analyst david duringen and gloria borger. david, 52% in our poll think the republican control of the house of representatives will be good for the country. 39% think it will be bad for the country. that's an impressive majority for the republicans. >> it's a majority, it's not a thumping majority, but it's also not what some liberal writers have been arguing and that is americans are showing buyer's remorse since the election. you'll recall on election night in the exit polls, only about 40% of americans said they approved of republicans, some 53% said they disapproved. but the same number said that about democrats. the country is not terribly happy with either one. the democrats got displaced but the republicans are still on trial and they've been wise to recognize they're very much on trial. >> look at these numbers, gloria. we asked about the republican

we're joined by january of illinois along with gloria borger and david gergen. congressman, let me start with you. you hate these proposals and you're a member of the commission. why? >> i'm a member. we were told from the beginning that nothing would be done to social security that would be affect current ben fishery rathers. of course, the proposal does exactly that. it changes the cost of living adjustment, the way we calculate it, that would affect current beneficiaries and does raise the age of retirement and affect future beneficiaries as well. that's a nonstarter. that's just not going to happen. in terms of medicare, which takes an increasing bite out of social security, we see that the proposal includes increased cost sharing for seniors who are already spending about 30% of our income on health care. so you're going to see absolutely a firestorm of opposition from older and near older americans against this proposal. >> why did they release these recommendations publicly today

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cnn's gloria borger and nbc's kelly o'donnell and " the chicago tribune's" clarence page. first up, president obama returns to washington and right back to reality. a new poll matching him against an unnamed republican candidate in six states he carried has him down an average of 18 points from his 2008 number. so now more than ever republicans see the 2012 nomination as a prize well worth fighting for. and right now, this fall is when they're making the big choice to go or not go. there are two paths to the nomination. first some will run as the best unobama as his opposite. opposite in gut appeal. republicans might choose sarah palin who would be red hot compared to today's cool obama. or who's a more seasoned manager? like mitt romney, governor haley barbour or governor mitch daniels? then because obama's clearly vulnerable on big spending, g.o.p. deficit hawks like newt gingrich, tim pawlenty and john thune. but there's another path to the nomination. this way of thinking goes, don't try to be unobama. assume -- play strongly to the christian conservatives who are vyin

cnn's gloria borger and nbc's kelly o'donnell and " the chicago tribune's" clarence page. first up, president obama returns to washington and right back to reality. a new poll matching him against an unnamed republican candidate in six states he carried has him down an average of 18 points from his 2008 number. so now more than ever republicans see the 2012 nomination as a prize well worth fighting for. and right now this fall is when they're making the big choice to go or not go. there are two paths to the nomination. first some will run as the best unobama as his opposite. opposite in gut appeal. republicans might choose sarah palin who would be red hot compared to today's cool obama. or who's a more seasoned manager? like mitt romney governor haley barbour or governor mitch daniels? then because obama's clearly vulnerable on big spending, g.o.p. deficit hawks like newt gingrich tim pawlenty and john thune. but there's another path to the nomination. this way of thinking goes, don't try to be unobama. assume -- play strongly to the christian conservatives who are vying f

gloria borger is our senior political analyst and gloria, what is happening there? that meeting among the senate democrats? >> well you know, nothing really focuses the mind like the prospect of losing political power. i think senate democrats are rightly very nervous about the next election of 2012. they have almost three times as many democrats up for re-election in the senate as republicans, and so they're really, really scared about what's going to happen. what you had was kind of a therapy session, right? and they sat in there and they -- they, like, senator nelson of florida was saying, you know, barack obama's not popular in my state. this is a real problem for us. there was some democrats who felt that the president these needs to be more partisan, there are other democrats who felt he needs to be less partisan. this being a group of democrats they couldn't agree on what they were going to do. they wanted to vent a little bit which needs to happen after you've all gotten together for the first time after you've taken a sm lahellacking. did they come out of t

gloria borger is here as well.te to ratify the s.t.a.r.t. treaty in this lame duck session? >> well, i share the same concern as many that the time schedule in front of us in the lame duck is very, very limited. i would like to speak to not only jon kyl, but senator lew gar abolewgar in where we rewith the discussions and making sure we are ready to go. >> so, does that mean that you are undecided or decided to vote against it right now? >> no, i have not decided to vote against it. i have been a little bit preoccupied in the last two months, and we just finished that up last night, so now i will be able to focus full-time on my responsibilities in the senate, and i'm looking forward to doing that, and part of that is figuring out exactly where we are with the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. >> gloria has a question. >> senator, let's talk about the national implications of the race for a moment, because as you know, sarah palin, i don't have to tell you, did not support you in your race for re-election, and when you were a

