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More it could potentially hurt think they're still even at that time that point will be the advocates of big government but assumption that the children in the sandbox and play it would show we merrily go on nice together, come up with a deal. but there is that possibility when it's sidelined, for a long that we find ourself in the time. >> what if we threw a government 12th hour and a minute and nothing is done. shutdown and nobody noticed? now, we went through the specter this is the ultimate fear of the of this in 2011. left, the fear of president we had the debt downgrade which obama, nanc...

More than six weeks, accept the sequester levels going forward, which is what the the republicans want and put something on the table in terms of entitlement reform, which the president without on the table in his own budget. to adjust sequester level and entitlement reforms to come up with budget savings meaningful, long-term budget savings that could get the republicans off their demand regarding obama care. >> i think you're right there, andrea. i think chuck is onto something in that the president -- john boehner just kept saying over the weekend, i want to have a conversation. whoever hea...

Reflects republican priorities. it's the republican budget. the funding levels of this short-term funding bill, called the cr, is far lower than what democrats think it should be. nevertheless democrats are prepared to put the majority of votes on it to fund the government. when you hear government not compromising, we're compromising so much we're willing to open the government at funding levels that reflect republican wishes, don't at all reflect our wishes. at fema they are subject to the sequester. even before the shutdown they were having trouble making sure everybody was staying on the j...

>> republicans may have lost bob schieffer and opinion polls may show more americans blame republicans than democrats for the current crisis but being in the driver's seat has its own risks for both president obama and the democrats. last week a senior administration official told "the wall street journal" we are wing. it doesn't really matter to us how long the shutdown lasts because what matters is the end results. the end result is indeed what matters. that remains a central concern for a party that has a tenancy not to get what it wants even when election results are on their side. the cut...

With that in 2011. got the sequester, couldn't come up with a grand bargain. and now this is back on the table and resolved before october 17th. >> i think you talk about a grand bargain, you talk about keeping the lights on. this isn't about any global solution. >> you start talking about chain cpi, these are elements the republicans were looking for in the grand bargain. they would be asking for a lot on their end and i'm trying to imagine the two parties coming together on that. >> you get some republicans on that, you get the medical device tax, you've got some things you can tack on back ...