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I didn t say, the democrats didn t say we re not going to do anything in this body until we get our way on one specific thing. one of the things the president has said to justify the compromise is that, look, this is only a two year extension. two years from now, i will really, really fight against the tax cut extensions for the rich unlike i was saying during the campaign. how do you see the politics of this two years from now when the house of representatives are going to be in the political ends. will it be easier to repeal this? you never know. you come off a terrible election for your party like the president has. it does change the discussion. even though the republicans aren t in office. if the president wins a fairly resounding victory in 2012, i think he s going to win my state, which means he probably gets re-elected because of the importance of ohio, i think he s in a stronger political position. i think he will fight for it. i think it will be part of his ....
Coming up, and the analogy of a christmas tree has been used to describe this bill with some of the extra add-ons and what some are calling stimulative initiatives that are attached onto a bill that was really about tax cut extensions and the extension of jobless benefits for so many americans. how do you reconcile that yourself with looking at this bill and what maybe some thought it was going to be to what it has become now? look, there s some things i really don t like here. some things i intensely dislike. but we ve got to keep in mind the overall effect of this package. and so if we look at the big elements; tax cuts for the middle class, extension of unemployment benefits, a partial payroll tax holiday. we know based on the best economic advice congress and the president are getting that those are very important to economic growth for the future. jenna: so, senator conrad, i only have about ....
Correspondent and political adviser and co-host, chuck todd. good morning. welcome to the show. we re just sitting here look how cool he looks. lovely in leather. we re sitting here laughing about george bush s tax cuts. well, i wasn t laughing. being called the scourge of humanity by democrats for eight years. it s still going on. now a democratically dem crated house, a democratic white house. there s a touch of irony there, a touch of irony. i will tell you one thing. people talk about this sort of trap that the president set on the tax cuts. i think that what s going to be interesting in two years from now, this is going to be in reverse. if the economy is in any kind of good shape the republicans are going to have to deal with the high tax cut extensions. talk about interesting, blast from the past, bill clinton no, smart move. ....
Going to sell me out and so finding common ground, i think makes more sense. why won t you you re afraid of the word. i reject the word. with the tax cut extensions coming to a vote many will be watching this man, vice president joe biden. and his ability to convince his fellow democrats in congress of the obama administration s plan. biden, of course, went back and forth with members of his own party last week taking a more prominent and influential role as president obama nears a crucial point in his presidency. the new york times reports republicans are still assessing how powerful a player he will be as the white house adapts to a divided government. but in both parties he s seen if nothing else as someone well positioned to shuttle between congress and the west wing. the president, senator christopher dodd says needs the wide network because he just doesn t have the personal relationship joe has or as agenda weine rut it, he brings ....
Minutes past the hour. the senate beginning the vote on the bush-era tax cuts. tomorrow the senators will begin a procedural vote on the tax cut extensions and then on extending unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed people. meanwhile, the congressional budget office says the legislative package will add some $893 billion to the federal deficit over the next five years. excuse me. senate conservatives have already pledged to filibuster to prevent a vote because the tax cuts and benefits add to the deficit. also, we go now from nonpartisan politics to republican presidential hopefuls. deputy political director paul steinhauser has all the detail ins a look ahead. reporter: good morning, t.j. new york city s mayor tops the political week ahead. michael bloomberg, who s an independent, joins with leading democrats and republicans and other independents to launch a new group that hopes to find nonpartisan solutions to some of the country s problems. the group is called no l ....