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he's writing about the republicans waving tax hikes and cynthia tucker and visiting professor of journalismthe university of georgia. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> hi, reverend. >> good to be here, reverend. >> dana, are republicans really ready to cave? >> well, reverend, first of all, terrific particular to see you and ann coulter on the same page. they've caved already. they have said, we're going to agree to an $800 billion tax increase. it's entirely possible that they are going to go off the cliff any way. it doesn't mean that a deal is imminent. it basically means that they surrender. they used to say that they wouldn't give a dime of tax increase for spending cuts. now they are saying, let's go and do it if we can get $3 of taxes for spending cuts. >> the choice may be down to, do they make the deal before the deadline or do they let it go over the cliff and then come back and vote the tax cuts for the medical class iddle class f to have a tack increase. somewhere in between those two? >> i think that's absolutely right. and there are some important details to be

cynthia tucker is a visiting professor of journalism from the university of georgia.hank you for joining us tonight. let's see if we can define it. it's a game, and it's incredibly high stakes. chrystia, thank you for coming on tonight. if you were the president of the united states and you were looking from here to the new year and the cliff, what do you hope is -- what do you think is a win for you to be able to go into the new year having gotten us off your back? >> i think a win for the president is actually pretty clear. what the president wants is to extend the bush tax cuts for the middle class. he wants them to expire for those at the very top, and i think the president is actually willing in this context to agree to pretty significant cuts in revenue. so, you know -- >> cuts in entitlements? >> yes, yeah, exactly. cuts in government spending, sorry. you know, so i think that that is okay for the president. i think what is difficult and why you're seeing this being a really difficult negotiation for john boehner is it's much harder to define a win for john boe