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>> let's bring in the political panel with us now. abby stod guard for thehill.com and former bush cheney adviser. again, we're hearing the word of compromise. the democrats and president might be willing to make changes here, but many people still ask here. if the republicans are against a tax increase for individuals, if this payroll tax expires, that would mean middle class americans, families would see $1,000 added to the bill. that's a tax increase so why would the democrats compromise?

>> that's why it's foolishness at this point to look too closely at the specifics. the payroll tax cut will be extended. the republicans will do this. the republican leadership began signalling aa week ago that they were going to do this. they didn't know how to convince their members, but it will be done. it is too much of a hit to consumer demand in the economy to have the unemployment insurance and/or the payroll tax cut expire. it's just not something republicans are willing to be blamed for. it will happen. the details will change many times between now and the 11th hour, but it's not a hit republicans can take politically at christmastime.

>> michael, let me bring you in. it is not a story that i think people are talking about a lot around the kitchen table, because i think, like a.b., they know they have to reach a deal here. no one wants to begin the year with, hey, you're paying more.

>> i think the reason why there's going to be capitulation from the gop is that their position has been inconsistent on this vis-a-vis the other economic proposals that have been discussed and put before the congress.

>> the tax cuts are inconsistent with the bush tax cuts , just that alone.

>> exactly, tamryn. 1,000 of 50 k is real money . these are not folks inclined or able to save that money. if your economic agenda is one of pugts money in the hands of people to spend it and they can enhance the economy, well, then in this case wouldn't you go along with it? i think there's backlash that has caused them to come to this conclusion.

>> let me bring you in as we await the president. we know the man that would like to be president of this country, newt gingrich , is meeting with the king of new york , i don't know what you want to call him. donald trump . i love this timing. the president was supposed to speak around 1:45. newt gingrich and donald trump were supposed to emerge from the meeting around 1:45. can't make this up. newt gingrich is now leading the gop . he's the front-runner in iowa and making big moves in new hampshire as well.

>> you're correct. if you were to ask me six months ago, newt gingrich would be the presumptive republican nominee at the top of the polls, i would have said what are you smoking? we were talking about newt gingrich 's finances and his wife.

>> his wives, the wives.

>> you're exactly right. what this tells us, it tells us two things. number one, the american electricity rate, the republican voter is not happy. they're not particularly happy with the republican party in terms of choices and they're not happy in terms of mitt romney being the quote-unquote presumptive nominee here. do you want a moderate, general election type candidate, i.e., mitt romney who could win in the general election because he's so good on the issues, or do you want to bonified conservative you trust who is polarizing who gets the nomination?

>> michael, let me bring you in. someone said today newt gingrich is at the top of the field and madonna is performing at the super bowl . what year is this that we're living right now? with that said you have tomko burn, a republican senator. he has not forgotten newt gingrich 's lack of leadership in his opinion. let me play what he had to say on an interview yesterday on fox.

>> i'm not a supporter of newt gingrich have been personally experienced his leadership.

>> you have tom coburn , we're hearing anonymous insiders quoted on different websites that he's not alone. he's not the lone republican who thinks this about newt gingrich , the man who could be their nominee.

>> it's also the conservative punditry, the charles column that ran last week, the george will piece that appeared in thiz nationally syndicated column where they question newt and mitt. some say maybe we need to a take long, hard look at jon huntsman . i think he'll get an opportunity to shine.

>> you're not alone. minka and joe have touted him, but he's not making major moves . his numbers aren't great. a.b., let me play what senator john mccain had to say about the gop and an interesting remark he made regarding people who are? this country illegally and how it would benefit the gop to change its tone regarding the hispanic community. let's take a listen.

>> the republican party has to discuss this it issue in as humane a way as possible. the enthusiasm on the part of hispanics on president obama is dramat dramatically less than it was in 2008 because he hasn't fulfilled his campaign promises either. i view the hispanic vote up for grabs.

>> mere you have newt gingrich a few weeks ago making a comment regarding people in this country illegally. the hard core conservatives thought that would doom him. not the case. it doomed rick perry when you add in all the other things wrong with him as a candidate. nevertheless newt gingrich offers on that topic some kind of balance.

>> this is true. it was quite surprising that the party as the hour draws late became more desperately, increasingly desperate to find an anti- mitt romney candidate. when they dispose of rick perry , they knew newt gingrich took a controversial stand on immigration but they embrace him anyway for his other strengths. it is much better for newt gingrich to become the nominee to have a position like on immigration. latinos are the fastest-growing voting block in the country. despite the fact that -- i think senator mccain is wrong, despite the fact that enthusiasm --

>> i have to interrupt you both. that was a live

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