there's leadership in the proxy but i don't think any of them would say that eric kantor is eir genuine leader. >> charlie: albert, when u look at this over the last year, say, what could the president have done that would have made a different result? >> well, he first could have shown some consistency, which he did not show. you don't go out and say things and draw a fine line and say i'm sorry. you can only have a clean debt ceiling bill. you don't go out and say there must be a balanced package and then blink the next day. you have to decide, are you really going to be tough on this or not and there was a total inconsistency. frankly from what i hear, the president as a negotiator, as a bargainer was lesshan effective. >> charlie: less than effective because he sort of was prepared to compromise early on and everybody knew where his compromise was. >>epublicans aren't convinced that yolkis tough. >> charlie: they think he can be had. >> they are not convinced that he is. that poses a problem and i think he conveyed that. i don't think handled this -- people argued he should have emb

take, for instance, kantor vote for the bush tax cuts without spending cuts.s in iraq and afghanistan without spending cuts. he voted for the bush's unprecedented expansion of medicare without spending cuts. so why the twist? well, you've got to make it tough on the american people in barack obama. the majority leader has proven time and time again that he is all about helping party not people. joining me tonight is michael eric dyson, political analyst, professor at georgetown university, and author of the book, "can you hear me now?" good to have you with us tonight, michael. >> always good to be here, ed. >> we had a report earlier tonight from two weather channel meteorologists painting a very grim picture of what people along the east coast in this country. there's going to be millions of people who are going to be affected by this and we have a political leader in washington saying, hey, wait a minute, we're not sure if queer going to be help to help you. what do you make of this, this. >> that's just the cras refusal to do the business of the people. yo

representative kantor said that revenue could be part of what we do with the joint committee. it is a problem. when we started the last congress, we found ourselves in a hole with this country has never seen before. we lost about 8 million jobs with the bush should ministration. clinton created 23 million jobs. we had a surplus when we took office. we are now $14 trillion. we want more deficit reduction. >> [unintelligible] >> senator mcconnell and i have spoken about this. it will be interesting to see what ideas he has. i will make a decision at a subsequent time. i have two weeks after this bill is passed. i have to pick people that are willing to make hard choices. one of my friends ask me and said he would like to be on the committee. it does not bode well for me to choose someone and -- we have to look at other avenues. i am looking at three people, including the co-chair. [unintelligible] >> i have not thought about that. it should have no bearing. [laughter] i am a longtime member congress. i never count my votes until they are cast. i am hopeful, but we will have to s

norquist maybe has a little more consistency from the attitude of boehner, eric kantor and the rest.y want to take this money out of the economy, because they want to see to it, that the economy's in bad shape next year, they hope they can stall the recovery, so that they can ride the power on economic ruin. wait to see the final legislation before weighing in on this tax hike. make no mistake, a tax hike is just that, a tax hike. if the republicans tell you >> he wants to be for tax cuts, all tax cuts all the time. so it's pretty hard for him to oppose this bill when could propose a tax increase. at the same time, he wants to get along with the republican party. you have a republican party who hates the president more than tax increases. norquist maybe has a little more consistency from the attitude of boehner, eric kantor and the rest. they want to take this money out of the economy, because they want to see to it, that the economy's in bad shape next year, they hope they can stall the recovery, so that they can ride the power on economic ruin. >> do you anticipate any of the repub

applaud the efforts of all those who helped craft this agreement especially speaker boehner and leader kantor during a i urge my colleagues to recognize this opportunity to fix what washington and use this occasion to significantly cut runaway spending. e . speaker i urge your vote anh reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from michigan. nt >> thank you. i now yield two minutes to my friend and the distinguishedmemh member of the ways and means committee for ae long time. >> the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> thank you mr. speaker. a person that loves this and congress so much and i'massed ae embarrassed also as a memberthaa that a president of the united d states would have this domestic and foreign policy actually held hostage because with him and only him and no and other presit was put in jeopardy the faithbit and the fiscal responsibility of this country paying its debt. you know, a lot of people haveo said that we got to $14.4 trillion debt because we got drunk and spend money like a drunken sailor. if thatun is so, the people havg the hangover certainly are not y.

fixing highways, and put it in the districts and show all the schools in the districts of xwaner and kantor, all the people -- show the schools that are going to hell, the railroads going to hell, we don't even have railroads anymore. >> what's happening is the republicans are willing to sacrifice their own ratings in congress to pull the president down. that's what they've done. >> i think he's got to get connected with old-style politics -- i can't believe i'm talking like this. but i am. howard fineman and jared bernstein. thank you. >>> coming up, rick perry is the not getting any love. it seems to be more personal than business, the opposite of ross in the godfather 2. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. mio. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...or a lot. for a drink that's just the way you like it. make it yours. make it mio. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. a

