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And others in vanishing ink. this is one of the latter. there was an intervening election and the president won and his popularity is very high right now. it is not unexpected that he would revisit the agreement and ask for are something more to his like. i think the way this all plays out depends on how the cuts affect americans daily lives. right now the republicans are focusing on polls that show that in theory people like spending cuts but different polls show when you talk about specifics n...

And others in vanishing ink. this is one of the latter. there was an intervening election and the president won and his popularity is very high right now. it is not unexpected that he would revisit the agreement and ask for are something more to his like. i think the way this all plays out depends on how the cuts affect americans daily lives. right now the republicans are focusing on polls that show that in theory people like spending cuts but different polls show when you talk about specifics n...

>> if you are on record supporting the ryan budget and you have done so, how will you be cautious from there? >> to sell the ryan plan to the public you have to convince people that medicare is in dire streits and we are headed for are disaster in the foreseeable future. mitt romney and paul ryan are saying that the president is going to ration the care and appoint the 15 member board in washington and they are going to ration your care. the situation is so bad that something has to be done. we ...

To ration your care. the situation is so bad that something has to be done. we propose to let you ration yourself and pick your healthcare plans. >> in it is an emergency in effect. >> and you cant really do that without the presidential bully pull pit. it will be difficult for a presidential candidate even with paul ryan on the house leadership on his said to make that sale. >> you think this is going be a loser. >> it is difficult. >> i think the republicans need a lot of the gross roots organ...

getting a grip on a come pli indicated on u.s. ambassador to afghanistan and former director of intelligence dennis player. then, the push to november. anita dunn and former republican committee chairman ed gilespi. im candy crowley and this is "state of the union." rick santorum has a sharper edge to him. he understands he needs to change the dynamic. >> the problem is, the republicans in this country are thinking about putting somebody with the same positions as president up. if th...

and more than half a million bottles of instant tylenol are recalled because of complaints that the new bottle makes it hard to get the dosage right. authorities say a man arrested blocks from the u.s. capitol today represents one of the most urgent growing threats. the man picked up is a would-be suicide bomber and he was arrested as he accepted what he thought was a gun and a vest packed with explosives. our brian todd is live at the u.s. courthouse where the suspect just appeared ...

23%. jon huntsman got 17% to finish in third place. rick santorum finished with 10% ahead of newt gingrich with 9%. rick perry had 1%. well, it was a big win romney needed to shore up the front-runner status. now hes the first republican to win both iowa and new hampshire this morning on cnn, romney turned attention to beating the president. >> youve got almost 2 million people that lost their job under this president. you have income thats dropped to 10% over the last four years. you ...

divide between house hard liners and the gop establishment and by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. and tonight looking grim, he did just that. >> theres always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people werent willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members...

>> hello everyone, it is 1:00 on the east coast. lets get straight to the news. your paycheck and benefits may be cut and your taxes may go up all because congress cant agree on another very important issue, that is payroll tax cuts. congress is in a political standoff right now. the senate passed a two-month extension a moment ago. house republicans rejected that in a procedural vote and are pushing a one year extension. keep in mind payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefi...

Their partys best interest. why is that? reed, good to see you. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, lynn. how are you? >> good. explain to me these results a little. why do you think so many strategies, lobbyists think they would benefit from a shutdown? >> sure. we surveyed some of the top strategists from the city around politics and asked them these various questions. a lot of them have said that the shutdown would benefit democrats largely because they can use the bully pull pit of th...