> there's the long-term versus the short-term. we'll be back with more on this coming up after the break. i'm chris cillizza...

surprised when the house came out, speaker boehner came out and essentially said, we're not going to support the bill here in the house, because we would like to see a one-year extension. as you know, that senate bill would extend the payroll tax cut for only two months. >> and kristen, i'm going to have to cut you off. we've got the president. he has walked in, flanked by a crowd of americans. he's about to speak. >> thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you. merry christmas, happy holidays. we've been doing everything we ca...