let's bring our senior political analyst gloria borger who just spoke with axelrod and our white house correspondent, dan lothian with the president in south korea. gloria, first to you. what did david axelrod tell you? >> he said this is "not news." let me read. "i have said what i've said bvg the middle class tax cuts should be extended permanently but we can't afford to borrow another 700 billion to permanently extend cuts to the wealthiest, but we are following sit down when congress returns and figure out a way forward that makes sense." so wolf what we are talking about here are smoke signals. you recall in the president's first press conference after election when he was asked whether he was willing to negotiate with republicans on this his answer was absolutely. they don't want to get too far out in front of this story, because obviously their liberal base is going to be upset. we saw axelrod trying to clarify what he said. but it is very clear that if you needed any signals here that this is a white house that understands there's a new political reality out there. they don't c

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we'll bring in our senior political analyst gloria borger. how likely are these proposals going to be to move forward? it is by no means a done deal. >> this is a chairman's mark. they wanted to get this out there to put this on the table. i think we should give the two chairman alan simpson and erskine bowles some credit here for putting some really bold, serious ideas on the table. but you do need 14 out of 18 members to approve of this in order to get this proposal before the congress. given the fact that this has both large spending cuts in it and a change in the tax system, i'm not sure, wolf, that they can get there. but it is in everyone's interest right now to try and get something before the congress. so i won't say no. we just don't know at this point. >> we're already, though, hearing loud complaints from liberals and from conservatives. i don't think this should be surprising. >> no. it is not surprising. wolf, we have been debating these issues for years. they're the same issues. nancy pelosi just put out a statement, i just got

gloria borger, senior political analyst is here for the questioning as well.enator, let me get your quick reaction. are you going to vote to ratify the s.t.a.r.t. treaty during this lame duck session? >> well, i think i share the same concerns as many that the time schedule that we have in front of us in this lame duck is going to be very, very limited. i would like to speak to not only jon kyl but senator lugar about where we are with the negotiations and discussions and really make sure we're ready to go. >> does that mean you're undecided or you've decided to vote against it right now? >> no. i have not decided to vote against it. i have been a little bit preoccupied in these last two months, and we just finished that up last night. so now i'll be able to focus full time on my responsibilities in the senate. i'm looking forward to doing that and part of that will be figuring out exactly where we are with the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. >> gloria's got a question. >> senator, let's talk about the national implications of your race for a moment, because as you kno

join me and howard fineman, kelly o'donnell, clarence pai and gloria borger for a great roundtable discussionr a look at what's coming up on "meet the press" here is david gregory. david? >>> thanks, chris. good morning, kimberly and aaron. coming up, the politics of the economy at home and abroad. the president returns to the u.s. this morning after facing international resistance at the economic summit in asia and a home the debate over tax cuts and controversial cuts in spending proposed by the president's commission. aftethe election will the white house and republicanbe capable of finding common ground? david axelrod and the view from the republics with senator john mccain. plus, we'll have a special economic discussion this morning with alan greenspan, newt gingrich, mclean who has written a book about the financial collapse and former congressman harold ford. it's all coming up this morning on "meet the press." >> thank you, david. what was meant to be an apology to formerresident george w. bush has turned into more drama for kanye west. >> the comedians seem to think the two might act

conservative red state.com, democratic strategist peter fenn and our senior political discussion gloria borger and dana bash. let me start with you, eric. dick armey says no conflict. well in the house, they're prepared to have a vote on banning earmarks, but as u you well know, they're saying i don't think so, we don't want to do that. here's senator mikely, a tea party guy who knocked off an incumbent republican senator saying they better make that a priority. >> i support a ban on earmarks a moratorium, until such a time as we can get a permanent reform mechanism in place. we need a system that will -- what we need in the meantime is to get congress off the bottle. while it irons out those proposals. >> when dick armey says no conflict, maybe not so much conflict with the house, but with the senate? >> definitely with the senate, with the senate leadership, there's some inrunning around, the demint-coburn earmark moratorium, what they're going to do. there's a report out that basically next week they're going to flood the zone with several earmarks banning proposals so they can say i suppor

illinois and candy crowley, and host of cnn's "state of the union" and our cnn political analyst gloria borgerlet me start with you and we will bring in gloria and candy and have a serious discussion about what is happening right now. the republicans keep saying that the leadership, the democratic lead eership, and the republican leadership have to listen to the people, and decide what the people want. in our brand new poll, we asked about the tax cuts, the bush tax cut, should they continue at the current rate for all americans 35%? for families making less than $250,000? 49%. for no one, 15%. so only one-third according to the poll wants all of the tax cuts, all of the tax rates to continue as is. you are not listening to the american people, right? >> well, i can only speak about the district that i rpt in the center part of the country in western illinois, and the message i hook in this election cycle was that we don't want anybody's taxes going up in a down economy. >> when you said we want millionaires and billionaires to get the same tax cut, yes. please make sure they only get 36% fede

