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Battle are dems facing? tim punk served on the white house national economic council during the clinton administration, ron bongene has served as an adviser and strategist for top republicans in both the house and senate. gentlemen, good to see you both. ron, let me start with you. if joblessness declines, the economy improves, and if americans begin to feel the more immediate, positive result of the insurance reform, maybe november is not going to be as dire as democrats perhaps feel. isnt that...

Like its totally inefficient. >> extremely inefficient. >> neil: and pointed out its nice to be arguing offer the types of jobs that are gaining, right? >> it is nice to be able to do that, but i dont want to set up a false facade. were talking about the expectations. >> they cant get it right. theyve hired less than half the number of census workers a than they said theyd hire in the first three months of the year. they cant get on the stick with that. >> neil: youre like my mother-in-law, your...

Come close again to the avalanche way point and now we are arguing, people say this is nuts. this area here, this is all libertarian zone. and, everybody says, libertarianism, you cant do that, that is crazy. yes, you can. you just need to be responsible. and you need to know we cant shut down the military and everything. you cant do that. it has taken us 100 years to create a government that is just about here. you cant just in one day create a vacuum on the entire planet and say, oh, were movi...

From this past season, you realize in the beginning when this show came out, sig, your fellow fishermen who werent part of the show didnt like it too much. over time, they became big fans because it helped make this industry more profitable, right? >> oh, yeah. i mean, i dont think that, you know, it could have come around at a better time, you know. we did take a lot of flak. there was a lot of arguing in town but nowadays, the guys, i think, see it different and they understand that, you know,...

Come close again to the avalanche way point and now we are arguing, people say this is nuts. this area here, this is all libertarian zone. and, everybody says, libertarianism, you cant do that, that is crazy. yes, you can. you just need to be responsible. and you need to know we cant shut down the military and everything. you cant do that. it has taken us 100 years to create a government that is just about here. you cant just in one day create a vacuum on the entire planet and say, oh, were movi...

Heres what he had to say. >> the attorneys are arguing, you really dont have anything other than people expressing their free speech. >> well, we have a public information officer who would probably be the best person to discuss the matter. >> reporter: can i ask a factual question, the 37 guns confiscated, were any of them illegal obtained or illegal? >> as i said, i dont want to try the kinds the courthouse steps. the best place is in the courtroom. i dont want to go into any facts that havent...

Whether people are comfortable with the size and role of the federal government. 65% say it has become too big. less than half that, 30%, say it has not, 84 president of republicans feel that way and even three-fourths of independents, but only 43% of democrats think government is too big while 51% are comfortable with its size. gregg: its a big controversy, obviously, and that has led to shall we say a robust debate between supporters and critics of the administration. tell us a bit more about ...

Very broad power to regulate all sorts of things in your life. >> what about the supreme court? is there any likelihood this thing would reach the nations highest court for ultimate conclusion on the constitutionally top snik. >> its very unlikely, and heres why. it would take a couple of court cases underneath. it would take judges who would agree that this is unconstitutional, and finally supreme court watchers look at the composition of this court and they say given recent decisions that invo...

William la jeunesse looks at how immigration reform and health care may have an expensive overlap. jim angle examines some changes house members want. molly henneberg on the ugly reaction by opponents to the measure. we begin with carl cameron on the fix-it job in the senate. >> reporter: the debate is over. it is all over now but the voting. senate democrats dieded this morning they are done talking. in a dry exchange on the senate floor, majority leader harry reid signaled the democrats had fi...

Within the last half hour or next half hour. deba shults and congressman weiner democrat out of new york. they have been involved. but we believe congressman weiner is getting ready. you can see congressman paul ryan arguing against the bill as he has from the beginning and his theory is that they are using fuzzy math to get the reduction numbers and making a last ditch effort to persuade the folks not to do the bill. we have seen protest on capitol hill in the last 48 hours . copile of protesto...