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Were rewarding folks inside and outside government who deliver results. and to make sure that special interests arent larding up legislation with pet projects, ive pledged to veto any bill that contains earmarks. >> i cant understand at all why youve got back-channel people in the white house saying we really like it, but were not going to talk about it right now inside of the president stepping up and saying, okay, my commission came forward with ideas. now you republicans either join that comm...

>> the president says his plan contains tough choices and sacrifices. why do you think he is not doing his job? given the fact that this has to go back and forth? i remember you once saying that the president ought to say, come on, show me what you got, republicans. youve been saying it. so lets see you do it. isnt that what hes doing? >> i think the president is scared. >> of what? >> i think hes going to try to call the republicans bluff. well, he doesnt -- >> yes. >> he doesnt want to be the ...

>> former gop senator judd gregg, the recently retired former chairman of the senate budget committee is criticizing republican force ns for not off serious plan of his own. he said the president ought to force house republicans to put forward their plan. >> i cant understand why you have back-channel people in the white house saying we like it but were not going to talk about it instead of the president stepping up saying, okay, my commission came forward with some ideas. you republicans either...

They tried to cut spending. $16.3 billion which if you adjust to modern dollars is 22 billion. one fifth the size of whats being contemplated now. these are serious cuts across the board touching almost everything in discretionary meaning day-to-day functions of government and a political buzz s saw. >> one person upset that made for good tv when he was a sitting senator, now a former senator, judd gregg, take a listen. >> i cant understand at all why you have back channel people in the white ho...

Current situation, and the anger on the street is injecting an element of impatience that may cause a further downward spiral. thats obviously not to be desired. thats simply going to prolong rather than hasten the day that we achieve an orderly transition. >> does he expect to get away with this? this looks to me luke just one almighty bluff. it looks like hes saying dont push me around. ive been here 30 years and ill go when i see fit. >> remember, he is not just saying it to america. he is sa...

Analyst and author of "no god but good." robin, what is going to happen next? >> remember that the median age in egypt is 24 years old. and the young people dominate today. the momentum, the political agenda and i think this is what will resonate. theres real anger at the president that he did not address their concerns. that he pulled a bluff on them, basically. and so i think as this unfolds over the next few days, you have that dynamic. and then you also have something no one has talked about...

Possible. but im a little bit fearful that the lack of clarity in the current situation, and the anger on the street is injecting an element of impatience that may cause a further downward spiral. thats obviously not to be desired. thats simply going to prolong rather than hasten the day that we achieve an orderly transition. >> does he expect to get away with this? this looks to me luke just one almighty bluff. it looks like hes saying dont push me around. ive been here 30 years and ill go when...

Obamas bluff, isnt he? >> he is basically saying he is not leaving. the u.s. really wanted him to leave themselves wanted him to leave one way or the other. they thought he would step down. they thought he might leave the country. they thought it was time to move on. and i think it is a simple case of, it is way too little too late for mubarak right now. if he would have done this a week ago, certainly two weeks ago, handed over almost all of his responsibilities to a new vice president omar sul...

What is going to happen next? >> remember that the median age in egypt is 24 years old. the young people dominate today. the momentum, the political agenda. i think this is what will resonate. theres real anger at the president that he did not address their concerns. that he pulled a bluff on them, basically. and so i think as this unfolds over the next few days, you have that dynamic. and then you have something no one has talk about yet. that is the number of strikes that have taken place oh t...

That he pulled a bluff on them, basically. and so i think as this unfolds over the next few days, you have that dynamic. and then you have something no one has talk about yet. that is the number of strikes that have taken place oh the last few days. this is a dynamic that helped bring down the shah when he could not have a if you knowing economy. the danger is you get not just the young people but an extraordinary cross second quarter of egyptian industries, key places like the suez canal where ...