Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111121:22:52:00
>> quite frankly, chris, i think the president has exerted leadership throughout the process. did he sit in the super committee meetings? no. what good would that have done? he spent months in the summer trying to work out this grand bargain with john boehner. >> he said just now, it could have been the deal on the table a year ago. >> it didn't get anywhere because -- and let's remember also that members of his party were furious with him because he was putting entitlements on the table. he talked about raising the age for social security. he talked about substantial cuts to medicare, so it's...