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Dick Morris explains his landslide Election Day misfire, weighs in on the quest for bipartisanship in looming 'fiscal cliff' crisis
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It has John Boehner reaches out to President Obama.
What does President Obama do.
He makes travel plans to leave the country.
Go figure meanwhile we -- getting dangerously close to the edge of the fiscal -- Forms what's gonna happen the next four years at home mom is true reform -- and that's the problem here.
The mechanism for recovery isn't going to be there raising taxes on small business people.
Is the wrong prescription given world economy it.
Is -- on the table to talk about violating clearer healthier America yesterday yeah they're raising tax rates.
Is an insult and frankly couldn't have passed -- house.
I would like a real Republican Party come back because the Democrats need to have they have feet held to the -- talk about yeah you haven't even thought of that is.
Does create running apart my -- -- -- there -- crazy.
By the way California is where we market California is all most folks a microcosm.
For the country -- -- virtually.
I mean if they're balkanized down there.
There's a bunch of different states.
Rich live and a few places in the rest of the stated guy and it's a shame actually.
It would be nice if I think.
Different people felt like the party wasn't something that once -- for them I think the Republican Party has in the past.
Then a brilliant part when you bring up like it -- a fantastic thing.
What do you you have to keep in mind that we evolved since then and me -- Feel and look of America is changing and we all have to and we all got to do.
Probably you've got if you get 72% this country right now and they're voting does that the people they're -- It's not gonna get much better and so the question is how you gonna reach out and other groups of Americans.
Who are not far from.
What we're probably just don't seem to wanna get in touch -- at all.
You've mentioned but Ghazi the president next week is going to be facing several hearings that are coming up in the house -- -- -- -- pressing for answers and you have Republican leaders saying.
That they believe they've crawled -- in the days leading up to the elections what was.
Very clear from the beginning of this attack that it was very uncoordinated there are.
Terrorist activities that were active there and -- godsey.
In the months leading up to this and of course there -- more than dozens.
Of suspects that the administration itself has got to come clean what happened before what happened during the attack.
And they've got to explain how they misled the American people world.
About what really went down -- Costs something went really wrong here and the distinctly that was influenced from outside and that should never happen when dealing with -- -- -- It's really the only place that it won't be coming from sports administration.
-- and why does anybody vote for a Democrat.
The Democrat party is the party stuff.
The Democrat party the party takes care -- when you don't work the Democrat party is the party that's been a nation the people who do work.
-- higher tax that why does anybody vote Democrat.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Good evening Greta good to be here.
Did you have -- -- -- have the day after the election I posted on Greta -- dot com BR Iraq op Ed would you say you have a -- on your face and believe me have been decimate any of -- so -- come clean.
What the world happy am I think what -- so tell -- -- what in the world what happened with the your -- predictions it looks like it off the current strong.
Well two things first -- there.
I said when I gave those predictions that if we have the same churn out pattern we had -- no wait.
Obviously Obama's gonna win and then -- went on to say wouldn't happen.
I said her weight which an express since it was announced prior year and -- went back to normal.
Well I was wrong eight which not -- out liar a year it's a -- year and it's what happened and black Latino when young people turn out.
And single women turnout was eight points higher than it had been for years that it had been in ten.
And about equal to what it was an -- wait.
And -- I was about five points wrong.
Because the vote among that population was about eight points greater.
The the other thing -- the storms.
I wrote a column.
On the Wednesday before the Tuesday election right after the storm warning that I think Obama with gaming because of the storm.
Then I thought when he went out -- campaign didn't use the revenge word and all that that he gave it back.
But the problem is I was flying blind them because they didn't do any -- nobody could -- during that storm.
Sorry I didn't have the data that I could deal with.
But -- as far as I'm concerned what happens is a permanent change in the composition.
Of the American electorate.
And that's very very significant it's like getting a whole other state to the country.
And from now one we've got all ticket counter that and I'm sorry I missed it.
What we haven't -- the agenda for the new congress.
