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Yes, those poor, poor Republicans have just been completely humiliated by President Obama's initial offer during these debt negotiations, or so says former Bushie and Romney adviser, Dan Senor on ABC's This Week. Senor also did his best to try to spin the idea that the offer was somehow so toxic that most of the public would not blame Republicans if they can't reach a deal.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So you agree that something is going to happen. Dan Senor, that conflicts at least with a lot of the reporting I had on Capitol Hill this week, where you saw significant numbers of Republicans and Democrats more willing to accept the idea of going over the cliff, at least for a few days?

SENOR: Yes, I think as one Republican House member said to me, good lesson in negotiating is don't make your opening offer one of humiliation, which is what Republicans felt the White House has put forth in the last couple of days.

I think there's a sense now, Republicans I have spoken to, particularly in the leadership, have said, look, if we go over the cliff, we're going to get blamed.

STEPHANOPOULOS: No question about that.

SENOR: The view is shifting a little bit now, where there is a sense that if President Obama goes into his second term and poisons the environment so much that he can't get a deal and we go over the cliff, it's going to be so toxic for year two, year three, year four, and he -- the Republicans have some leverage too. The president has to be worried about his legacy and how he's going to govern through the second term. And even though Republicans might get blamed, this whole idea that the president is bringing the country together, something he wasn't able to do in his first term, if he can't do it in his second term, it could be very problematic.

Yeah, that's the ticket. President Obama had better not hurt the Republicans' feelings, or they might start obstructing everything he does and that's going to harm his legacy... oh wait.

I guess Senor thinks the American public has been asleep for the last four years is he actually believes the garbage he's shoveling.

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August 13, 2009 PBS News Hour

January 22, 2009 C-SPAN

January 16, 2009 C-SPAN

Jane Hamsher talked about the presidency of George W. Bush. She responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Ms. Hamsher is a long-time critic of the administration. Clips of President Bush's 2002 State of the Union speech and January 15, 2009, farewell address were shown. See more CSPANJunkie Videos here.

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Looks like the Bush legacy tour has finally ended, thank goodness. Rachel reminds us that despite all of their spin over the last few weeks the P.R. blitz hasn't worked out so well for them. Bush's poll numbers are still in the tank despite their best efforts.

Matt Taibbi gives his views on how Bush will be remembered as well and they discuss his latest article published at Rolling Stone: Bush Apologizes: The Farewell Interview We Wish He'd Give.

Matt Taibbi is one of my favorite guests on Real Time with Bill Maher and he's an equal opportunity abuser at Rolling Stone and on Real Time which probably has a lot to do with why I like him so much. He doesn't pull any punches when it comes to pointing out the follies of our political class regardless of party.

His book The Great Derangement just came out in paperback.

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Jon Stewart on George Bush's media blitz on his way out the door.

For the past eight years George W. Bush has done his level best to remain entirely unaccountable to the American people. A record number of signing statements, claims of blanket Executive privlidge for aides, forty seven press conferences vs seventy seven vacations. If ever you thought there was a guy who was just going to back out of the room quietly at the end of his term, this is the guy. But apparently, that's not our George.

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Apparently President Bush will continue to appear on as many television outlets as it takes to convince us that he does not care what we think.

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Keith has a list of things that George Bush has actually liberated us from. Needless to say it's a little bit different than W's list.

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Tonight's: Wow Did He Miss The Point-Gate, Mortgage-Gate and Torture-Gate.