norquist maybe has a little more consistency from the attitude of boehner, eric kantor and the rest.take this money out of the economy, because they want to see to it, that the economy's in bad shape next year, they hope they can stall the recovery, so that they can ride the power on economic ruin. >> do you anticipate any of the republican candidates to come out in favor of this? i mean, romney loves to say he's the job creator. perry talks about what kind of jobs he's created down there. it would seem to me this is something they would be on safe territory if they stepped up and said they were for it. >> romney's fallen apart as the front-runner, all the new polls show perry moving well ahead of him. romney is not going to do anything to offend the tea party folks. trying to cow tow to him so far hasn't worked. the tea party folks, leadership, who in essence are really conservative republicans, who don't care about those ordinary middle class folks -- there are members of the tea party who do, the leadership is exploiting those people. they really care about tax cuts for the wealth

those creeps, eric kantor, mitch mcconnell -- can you imagine the lobbying that is going on with this committee be made up? host: we got your point, cathy. let's try to do so without name calling. from the "los angeles times," a picture of somali refugees attempting to get aid in that country. here is the story. "u.s. relaxes rules for troops in somalia. the department of -- easing restrictions on humanitarian aid groups so they will not be penalized if they inadvertently help al qaeda-linked militants battling for power in the country." we are covering the senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing on african affairs, and they will look at the drought and famine in the horn of africa. new york, a republican. good morning. caller: good morning. i keep hearing about both the democrats and republicans talking about shared responsibility in this economic downturn. i would like to know why the congress and the senate has not share the responsibility. why don't they take a vacation with 5% or 6% of their salaries until this crisis is over? host: from the news leader website, "look at th

according to kantor, the priorities are, "repealing job-destroying regulations," and "tax relief formall businesses in federal and state and local governments." it comes as republicans come -- >> what's that? >> what? >> what's that? >> i'm kidding -- >> you start laughing. >> smiling. >> guess what, small businesses, you know what they want? they want regulatory relief and tax relief. you talk to small business owners, and you can shoot the piano player if you want to. >> i'm not. i'm smiling. >> they'll tell you -- >> it's a morning ohio is. >> -- morning show. >> you do it with a sneer. >> i'm sorry. i should be perky. >> you ask 1,000 small business owners, regardless of their ideology, what do you need now, they will say the tax relief and regulatory relief. and you can mock them if you want to. that's how you get them back to work. you're smirking -- >> i was not. i was smiefling in-- smiling a kantor's -- >> i understand. >> thank you. >> maybe they should do something about it. >> i think that what's -- what a lot of people are hoping is that president obama, i think, has sta

. >> one employee says that pg&e held him overnight in a hotel and forced him to undergo quasi kantor evaluation after he complained about unsafe conditions. >> vehicle thefts are on the rise, 38 reported in the last month including 4 over the last weekend. one car in the 500 block of baker street in petaluma, and now become another vehicle on olive street, a vehicle on a sunny slopes in the 400 block of sterling and on brown court as well. police are reminding residents to remove or valuables from their vehicles. slaughter cars. >> we are taking a look at the forecast for today. up >> here is alive and you from mt. tam. cloud cover and >> looking pretty good in the east bay. it will only get better as we head towards the afternoon. but temperatures today will run a warmer. not a lot of movement with the numbers right now. here are the current temperatures. this afternoon, a little warmer. here are the expected highs for today. as for the 7 day forecast it is mild. through the wheat tenders to not go up and down very much from day to day. let's see how the commute is doing. it >> the

. >> first of all, you don't need boehner or kantor or pelosi on this particular committee.eople have to remember, all it takes is seven votes. we assume that democrats and six republicans, there will be no compromise. you have hard liners on the list, but you have the opportunity for someone to say i won't be so hard lined. if you have five democrats, pick up a couple republicans. >> i can easily see where you have all six republicans not bunning on raising taxes and they have signed that pledge of no new taxes. i will make spending cuts. one democrat will cross over for a 7-5 vote. max bacchus from montana. he voted for the bush tax cuts in 2001, 2003. could he be that swing vote that would help the republicans get a 7-5 majority which would bring it to the floor and the house and no amendments and an up or down vote. >> you pointed to the right part and that was the tax cut component. you look at the rates and such and maybe the special loopholes and special interest tabs cutting those kinds of thing. those are the reforms that the republicans and democrats are difficult

bill in a moment we'll talk to house majority leader eric kantor, don't miss that, moments away. >> you have people, they fall into a -- into a mon hole and go down into the sewer system and they're not going to survive that. bill tpwha*eul is one of the reasons why so many officials are telling you to stay home. we talked to the mayor of philadelphia, around this time yesterday. michael nutter. he said you're looking at record, if not greater than record, flooding throughout the areas of philadelphia already. now, rick leventhal is watching that, he's live in new hope, pennsylvania. that's right near the tkeldz river. behind you, rick, how is it looking today? >> reporter: well, bill, it's definitely well over its banks. we're about a foot above flood stage and locals tell me we're eight or 9 feet above where this river would normally be, but the good news, the expectations are the flooding won't be quite as bad as they first thought. despite that, they are still issuing evacuation orders for anyone who lives in low lying areas, not just here in new hope, but also, in easton, also on t