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Well in your district. so what is your position on it? >> from the very beginning, ive been against any changing of the medicare. i dont want anything cut there, and i didnt cut enough in the spending side. what we have to do is put men and women back to work. if we had everybody working. we could solve the social security problem, and we could solve the budget problem. put people back to work. get us out of the free trade agreements and wto and get balanced trade. if we had balanced trade, peop...

Ultimately, that this is formula how you deal with this. anybody who really believes it will be a substantive solution to the budget problem before the election is not thinking about what happens in washington. this is all politics and nobody wants to touch the really tough stuff, joe, you know, youve been there. it wont get touched until they see how the congress lays out. one of the scenarios is a democratic house and republican senate in the next congress and maybe republican or democratic pr...

Is going to help or hurt him as we go forward? youve got this idea of triggers here. and the problem with triggers, the problem is bad enough that we should be doing something now. congress isnt like someone who invades to make sure he wakes up in the morning. congress can actually legislate spending targets. the idea that they would instead sort of create a special prize or reward for themselves if they do the right thing over the next few years, or a punish.for the taxpayers if they dont, seem...

>> thank you. >> shannon: i want to start off with a guest, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum who many believe will run for the 2012 g.o.p. nomination. you asked about the tough issues, entitlement reform, talked about medicare and reforming that. >> its interesting, because some republicans are taking heat at town hall meetings like the democrats did in 2009 over healthcare reform. over paul ryan, the house budget chairman plan to make major changes in medicare and turn it from basicall...

Coming and this is what were left with. were left with nothing. were left with collective begging. we cant even ask, you know, they put in a little blurp in the bill about asking for safety equipment. but the final arbitrator is the city council. and the county commissioners. we have to accept our final and best deal. theyve eliminated fair share and going with garrett here they eliminated the payroll deduction for union dues. >> all right stay with us. well continue this discussion. why it is t...

People, like i said, this was a sneaky broad side that, you know, we heard rumors might be coming and this is what were left with. were left with nothing. were left with collective begging. we cant even ask, you know, they put in a little blurp in the bill about asking for safety equipment. but the final arbitrator is the city council. and the county commissioners. we have to accept our final and best deal. theyve eliminated fair share and going with garrett here they eliminated the payroll dedu...

Right the tea party has dragged the republican party. thats pretty good political analysis of what happened in the house, isnt it? >> i think thats true. i mean, i think passing this budget could be to be the republicans what letting babe ruth go was for my dear boston red sox. maybe the curse wont last for 86 years, but i think substantive and politically this is a big mistake. the other thing is, almost nothing ever unites democrats, yet this budget did it. but im actually feeling optimistic a...

That just leads to this discussion. i know there are a lot of important discussions going on about how you get to a middle ground, but you cannot take politics out of the equation, because politics is what this is all about. >> david, does having that political argument really solve the nations deficit problem, the budget problem? does demagoguing them on medicare, it works politically, but does it work for getting stuff done? >> it doesnt -- i think because the politics of the 2012 were so ever...

>> david, does having that political argument really solve the nations deficit problem, the budget problem? does demagoguing them on medicare, it works politically perhaps, but does it work for getting stuff done? >> it doesnt -- i think because the politics of the 2012 were so ever present in all this, i think the chances have gone high now that we will not get entitlement reform and we wont get a serious reform of taxes until after the 2012 election. to me the question is, are we going to find...

Scripts against them saying you voted against them to dismantle health care. that just leads to this discussion. i know there are a lot of important discussions going on about how you get to a middle ground, but you cannot take politics out of the equation, because politics is what this is all about. >> david, does having that political argument really solve the nations deficit problem, the budget problem? does demagoguing them on medicare, it works politically, but does it work for getting stuf...