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that this year they'll power all the hasbro toys donated to toys for tots.lp power some smiles? duracell. trusted everywhere. >>> there's a notion that if the president only schmoozed with republicans more, then magically we'd start to see real progress in washington. suddenly the gop would love health care. they'd start blocking immigration reform. they'd support the increasing of the minimum wage. and speaker john boehner would even sing kumbaya on the steps of the white house. isn't that right, senator joe manchin? >> it's hard to say no to a friend. when you build that relationship and that friendship, you're looking for ways to try to work things out and try to find a compromise. that friendship means an awful lot. when you don't build those personal relationships, it's pretty easy for a person to say, let me think about it. >> personal relationships. i see. so it's the president's fault. does senator manchin know on the night of the president's first inauguration top republicans were plotting to stall his presidency? or that the top republican in the s

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