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Republican Strategist Ron Christie, Democratic Strategist Hank Sheinkopf and Republican Pollster Kellyanne Conway on the fiscal cliff talks.
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-- go over the place.
Let's get straight to the politics of these developments of the rhetoric and possible economic impact.
Of the failure to resolve the -- joining us is former special assistant to president George W.
Bush Ron Christie.
Veteran political consultant and trying cop who's -- Bryant's former President Clinton among many other and Republican pollster campaign strategist Kellyanne Conway.
Well let's start if I remain Kelly and we -- do you think both sides right now are seriously removed over the -- I mean -- present emboldened by the hard left is very ready because they'd be reading into this election.
Last month live in the ND that I simply aren't seeing the president got fifteen million Americans -- against him in the first for years of his administration which failed to produce any type of meaningful budget.
In his democratically controlled senate.
A rapid fiscal cliff because of the president's inability to ever single day -- this for years Lou tackle entitlement reform -- intake of series by.
Talk about -- for a sort of tax hikes I think that he believed to have honest good faith negotiations -- actually come to the table.
We're closer together than.
I have before we restructure the so called negotiations that really haven't taken place in my opinion to this point.
How about the Republican side of the issue are the Republicans ready to go over the -- Wouldn't probably because they know that that that the president they note that the president is not serious about anything but quote taxing the rich I can't.
How coding error the Republicans have all of this are pure and noble and the Democrats are crafts and political -- now.
That's cranky and hard as part it this should leave the political motives are very clear.
Forced Republicans on the edge of the thing make them -- on the government.
Make them look bad recreate 1995 which I participated in.
By when they shut down the government to make look bad you shot to take back the house and you create American public opinion to work for an.
And he does banker really that -- -- -- that I'm not forgotten honest I'm not.
I'm not ready policy I nor my -- policy person.
But I do understand the politics of this very well there's an attempt by the Democrats look under this president to ensure that the Republicans look like out of the -- they ever looked.
-- if the Republicans run every this is a direct attack -- and two elements.
Of the DNA.
The Republican Party.
One is low taxes and secondly is a since the bureau of fiscal prudence and responsibility.
If they play this internally wrong.
They could have both of those elements of their DNA stripped from -- That's right and -- thing that I worry about as the Republicans seem to always negotiate against themselves Republicans blew an opportunity last week I thought to -- this -- the American people.
When you had Mitch McConnell the Senate Minority Leader come out and laugh when he heard about McConnell proposal but if I were him I would come out speaker Boehner and said you know want.
This administration wants to usurp the constitution the United States.
Take away the ability of congress to control the purse strings are not serious or not negotiating in good faith in here by the way is the Republican proposed.
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