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Post" today, arguing this is why other contenders should be worried about him. he was very focused on the issues, if you listened to what he said. hi peals not just to the base, but issues that are of concern to republicans in general, and he does it very conversationally, a good communicator. >> hes a really interesting guy. a lot like his father, he as a strong libertarian streak in him, and he is going to accumulate aggregate, what, somewhere between 10% and 20%, people will think hes the nex...

Defense. i will say this. we defend the entire world. we defend italy. we defend welfare states in europe. at some point, they got to spend for their own defense. >> yeah, but they wont. >> that is their problem. >> we lose europe and we lose sahara and africa. that is catastrophe for the whole world. >> are the russians going to take over italy? >> no but if we lose the fight against terrorists it will be a catastrophe. >> im not saying that. there is no reason not to cut our defense budget som...

But now what? i will say this, we defend the entire world. we defend italy, we defend welfare states in europe, i mean, you know at some point, you know, theyve got to spend for their own defense and i tell you-- >> but they wont. >> okay, thats their problem. >> no, thats our problem, too, if we lose europe, if we lose europe, if we-- >> who are we going to lose it to? >> the russians are coming? are the russians going to take over italy. >> no, no, but if we lose the fight against terrorism. >...

Be on board from the rural states, even harry reid is relatively pro-gun and is very wary about bringing these things up before the united states senate. so what mayor nutter is saying is true in the aggregate. theyre not following the will of the american people. the problem is this is all being decided in a bunch of rural states where there are vulnerable democrats and theyre not having enough courage to get on board here. thats really whats going on. >> dana milbank and mayor michael nutter, ...

$835 million of cuts that are better than no cuts is okay. what do you say? >> well, i mean its going to be cuts. theres going to be 85 billion but its not smart. both sides agreed. the presidents idea, republicans went along with it, thought it was a good day. >> neil: they thought it wasnt going to happen. >> no one thought this would happen. the reason were talking about drastic cuts, theyre making them up. no, we made them drastic on both sides, drastic on defense and -- >> you say drastic, ...

Know, the presidents health care plan. thats good for the country and good for florida. >> its been pointed out theres the pragmatists and the opponents. republican governors embracing parts of the law like chris christie, john kasich, susanna martinez, 13 republican governors have refused to implement major pieces of the law, rick perry, bobby jindal, bob mcdonald of virginia, all holding out, because either, and id like your pin -- either theyre trying to protect their political futures with t...

They lied. >> the idea that there were people on wall street, that the ratings agencies would play the role of cop, of keeping everybody is honest is how they deflected any idea that there should be government regulation. >> this was the old line self-regulation. we have a mechanism in place to make sure we will not defraud you the public and the marketplace. of course, self-regulation is one of the great oxymorons of all time. but just so its clear, the rating agencies are insurance that is pai...

Profits over integrity. its the same story we saw for over a decade on wall street where integrity was thrown overboard to preserve profits. they lied. >> the idea that there were people on wall street, that the ratings agencies would play the role of cop, of keeping everybody is honest is how they deflected any idea that there should be government regulation. >> this was the old line self-regulation. we have a mechanism in place to make sure we will not defraud you the public and the marketplac...

Put this together that 121 billion dollars in lost time, lost gasoline, lost money. in the aggregate come together to equal that you all are sitting in traffic and it could be affect your life in a negative way. gregg: you and i grew up in los angeles which is gridlock central. you had to get out of the road by 3:00 in the morning to be on the road by 4:00. >> reporter: l.a. comes in at not number one, but number two on the list. guess what comes in as number one? that would be washington, d.c. ...

>> our economy right now is headed in the right direction. and it will stay that way as long as theres no more self inflicted wounds out of washington so lets keep on chipping away at this problem together. >> and raul, the president pointed out that the proposals he made the first time regarding cuts, its all still on the table. >> right. >> his point was today, lets start the negotiations. and if the sequester goes through, 7% cuts to defense. 5% cut to domestic spending. 2% reduction to medic...