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>> lets talk about senator cruz versus governor scott walker what do you think? >> i think you have a first term rookie senator. thats going to be a challenge for rand paul marco rubio and ted cruz because they will be fighting the shadow of president obama who came into power from that being a first term rookie. for senator cruz its easier he has no skin in the gaimme in the sense that both senator paul and rubio or up for election in 2016. senator cruz is not. im beginning to think mitch mccon...

Have to pass a budget. there has only been one budget passed in the last six years. we need the last two years of this administration to teach the executive branch they need to negotiate with the legislature and outline priorities, which is what a budgeting process does. we also need to be talking about the long-term of dealing with the unfunded obligations in our entitlement programs because thats whats going to impoverish our kids. >> to do that, ultimately you need control, your party does of...

>> but deadlines should not be dealt with. if both parties or, in this case multiple partners have done their best to achieve the objectives and progress is very real then there should be willingness to reexamine a deadline. >> did you tell president obama that? >> president obama knows. we dont need to tell each other. >> there has been no official response from the white house just yet. u.s. combat mission formerly ended in afghanistan last week after more than 13 years, 11,000 americans are n...

This job? if im not going to get support from the highest level or from my police officers or from my sheriff who feels pressure from above, i dont know if its worth the risk. >> think about it, with sheriff clark, he said its theatric, thats why theyre doing it now. i asked if it was a race thing or is it a crime thing, because michael brown roughed up the cop and assault and other things as well. he said its not that simple. he said, you got to look at the bigger problem. the problems are in t...

And if you repealed it like the republicans want, youd have absolute chaos because a lot of the ben fills have been conferred. i also think once the republicans get past the primary season early next year and into the early spring, theyre not worried so much about challenges from the tea party right, that maybe might have an opening going into 2014 where maybe republicans might think they can run on something other than just demands to undermine obama care. soy think immigration reform is not de...

I can go back to being a doctor anytime if theyre tired of me. ill go back to being a doctor and be perfectly content. thats what senator paul told "the new york times." but here is now the comment is being received back home in lexington, kentucky. listen to this. senator pauls sense of self grandeur is so great like a pouting child he threatened to leave politics altogether if everyone keeps being mean to him. people can think what they want. i can go back to being a doctor at any time he said...

This. to tell you the truth, people can think what they want. i can go back to being a doctor anytime if theyre tired of me. ill go back to being a doctor and be perfectly content. thats what senator paul told "the new york times." but here is now the comment is being received back home in lexington, kentucky. listen to this. senator pauls sense of self grandeur is so great like a pouting child he threatened to leave politics altogether if everyone keeps being mean to him. people can think what ...

With safety shield technologies. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ theres some new news in this very early push for hilary in 2016. senator mccaskill said she talked to hillary clinton after endorsing the former secretary of state for president. >> she called me after this happened and we had a great conversation. i wont talk about what we said. but i think shes got a big decision to make and i think shes in the process making it. >> claire mccaskill has been followed by gillibrand. some de...

Were just getting over the last one, but the presidential contest of 2016 has already inched its way into the headlines this week. lets find out why. heres the political war room. former chief of staff for west virginia joe manchin and former aide to president h.w. bush. >> good to see you. >> joe, well start with you. it was a week for republican maneuvering, if you will. rand paul and the filibuster, the talk of washington this week. now politico reporting that the senator is seriously conside...

Bill that would downsize the military as much as he would like. with his father, the perennial presidential candidate headed for retirement at the end of the year, politico asked rand paul if he will run for the republican presidential nomination in 2016. senator pauls reply was im interested in the national debate. and we should all be interested in having senator paul in the national debate, especially as a republican presidential candidate. he wont win a republican presidential nomination, of...