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Successful. there's been a fair amount of democratic crossover on votes, nonbudget and budget already. the difficulty for boehner is how does he keep his position. eric cantor, there was a good piece in politico on this, is sort of beginning to distance himself from boehner's comments, some of the compromises he's hinted at. either take them out of their positions or really giving them a run for their money. the thing boehner has to handle oter n an ath of n using democrat votes on his first major budget deal. >> are you talking about a possibility of cantor, if you will, signing with the tea ...

Senator chuck schumer is facing backlash after he was heard giving fellow democrats advice on what language to use when talking with reporters about the budget process. you know, key buzz words? we never heard that before. he was apparently unaware the reporters were already on the line recording what he said. >> i always used the word extreme. that's what the caucus instructed me to do the other week, extreme cuts and all these riders. and boehner's in a box. but if he supports the tea party, there's going to inevitably be a shutdown. >> love it. >> shumer adressed his apparent gaffe on msnbc...

That said "together we thrive: tucson and america." well, senator jim demint of south carolina his speechwriter jumped on twitter to denounce the t-shirts, she sarcastically tweeted "i'm having a physical reaction to the t-shirts. i'm tearing up. this feels wrong." feels wrong to lift people's spirits? ultra-conservative fox news contributor michelle malkin tweeted "isn't the churning of the instant messaging machine a bit, well, unseemly? can't the democrat political stage managers give it a break just once?" were you in the crowd, michelle? we reached out to mitch mcconnell and speaker boehn...

Speaker's view of where our focus should be this week." no ego or arrogance there. boehner thinks the president is sharing his tone, while the president was out in tucson last night trying to heal the country and heal the hearts of americans that have been stricken. the only thing boehner was sharing were cocktails back in d.c. the president offered boehner the opportunity to join him on air force one and attend the memorial service. i mean, come on, he was the speaker of the house. isn't that the appropriate thing to do? well, last night, the speaker was just too busy, he declined. political ...

This was a real opportunity, a real moment for america and the president hit it out of the park. if boehner would had been in the front row, it would have helped bring the country together. it would had been a real message. you know, a picture tells a thousand words, unity, when the country needs it. boehner has another chance to make things right next week. house republicans are bringing back the repeal of the health care bill. they're planning a two-day debate on repealings, what they call the job-killing health care law act starting next tuesday. republicans should change, i think, the name...