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Debate are blocking this thing and my concern is that theyll probably continue to do so this year. >> you know maria, this struck my attention because some on the right are saying republicans should take credit for the economic recovery. "the new york times" says anti-tax crusader grover norquist, quote, may well have heralded a republican shift on the economy. he credited the budding revival to the partys austerity push. [ laughter ] >> he wants republicans to take credit for improving the econ...

Thats right, "the new york times" says grover nor quist may have heralded a republican shift on the economy. he credited the budding revival to the partys austerity push. he wants republicans to take credit for the improving economy. i mean whats next ryan? taking credit for obamacare? >> you know the stimulus in early 2009 is what really stemmed the bleeding and started the turnaround. and at the time, yourself and a lot of others were saying it ought to even be bigger. >> right. >> grover nor ...

Told they were unpatriotic. i dont see that same language going at republicans. there has been just as much damage to the world, maybe much more damage to americas standing in the world by saying were ready to default compared to democrats saying should we invade iraq, for instance. >> theyre having the same conversations in the uk as were having here when it comes to pensions, when it comes to workers rights, unions, health care and the expenses and how to control it. theres a huge austerity pu...

Said in a joint press conference with john boehner, are you kidding? the president said the private secretary sir doing fine. justin, this is going to be something we hear about again and again and again and again. the notion, an out of touch thing, which was, i think, largely mitt romneys purview until now. heres a guy that doesnt understand the real economy. now thats used, republicans are great at flipping an argument the democrats have been using on -- >> obama is pretty good at that, too. >...

Congressional republicans are moving off their austerity push, so will any of the presidents plans make it through congress? neighborss luke russert is on capitol hill for us. luke, were looking forward to the presidents job plan to be outlined next week, and house republicans, of course, have their own ideas on jobs with the majority leader eric cantor coming on with his list of top ten job killers, as you know, namely unions and the epa, so is this going to be a partisan showdown all over agai...