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to the clinton levels now. and let next year be a time for
negotiating rates for the future and maybe everybody could lower
the rates for everyone during that time. >> dana, how much of
this do you think is just public posturing and kind of
bloviating on cable channels? it does seem like there's a lot of
that going on. >> reporter: so much of that is public posturing
and bloviating. but i think the difference between now and what
we've seen in past high-stakes negotiations like this, you have
the public posturing, the bloviating and the, okay, guys, let's
roll up our sleeves and talk about what's really going on. by
all accounts, that's not happening right now. just like you
said, the fact you said it's news the president and speaker had
their first phone conversation which got nowhere in a week is
really amazing. and it speaks to the lack of the real
conversations going on behind the scenes. i will say that, you
know, back to what david and jess