CBS News' Bob Schieffer welcomed White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer to Face The Nation Sunday to discuss President Obama's list of proposals in this week's State of the Union address.
After laying out a laundry list of expensive, polarizing and divisive liberal proposals, Schieffer asked Pfeiffer incredulously what makes the President think a Republican-controlled House and Senate would entertain these ideas when the Congress with Democrats in the majority wouldn't even consider them:
“Let’s just start with what the president said overnight. The president is going to announce a plan in the State of the Union to raise $320 billion in new taxes on the wealthy, that’s over 10 years. Capital gains taxes are going up with this new revenue. He’s going to do such things as provide free community college and so forth for people. New tax breaks for working families. Increased child care credit.
I would just ask you this Mr. Pfeiffer: do you in any way shape or form believe that a new Republican Congress is going to do what a Congress that had Democrats and Republicans in control would not do?
Is this for real? Do you really think there’s a chance that something like this could pass?”



