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Democrats. senator mary landrieu dropped in the polls in louisiana. another one, mark tyler in arkansas is the top republican target, and obamacare is an-for him there. so republicans are hoping to focus on this lie of the year, the idea that obama peddled throughout the campaign, if you like your coverage, you can keep it, which has turned out to be erroneous. they think that will be a problem for democrats well past november. >> the president0s over favorability ratings have taken a huge hit a...

Negotiating tool. its not leverage. its a responsibility of congress. its part of doing their job. i expect them to do their job. although im happy to talk to them about any of the issues they actually want to get done. so if congressman ryan is interested in tax reform, lets go. ive got some proposals on it. if he is interested in any issue out there, im willing to have a constructive conversation of the sort we just had in resolving the budget issues, but ive got to assume folks arent crazy en...

Constructive conversation of the sort that we just had in resolving the budget issues, but ive got to assume folks arent crazy enough to start that thing all goench. >> hes referring to republicans when he says i have to -- i assume folks arent that crazy to start that -- referring to the government shutdown. >> given what happened the last couple years, i dont think its safe to assume anything. but this is a big test of leadership. for the president of the united states and speaker boehner. the...

With more power. its a good deal. i think congress ought to support it. >> we are talking about a return to order, you have paul ryan in the house, you say regular order for good reason. a lot of peoples eyes glaze over at home. what it means is in this congress and i will put president in this mix. all the branches in washington, d.c. have been more dysfunctional on budget issues over the past years than ever before. its not the peoples house doing the business. its two or three or four leaders...

Even though individual incomes are weak. so profits are pretty good. secondly, you almost have zero interest rates the fed pumping money into the economy. people are saying im earning nothing on my savings. so you have a lot of momentum propeling stocks. another day we can talk about whether the stockmarket is overvalued or not. certainly, its a lot of people basically saying i will put my money there and let it ride. >> matt lewis, what can 23 expect? we have a couple more big days. a lot of pe...

To lead. and hes too passive at times on these budget issues. >> is this white house telling you thats not accurate? are they angry? are they blaming you for this? >> as you know, no one likes to be criticized and called out. but they deal with reporters. i think the temperature is going up right now. there is more .more criticism on the presidents comments on obama care, that, you know, if you like it, youll keep it. and somebody has found 29 times that he said that and -- >> ive seen it at lea...

>> started this idea of hes got to lead. and hes too passive at times on these budget issues. >> is this white house telling you thats not accurate? are they angry? are they blaming you for this? >> as you know, no one likes to be criticized and called out. but they deal with reporters. i think the temperature is going up right now. there is more .more criticism on the presidents comments on obama care, that, you know, if you like it, youll keep it. and somebody has found 29 times that he said t...

>> started what? >> started this idea of hes got to lead. and hes too passive at times on these budget issues. >> is this white house telling you thats not accurate? are they angry? are they blaming you for this? >> as you know, no one likes to be criticized and called out. but they deal with reporters. i think the temperature is going up right now. there is more .more criticism on the presidents comments on obama care, that, you know, if you like it, youll keep it. and somebody has found 29 tim...

Let us know on twitter. theres a lot of friction between the white house and the press over obama care. that includes one of the countrys most prominent investigative reporters. howard explains. bob woodward told me he got a call from an angry white house official who blamed him for the negative press over the presidents health carrollout. why? >> because i started. >> started what? >> started this idea of hes got to lead and hes too passive at times on these budget issues. >> reporter: that...