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>> can you believe it -- how do republicans -- >> what's wrong with being on the side of the people? >> how do the republicans get on the wrong side of a tax cut for goodness sake? >> you've got a point there. i've looked as these numbers you've looked at. our polls show that the middle class is being defended by the president. they show on the question of taxes, just say the word taxes now and for the first time i can remember, bob, democrats win. democrats -- >> obama had a slight lead on this in 2008. but if you go back to october, he was way down, now he's ahead pretty substantially. and w...

Compromiser in chief, that he was more worried about getting along with republicans who didn't want to get along with him and that he and his party were getting rolled in the process. but his total victory in the payroll tax fight has changed that. democrats now see a leader who staked out a position, stuck to it, and got what he pushed for. the president is making himself now the defender of the middle class. and that has democrats a bit more optimistic about next november. while the democrats are feeling more confident and satisfied, republicans are angry, confused, and as charles krauthamme...

May not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but i'm going to tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. >> what a normal seeming person that guy is in the end. welcome back to "hardball." that was john boehner yesterday trying his best to explain the payroll tax deal. when he was asked by a reporter whether or not he had caved. a lot of tea party republicans feel boehner did just that. caved. disappointed, horrific, and bad deal were just a few of the ways the angriest republicans have described the deal, but not every tea partier agrees. joining me now to talk m...

Fortunate times of christmas. i remember the excitement that led to all days of this time of year. there was the school pageant where we all had parts to play in the christmas pageant. we gather in the auditorium, i wore a huge babyboomer class ed school each day. we were such a big class, we couldn't fit in a classroom. mom and dad took us downtown in philadelphia to shop for christmas presents, especially to see the real santa claus that was always at wanna makers. i remember my midnight mass that my mother and brother left me and my brother to baby-sit our younger brotherer and sister. and ...

Complainers. whiners with -- >> i absolutely disagree with that, and you'll get an earful from those people. >> you have brought those tea party people in as your favorite new ally -- >> i'm glad i brought them into the dance. i'm glad i did because what you're seeing in washington, if nothing else at the end of the day, as you're seeing members of the congress stand on the principles that they -- that they ran on -- >> and what are the principles? >> walk into the wall. >> well, that may be, but the fact of the matter is -- >> that may be -- that's the phrase of the night. that may be. they m...