i would sing that for you, but i don't wish to offend merle haggard. feels like the coldest time of winter on capitol hill. >> there has not been any progress. >> the president and his alls have taken so many things off the table the only thing left is varnish. >> charles, are we going off the cliff? >> look, it is almost impossible to predict. the republicans are in such disarray that they may take on december 30. if they don't, we are, because the president feels so confident that the white house is so cocky after the victory and had election day and the upper hand. he has not offered much. in the absence of any movement on his side, to do something serious, instead of a fig leaf on spending and entitlements, republicans will be reluctant to give him what he wants. we could go over the cliff, but you could have a cave on the last day. >> evan, according to the nbc news poll, a majority of republicans for the rest time what their leaders mprose. will the >> doesn't look like it right now. one of the problems is that it is not a fiscal cliff, it is a f