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We're talking about permission to pay the bills we've already acquired. >> let me ask congressman cole about negotiation. everybody likes negotiation, we have a system of government that requires it in certain circumstances. there's a budget process in which a budget gets passed by the house, a budget gets passed by the senate, and they appoint people to a conference committee, where they hash it out. and the house refuses to appoint conferrees to that conference committee, saying they won't negotiate on the budget. why not negotiate through the normal channels rather than -- >> i think there'...

Everybody likes negotiation, we have a system of government that requires it in certain circumstances. there's a budget process in which a budget gets passed by the house, a budget gets passed by the senate, and they appoint people to a conference committee, where they hash it out. and the house refuses to appoint conferrees to that conference committee, saying they won't negotiate on the budget. why not negotiate through the normal channels rather than -- >> i think there's always a pre-negotiation that took place, and frankly, that didn't work out, which is how many times do you want to be a...

At the enof the day when you look at chris christie's actions, what they always come back to is what's good for chris christie? national pundits keep talking about him as a candidate, but the way he conducts himself is always about what will help me most in new jersey. whether it's the medicate funding or supporting the president on sandy. let's look at the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll numbers, views of chris christie by party, you see a clear breakdown there, the positives and negatives. he's got great cross-party appe appeal. >> great appeal. and all those quote/unquote sins. i can'...

Little bit. but in a close race, those kind of things have an impact. >> if i could say one thing about the economy, though. remember, people's attitudes about the economy and the individual states, they are not just looking at their state, in ohio, people say they credit kasich, rather than obama for the jobs. people look at the nation's economy, the slow growth. the rate we are going, it will take us 3 more years to get back to the level of employment we had when the recession begone with a 7-year back log of people looking for jobs. people know that. >> chris: your hots? >> i agree with kar...

Voters angry, uncomfortable, get them to come up because they hate the guy. the problem is not enough americans hate barack obama -- >> i'll tell you what i'm impressed by is obama bringing in the cavalry. he brought in colin powell. said are you going to endorse or not, and he wouldn't tell me. just at the right time. he got bloomberg coming out -- >> and by the way -- >> now the biggest endorsement you can get, the best surrogate on this planet is bill clinton. the former president has been all over the country for obama. he's lost his voice he's working so hard. here he was in florida today...