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New group seeking middle ground, says “No Labels” in government
The middle isn’t a very popular place in Washington right now. But a new group is promising to put political labels aside in order to move the country forward, instead of to the right or to the left. Republican Adviser, Mark McKinnon, and Democratic Strategist, Kiki McLean, are two of the organization’s founding members. They joined us on Monday’s American Morning.
Related: New group hopes to emphasize non-partisan solutions
Rep. Ackerman explains why Democrats got 'screwed'
Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York, explains to American Morning's John Roberts why he and other fellow Democrats opposed the tax plan presented by President Obama and Republicans.
Rep. Bachmann: Tax deal increases deficit, spending too much
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. and founder of the Tea Party Caucus in the House of Representatives, joins American Morning's John Roberts and Kiran Chetry to explain her opposition to the Tax Deal Compromise.
Axelrod: Americans 'going to get screwed' if tax hikes not prevented
(CNN) - President Barack Obama vigorously defended his agreement with Republicans to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts on Tuesday, arguing that it was a price that had to be paid to spare the middle class from crippling tax hikes. The president promised disheartened Democrats that the fight over the cuts for the highest-income Americans would continue over the next two years. He also urged them to take a long-term view of the bitter policy fights now taking place in Washington.
Today on American Morning, President Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod responds to Democrats upset over the agreement, and how the decision affects Obama politically.
Notably, Axelrod tells AM's John Roberts, “I say the people who are going to get screwed [… ] are the American people if we don’t act to prevent their taxes from going up January 1.”
For more, watch the full interview:
Elizabeth Edwards stops cancer treatment, releases statement
(CNN) – Elizabeth Edwards is surrounded by family and friends in her North Carolina home after being informed by her doctors that further cancer treatment would be unproductive.
"Elizabeth has been advised by her doctors that further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive," the Edwards family said Monday in a statement. "She is resting at home with family and friends and has posted this message to friends on her Facebook page."
Gibbs calls Assange's Clinton comments 'absurd,' says govt. must balance 'need to share' and 'need to know'
Today on American Morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs talks to AM's Kiran Chetry and responds to WikiLeaks and the latest talk on DADT.
He responds to:
-WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's recent comments to TIME Magazine that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should resign over some of the leaked cables in the website’s latest document dump
-The potential damage WikiLeaks' latest document dump poses to U.S. foreign policy
-Talk that the Obama Administration will change the way intelligence is shared
– Speculations Justice Department already has signed arrest warrant for Assange
-And, the likelihood of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” coming before the lame-duck Congress.
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