>>> my friend and cnn senior political analyst gloria borger joins me now with some new polling on nancyi looks like she's going to wind up being the minority leader here for the democrats. when we in our cnn poll asked people outside the beltway, democrats what they thought about that, they were pretty conflicted. take a look at these numbers, 45% of democrats say they would like her as minority leader, but 47% say they would like to see somebody else. so not exactly a vote of confidence from outside the beltway. way outside the beltway now, out to alaska where those votes are still being counted. it looks like senator lisa murkowski will -- >>> since 1976, a remarkable story, we'll bring you up to speed right after this. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] here's hoping you find something special in your driveway this holiday. ♪ [ santa ] ho ho ho! [ male announcer ] get an exceptional offer on the mercedes-benz you've always wanted at the winter event going on now. but hurry -- the offer ends soon. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying acti

. >> let's discuss with this gloria borger and john king host of "john king usa" which starts at then. >> yes, she was using that same line before the election that she is using after the election. if you talk to democrats, it is no secret that they believe that the obama administration was not out there forcefully enough selling the agenda that they took the hard votes on, particularly in the house. she pushed a tough agenda, and she got folks in line to vote for it, and there are a lot of democrats felt that they were left out there hanging on a limb. so, yes, this is a i believe not so subtle dig, but she has been a good trooper for barack obama, and that is why she is running again, because she wants to protect what she has done. >> well, a lot of the democrats in the house who have gotten re-elected or coming to washington are not happy with her, but they are afraid to say, that because she is a strong and powerful leader. >> and great fund raiser for the party, and a disciplined and compassionate leader if you will. she knows everybody's family concerns. most of the liberals ar

gloria borger is joining me now. is this a good starting point?rting point. one of the reasons -- it's kind of interesting to look at the way washington works. here you have these two co-chairmen. they put everything out on the table. it was very clear to them that they probably weren't going to get some agreement inside the commission unless they kind of forced the issue. and they still may not get any agreement. so they decided to release it all quite early so the american public could start digesting it. and so they're playing a little bit of an outside game here. as you point out, none of this is popular, t.j. if it were easy, we would have done it years ago, right? but there's not a lot of political will. >> is this good for us not just up there on capitol hill, but for all of us to understand? this is the truth that maybe we have been in denial about for some time. >> you think? >> we're not going to grow ourselves out of this position. >> we want everything, okay? we want to be able to balance the budget. we're concerned about the deficit.

we will talk about it with our political analyst gloria borger and john king who is the host of "johnt begins at the top of the hour. let me play this clip, and then we will discuss. >> i think that there are going to be tensions within the party. i don't knt no't know the incum paul, but he has already talked about withdrawals or cuts in defense, et cetera, and a number of others are. there is no doubt that this new group of republicans have come in with a commitment to take a meat ax to the spending, but i'm not sure that you can say that everything that in defense is sacrosanct while the rest of the cuts in education, and social programs are taking place, so i worry a lot about the rise of protectionism and isolationism in the republican party. >> does he have a point there? should he be worried about the rise of protectionism, and isolationism in the tea party-backed republicans? >> he is, and he should be, because john mccain is very much a supporter of the war in afghanistan. if we leave afghanistan, he edoesn't want edoesn't want it to be because of budget reasons and some of t

our senior political analyst gloria borger is here to tell us what she's hearing. >> nothing focusesnate like the prospect of losing power. these senators are returning. they know twice as many democrats are up for re-election as republicans in 2012, and they're worried that they could lose control. by my mount and one of my is on -- by my account and one of my source's accounts, they spent ten hours talking this week. it's like a huge therapy session, what went wrong, what we need to do in the future. there were lots of senators including senator nelson of florida, up for re-election in 2012 and is quite worried about the race, saying that the president needs to lead. he needs to show more passion, and he needs to get out front of us and define the message better than he did in the 2010 midterm elections. and there are lots of democrats who agree with that. i might add, they're democrats, they're not united. some think the president needs to go to his left. some think the president need to be less partisan, like bill nelson, and that has yet to be worked out. >> bill nelson of flori