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Republicans who said look. we ought to get this done for the middle class. i think obama was saying to boehner look, i don't need to give that. >> $700 billion just for getting the middle class tax through. just for that. yeah. >> this is what he told his members in the congress. because of stories like this, that can paint the picture to the voters that obama's not playing ball. >> trying to explain this to somebody from pluto. say in australia now. saying when congress wrote the cliff, defined it, spend cuts, increases on income, tax increase on state. they wrote it up as this horrible thing...

Name it. they put it all together. and if they blow it, who's going to get hurt the most? >> well, i think the republicans right now are hammering themselves in the foot over and over and over again. at some point they may figure out how to stop doing that. but in the short-term doesn't look like that's happening. i think the low expectations right now are only helpful to them if they can get a deal done. it's not clear that can happen. they may even fall short of these low expectations they've had for two years now essentially both sides the white house and the congress advocating their way o...

Accountable way. it's like chopping off on arm. >> like says i want a shower, i'm going to niagra falls. >> they still can't get it done. we're dysfunctional. no other explanation. >> i think they can stop the roller coaster and make it go. they're doing a dance now because republicans don't want to do something to rates. obama wants to play hardball. but i think they'll have a different argument later in the year. >> i guess both believe it's better to go over the falls than cut a deal that's going to hurt them at home. tea party people don't respond to boehner or to cantor or mccarthy or any...

And i sat here -- and i once sat here while dick armey told me he was glad he couldn't be married to me. he's a grister, not an attractive or decent -- i don't have a dog in the fight i came on tv to talk about politics. i think he's a jerk, his wife came with him and she's a big jerk. i say a pox on all their houses. i'm glad they're shooting at each other and not the rest of america. >> that's why i like you. >> by the way, i'm only saying, i don't think he's a crook. >> the big point is, and joan's right about this. the freedom works is important to the tea party. >> we want matt kibbe back...

>> is this the vetting process we've got now? in other words, the president doesn't decide who to pick. he gets an idea, a hunch, puts their name out there and see how it rides. is that a good process? >> no. it's a particularly cruel process to everybody involved. we've used the phrase borking. we've gotten around to the notion we have to do this with supreme court justices because it's opposed for life. but until recently, the president was given the leeway that he gets to run his administration and his cabinet the way he wants. and the only reason that a nominee would be knocked back, if th...