perry bacon is political editor for the grio and an msnbc contributor. suitorman, editor at reason magazine. the president yesterday said we're meeting what seems a new republican leadership. let's take a listen. >> to show our seriousness, we've put revenue on the table. as long as it's accompanied by significant spending cuts. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table, provided we fix the real problem. >> ari, are we seeing the beginning of a new era of bipartisanship here? >> no. i don't think we are. there are two problems here from the sound you played, which i think is the right point to focus on. they said revenue, not necessarily taxes. we know, everyone who follows politics understands the current sticking point on the tax plan is whether you want to deal with all the goodies that millionaires get or not. the president has said that's a red line. the republicans are gestures some more towards it, but not really giving in yet. and that may be a legislative strategy that they think is going to work for them. i don't think it will, because i do

perry bacon, the editor for "the g rir grio." this is a limit brain trust. to fake it. not today. let's pick up the here. let's start with where andrea started. hillary clinton, one ocht names most frequently mentioned for the 2016 democratic ticket. today's "new york times," the review section devoted its first page to clinton's next move after she steps down from her cabinet position. she apparently told gail collins she's going to take some time to relax. she might consider a home decorating show as well. joan, are you buying her modest responses to questions about a presidential run? >> i am buying it. >> really? >> i think she genuinely doesn't want to run at this point. if she gets some sleep, if she goes home, if she starts to hear from women all around the country who want her to run, and if she has to listen to her husband, who clearly wants her to run, i think there's a chance that she changes her mind. i think there's also a chance she doesn't. she could have a wonderful life doing great work on women's issues without being president. i think that

. >> i want to bring in ruth marcus, columnist at "the washington post" and perry bacon, an msnbc contributor. what's your sense of this? are we setting up for a feisty but doable deal? but is it also possible we're in for a battle of epic proportions? >> yes to both questions. i think feisty is a great word. i think it is doable. whether that means it's going to get done is another question. and speaker boehner is in a delicate position. he would like to e get something done, but he's got an unruly boisterous caucus to be managing. >> i heard from a senator that he's going to need to bring in eric cantor somehow. he's going to have to enlist him if it's going to get done. we did get the preview yesterday. what's the president's strategy going to be? does he need to set an agenda for how to move forward? >> he's going to speak in generalities. he's not going to lay out a detailed, here's what i want to do five-point plan. i think that's smart. the best approach is to work this through congress with the white house being involved as well. take it as a patient process. >> let me play a little m

karen finney is former dn c communications director and perry bacon is the political editor for thegrio.comthe new republic, the romney's campaign internal polling was going somewhat hey ware in the final days of the race. in new hampshire, their final internal polling had him leading by 3.5 points and he lost by 5.6. in colorado it said mitt was ahead by 2.5 but he ended up losing by 5.5. how could these numbers be so wildly off the mark? >> generally i do words not numbers but even i could tell that the problem that they had -- a couple things. when we saw this in polling generally, number one, it seems they let their own biases and prejudices about the electorate itself color, and i don't mean that in a racial term, but i mean shade the way they were actually willing to look at the numbers because from the other things they've said, they underestimated the strength of the african-american latino vote and young voters, but the data was all there. if they paid closer attention to it and not sort of ignored it. it was pretty obvious that their numbers were off because they were under pollin

karen finney, and msnbc contributor perry bacon political editor for thegrio.com.teve, here is the story everyone is talking about today. the gop's media cocoon it's called. it says that many republicans fear their party is trapped inside a self-selected media universe in which only their own views are reinforced and an alternate reality is reflected. now, coy hai could have told th that. what took them so long to wake up and smell the cool late and smell the coffee and get burned by their own tea party? >> i think it was two things. this is the first time things really didn't go their way politically. they decided we're going to oppose everything obama does, we're going to obstruct and be there to get power back when people say the economy has not improved. what happened was obama's approval rating came down fast in 2009. republicans had a great midterm in 2010, and so they could convince themselves for the last two years, the economy is not in great shape. we have already had these successes, we're going to win this election. all these polls are wrong and we're g

we have nationally syndicated radio talk show host and msnbc contributor michael and perry bacon, political editor. yes men, great to have you here. it seems that every president in modern times has had to deal with the tensions that flair up within the middle east. they always try to talk about overseeing a long-term cease-fire. as we should on the brink of those discussions right now, between gaza and israel, what is the broader impact of the idea that not only will there be a cease-fire, but the fact that israel's neighbors will verify their right to exist, which is the longer formatted problem? >> well, yeah, i think we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. i think the first step is to cease hostilities. i think that the state department has already said that's step one for secretary of state clinton's arrival there. whether or not hamas can be brought to that point where they acknowledge israel's right to exist would be just a colossal, colossal milestone in the peace process. but it's not at all clear that that is going to happen. or that hamas has gotten to that point yet. i think hamas

joining me ken conrad, former governor bill richardson, ed schultz and then the gre owe's perry bacon strategist keith boykin and alice stewart. that was the lid of my pen. no big deal. "now" with alex wagner is coming up next. hi, alex. >> hey, thomas. we are waiting on the president and his remarks in the meantime it's a hashtall my 2 k kind of a day as the white house pushes its plans to extend middle-class tax cuts the gop calling out president obama for campaigning while republicans campaign. we will look at the campaign 3.0 with "victory lab" technician and author sasha isenberg. some democrats say it's okay to take a dive. we'll ask senator patty murray why she agrees with that when she joins us and republicans want answers from ambassador susan rice. what are they really asking? we will discuss that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. t - more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than dou