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Increases are off the table, not to be discussed, never. don't even think about it, no matter what. so successful is grover norquist's lock on republican thinking that it has extended its influence to democratic party thinking, including president obama's thinking. when george w. bush came into office, he proposed cutting every income tax rate from the top income tax bracket down to the bottom tax bracket. and congress did so. even though the country had thrived under the clinton income tax brackets. the democrats' position and the president's position is now to restore only one, only one of t...

To be discussed, never. don't even think about it, no matter what. so successful is grover ç norquist's lock on republican thinking that it has extended its influence to democratic party thinking, including president obama's thinking. when george w. bush came into office, he proposed cutting every income tax rate from the top income tax bracket down to the bottom tax bracket. and congress did so. even though the country had thrived under the clinton income tax brackets. the democrats' position and the president's position is now to restore only one, only one of the clinton tax brackets, the ...

Talks about, vice president biden, any of treasury secretary geithner they -- >> the administration is on one page, we're sunsetting the top bracket. but you talk to members of congress and they would like a one-year -- >> would president obama veto? think about that. is the president of the united states going to veto the extension of the current tax rates for the next year? >> i think he will. that's all he's got. class warfare. that's all they have. they'll stick to it. >> bret: straight ahead, the panel weighs in from the result of the text to vote poll. why did joe miller win the alaska g...

House districts at risk. >> they need 40. >> the 39 to switch the control. it could be as many as 55. the difference will be small. in 2006, 15 seats moved the house from democrat minority to democrat in ae majority. you add up the cumulative margin between the winning democrat and losing republican and out of 82 million votes, the margin was 27,022 votes nationwide. >> we had nancy pelosi's number two or advisory in the house, saying no lame duck session to decide tax cuts. do you believe it? >> they may make a move. the house says the senate has to move first and harry reid may bring up a le...

Were just made public. what are you learning? >> reporter: that's right. wolf. $1.5 trillion tax cut. a sweeping overhaul. hundreds of pages long. entire u.s. tax system. and now we know exactly what's in it. if you look at the top line, wolf, obamacare mandate, that is repealed. corporate rate does from 35 to 21% and that change would take effect in 2018. also cuts across the board on the individual side of things. take a look at where they stand currently versus where they will be. right now seven brackets, still 7 in the new bill, but 10% will stay 10%. 15% drops to 12%. 25% bracket, that d...