BLITZER: The Republicans, Mary, as you know, retained the majority, the decisive majority, in the House of Representatives. So, where do you see bipartisan cooperation going, if at all?SOURCE:
MARY MATALIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Well, it's certainly not initiated by this president. There's no record of that. Van is completely wrong. He's completely erroneous and he was there when -- I believe he was in the White House when the president said to Eric Cantor who came with all of the Republican ideas in hand, elections have consequences, Eric, and I won. He didn't include any of those Republican ideas. He had majorities in both chambers and he jammed through his own agenda. And he is -- his campaign was --
JONES: (INAUDIBLE) --
MATALIN: -- marked by malice. His campaign was marked by malice and mendacity. It was full of derision and division and destruction and distraction and distortion. I don't see how he can -- how anyone would trust him, even Democrats.
BLITZER: All right, let's let Van respond to that.
MATALIN: -- he has mow [NO] mandate for anything.
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JONES: I don't think this helps America. We've got to be able to move past this, Mary.
MATALIN: I don't care what you think, Van. And he did not have any issues mandated other than free contraceptions and taxing rich. He's got -- he's the only history in president who has -- his president in history who has a low-re-election margin and fewer electoral votes than his first time around. He won in a squeaker --
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November 7, 2012 Wednesday
SHOW: CNN NEWSROOM 1:00 PM EST
Obama Wins And A Look At What's Next; Another Possible Storm Heading To Northeast; Obama Faces Fiscal Cliff; Third Party Candidate Gets 1 Percent; Heavy Rain, Cold Expected in Northeast; Stocks Selling Off Day After Election; Wisconsin Elects First Openly Gay Senator; Balance of Power in Congress Remains Split
BYLINE: Suzanne Malveaux, Wolf Blitzer, Jill Dougherty, Van Jones, Mary Matalin, Rob Marciano, Alison Kosik, Dana Bash, Ben Wedeman, Fred Pleitgen, Reza Sayah, Brooke Baldwin
GUESTS: Robert Reich, Gary Johnson
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 6886 words
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Poor Mary.
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