Tell me now that things have bad we've gotten the message the and the American people they want to be president and we've got the same remaining net house speaker of John Boehner sent mature leader Harry Reid.
Going into the next congress congress what is the agenda.
Well we'll -- -- address that in 12 I just wanna make a point.
This president is the first president in American history.
Who has ever been reelected for a second term.
By a margin that is smaller.
Than that which elected him in the first place from a seven point margin to a one point march.
So there are a lot of people very critical of the Republican party of our.
Friend Karl Rove for example when they don't deserve that criticism.
And they did a heck of -- job and -- him back and die every other president who's lost strength.
From his selection actually ran out of room and lost reelection.
Reagan and Clinton and Kyle old again -- all gained strength running for a second term.
I don't know I don't think that.
I don't think those numbers and different show is gonna ask the -- any difference how windy is a win the president won this race yep and the American people have spoken and they -- big numbers numbers very listened everybody's numbers -- wrong so.
You know they've elected their president in -- -- I know what's next what's gonna happen with the American people.
Come -- Rather than with a -- term.
I think that in the short term there's going to be a budget deal which.
I think that nobody will let us -- -- what they called the fiscal cliff.
Which would either -- enormous cuts or necessitate borrowing that we just.
Be beyond imagination.
And would basically eliminate the dollar and -- -- turns.
I think that what's likely to happen is that Boehner will go along with what he calls revenue increased.
Not increases in the tax rate.
But capping the deductions for state and local taxes charitable donations.
And mortgage interest -- a bunch about the deduction.
Doesn't -- didn't help dissidents.
Doesn't that you raise your taxes when I mean so as well and are now into the sort of the Washington gimmick at Mina where I'm gonna raise your taxes but we're gonna -- your deductions -- -- taxes go up or not gonna caught attack.
Increased its not the right.
Right.
I think that is true and I think it's unfair to people -- -- homes.
Assuming they would have the deduction and it -- charitable institutions and it makes life worse for voters.
Who live in high tech state.
But I think that's what's gonna happen.
I think Obama.
Will be forced to accept major cutbacks and entitlements.
I don't think they'll be a block granting Medicaid and the other -- to the states.
But I do think they'll be significant cuts in entitlements.
-- and I think that that has to happen.
I think both sides you cannot -- like the deal that he merges and I think frankly Boehner will tend to ignore the Tea Party members.
And I think whoever is the democratic leader will probably ignore that kind of moveon.org.
Members and I think you'll get a majority out of the center.
You know what did I tell you what I am really annoys me about what's going on is that everybody is known about this fiscal cliff for a year and a half and in fact -- last November's we knew it was really gonna happen about thirteen months.
Now we've had the election they've all ahead of their time mop basically paid this hour is why they -- ran for office of both sides the I'll.
And now they've got six weeks to come up with the DOS not much time.
But here now that we're on the edge of six weeks coming up what happens is we really need everyone to get in the same room the president needs to call the majority leader and the speaker was a president -- he plans an overseas trip to go to an east Asian summit -- to Burma instead of staying home and bringing everybody to -- Oval Office and.
Pounding out an agreement.
-- the president's got to deal -- to propose some budget proposed a plan.
He didn't do it during the whole debt limit fight he just let -- emerge from the negotiations.
And I don't think that that's a presidential leadership.
He needs to submit a program of what he wants to do.
And then let the congress deal with it which is of course its function.
But I don't mean to imply Greta that Barack Obama's gonna governments -- moderate.
I think during this session he will rammed through and in the ensuing months a series of treaties.
That's fundamentally compromised American sovereignty in important areas like gun control and and offshore drilling.
And their carbon emissions I think he's gonna push through a very far left the program which I think -- did get through legislation.
-- through executive order.
Well I added I suspect Tim Hamulack chain you know I says the days and weeks unfold firstly I get past that fiscal cliff which is about to hit us all know have like a two by four -- -- -- -- thank you.
Thank you none of the.
