Hardball   |  November 08, 2012

Matthews: Washington must work together because ‘nothing succeeds like success’

Chris Matthews says he wants action and compromise from both Democrats and Republicans because “nothing succeeds like success,” and government must now work to succeed for the American people.

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>>> let me finish tonight with this. respect the voters. i truly believe that politicians, the ecelebritied people should follow two rules after an election. one, respect the other people who won, they're entitled to a point of view, as you were. and two, this is the big one, respect the electorate. show favor to the side that won nationally. it's 3 million votes the president won the popular vote by as well as the presidency. both sides need to give them their support. this means while the president needs to negotiate to get republican support, beginning with averting the fiscal cliff this january, the republican side needs to lean in his direction. the deal should be a deal in the president's direction. it needs to favor the democratic side, because the president won the election. it needs to respect the republican side , because it's the party that went big in the house of representatives , which really is an incredibly representative body and responsive to the voters every two years. i want action, i want deals struck starting with the questions about taxes and defense spending , at the heart of the issue right now. nothing succeeds like success. if they can cut a deal, this could be the start of something