. >> i'm very disappointed with johnson boehner who once again tries to preserve his role at the expense of the country. >> he is trying to teach america a lesson. this is a president not trying to do the best that can be done for the american people. >> how can washington sharpen their negotiating skills? >> they need to be able to project a future well before it comes. so the reality is that if i'm dealing with a general manager i might say okay, let's assume that the players now -- the players are angry, everyone is in flames, what position do we take then? and take that before the con flik occurs. and the who concept of blaming each other, there have to be a pair time. they have to know it will come back over again. so no one negotiation loses sight of the long-term. and they're sitting in a little bubble in which their reality is completely screened off from the reality of people that are out of work. >> and that is what really, really hurt about this. it looked like a very political fight, political winners and losers, and the person people really lost in the end. lee steinberg, ni

, the president will meet with speaker john boehner and others at the white house to discuss the shutdown and looming debate over the debt ceiling. joe johnson boehner's backyard, cincinnati, ohio, to hear what boehner's constituents think of this standoff. joe, the latest cnn polling has boehner's favorability down to 33% nationally. he's a member of congress, doesn't have to worry act the national polls. but what are they saying about him back home? >> reporter: honestly, jake, he does come from possibly the most republican district in the state of ohio so that says a lot. his family used to own a bar and restaurant over on vine street here, and we went there this morning and talked to the breakfast bunch that comes every day. they really weren't that worried about the shutdown although they say they're concerned about government spending. we went over the his district proper in the westchester area, and people were a little bit more exercised about the government shutdown. but their criticism is not just for the speaker of the house but also for the congress as well as the democratic president. listen. >> when he lived here he gave the me

jason johnson, tweeting that "i'm hearing boehner will offer a clean cr vote after reid refuses oncez's top aide essentially announcing that boehner is going to fold to exert pressure on him not to. what do you make of the control that john boehner has of his caucus in that body? >> well, senator cruz has really become the puppet master here in the house of representatives. he's been pulling all the strings. i said on the floor of the house today that the presiding officer might as well hand the gavel over to senator cruz, because that's where these guys are taking their orders from. i was just waiting for some of our colleagues to start reading, you know, "green eggs and ham" on the floor of the house this afternoon and tonight. >> well, it's going to be a long night, so we may get a dr. seuss cam right over here. >> it is. the sad part, as you said, though, is really -- i mean, this is going to really hurt the country. >> yes. >> and it's all to try to block millions of americans from getting access to affordable health care, and it's sdp despicable. it's a sad day for the congress

this is one of ted cruz's chief strategists, jason johnson who tweeted he is hearing boehner will offer a clean cr vote. jonathan wisman who writes for "the new york times" tweets apparently the latest white house budget can issue shutdown guidance is 11:30. congress has an hour and a half to get something done. this is dominicomontenero saying christie says he'd solve the problem by not letting anyone leave saying i'm the boss and i'm in charge. and russell berman who covers the hill saying the gop reps boehner allies tom latham and mike simpson say the house will again tonight, but not likely on a clean cr. let's hear from the democrats line. >> hello? >> you're on. >> make sure you mute your television so you don't feed back. and go ahead with your comments? >> caller: yes, i'm a democrat. i'm very disappointed in all of the democrats. the senate and the house. that they're not willing to pass everything else but the obama or the aca law. that should never have been put in and i think the best way since they can't come to a decision on this, and to me, it's not the law because it was

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boehner or the president? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome. iismt s.e.cupp on the right. >> and i'm van johnson.d pre-compromised enough. we gave away single payer, we gave away the public option. that's a compromise. even with this c.r., we have already rolled over and given republicans 100% of the budget cuts they want, $70 billion. so, mr. president, meet, that's great, but don't cave, stick to what you told cnbc this afternoon. >> during the course of my presidency,ivity bent over backwards to work with the republican party. one thing i know the american people are tired of, and i have to assume the vast majority of businesses are tired of, is this constant governing from crisis to crisis. in that sense, do we need to break that fever? absolutely. >> so, van, i get it, you want the president to stand your ground, maybe you have some ted cruz envy. i don't blame you. i kind of understand where you're coming from. president obama's leadership on this has been disappointing.

boehner or the president? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome. iismt s.e.cupp on the right. >> and i'm van johnson.d pre-compromised enough. we gave away single payer, we gave away the public option. that's a compromise. even with this c.r., we have already rolled over and given republicans 10

johnson maybe the least of the president's concerns right now. there's been a flood of articles come out in the last 24 hours about glitches with the obama care program. house speaker john boehner'sbeen putting out a lot of those stories and e-mails to reporters. and a lot of people here in washington in the curve stiff movement would like to see kathleen sebelius out the door at health and human services. but right now they say sebelius is not going anywhere. a lot of challenges with this president even with the shutdown over. >> is it thought by the white house that this is going to be piling on. because a lot of republicans themselves admitted that they missed an opportunity to go full on against obama care in the rollout that was so glitched and so messed up. and now they can focus all of their attention on obama care. >> and i noticed in the last 24 to 48 hours as it started to look like the republicans were going to give up on the strategy of taking this to the brink just to get rid of obama care, or delay or defund it or whatever, that the rnc was starting to put out e-mails really focusing on obama care and all the glitches. they were sort of giving up on the government s

boehner is a decent human being. i also think he should read the biography of lyndon johnson to find out how to be a truly effective speaker. he is the head of the republican party. he should act that way. host: with regard to this house- senate budget committee coming up, do you see room for compromise? it sounds like you might see some room? caller: i'm a democrat. i strongly believe in free enterprise and individual freedom. there has to be room for compromise. that is the basis for a democracy. i think the tea party forgot that lesson. -- if congresse and self-interest aside puts the long-term interest of the country first, i believe that compromise is very much possible. host: adam green. question of was a short-term interest versus long- term interest. there was also a question of good people trapped in a bad system. that brings us back to campaign finance reform. have members of congress spending four hours per calling-money donors -- big-money donors, the input will be vastly skewed to the very rich. politicians agreeing to take -- thats of only $250 will change the way the system works. that gets back to my will o

boehner said that was not the case, that offer was not made. if the offer still stands, they'll take it. >> we should let you know we'll be talking to clay johnson in his piece later on this hour to get his view about what he thinks went wrong with the rollout. first, let's get to what kathleen sebelius had to say about all of this. she sat down with our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gup gupta. how did the secretary respond to what amounts to a flood of criticism coming her way? >> there's no question she feels the pressure and she talked a lot about the frustration within hhs, health and human services but also the white house. it was a wide-ranging interview. i asked her about what we knew before october 1st, what she thought about the fact that 70% of insurers had concerns about that october 1st date and also that the system had been tested just a few days before, with about a hundred or so people logging in and the system crashed. and why was it still allowed to go forward? we got to this issue of what happens next. how do you fix this? take a listen. >> there's a lot of frustration as you know, madam secretary. if this persists, ev