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Medicare, its medicaid. and i think its uno incumbent on the leaders in washington, those of us to go out and help the american people understand how big the problem is. once the american people begin to get their arms around the size of the problem, then and only then should we begin to lay out an array of possible solutions to have that conversation. >> i want to ask you about housing policy. this administration this week said ultimately the big government agencies, fannie mae and freddie mac ...

Medicare, its medicaid. and i think its uno incumbent on the leaders in washington, those of us to go out and help the american people understand how big the problem is. once the american people begin to get their arms around the size of the problem, then and only then should we begin to lay out an array of possible solutions to have that conversation. >> i want to ask you about housing policy. this administration this week said ultimately the big government agencies, fannie mae and freddie mac ...

>> david, our goal here is to reduce spending. our goal is not to shut down the government. and im hopeful -- >> would you rule it out? >> i would hope that the senate and the white house heard the same thing i heard from the american people in last novembers election. its time to cut spending. >> very precise question -- would you rule out government shutdown, if you cant see eye to eye. >> our goal is to cut spending, not shut down government. >> on entitle like social security, you said the r...

>> and donald trump announced he might throw his hair into the ring. that would be a good thing. listen, there are a lot of people out there. i think there are only a very few plausibles. mitch daniels, who gave a good speech at cpac. mitt romney, john kuhn and then tim pawlenty. after that its all commentary. jeb bush would be a great candidate. hes got the bush problem. huntsman, he served in the obama administration. >> chris christie? >> he would be great but he said hes not running. >> what...

To have the adult conversation. i keep saying we can have a juvenile conversation as long as youll say what youre actually for. because nobody is actually saying what theyre for here on the tough stuff. >> with all due respect to the congressman, this is the problem right now. all we have to do, if this is going to happen this year and i think it could, is to get to a deal thats too big to fail. a deal that has the tax increases, the kind of cuts to health care that the president would say he wo...

Enabler of big government. the supposedly rabid republican freshmen are big government conservatives. they will cut programs that do measurable good while doing little to solve our lawn range fiscal crisis. >> well see people wrestling over the bed sheets on the titanic. its 16% of the budget. were going to do all the fighting over that. the 84%, which will grow to 86% and 88% and 90% in the years ahead, medicare, social security, interest on the debt, veterans, nobody is talking about that. and...

I think there are only a very few plausibles. mitch daniels, who gave a good speech at cpac. mitt romney, john kuhn and then tim pawlenty. after that its all commentary. jeb bush would be a great candidate. hes got the bush problem. huntsman, he served in the obama administration. >> chris christie? >> he would be great but he said hes not running. >> what is the theory of the case, because ultimately its still going to be tough for the republicans, isnt it? >> if you look at the electoral colle...

Decisions. if we continue the path were going, were going bankrupt. >> mark halperin, what i keep hearing from leaders is we have to have the adult conversation. i keep saying we can have a juvenile conversation as long as youll say what youre actually for. because nobody is actually saying what theyre for here on the tough stuff. >> with all due respect to the congressman, this is the problem right now. all we have to do, if this is going to happen this year and i think it could, is to get to a...

>> david, our goal here is to reduce spending. our goal is not to shut down the government. and im hopeful -- >> would you rule it out? >> i would hope that the senate and the white house heard the same thing i heard from the american people in last novembers election. its time to cut spending. >> very precise question -- would you rule out government shutdown, if you cant see eye to eye. >> our goal is to cut spending, not shut down government. >> on entitle like social security, you said the r...

But you said you dont want to get into negotiating how that happens just now until the problem is better defined. again, when it comes to leadership, when it comes to the need to have no limit on cutting, dont you think americans understand what the problem with social security is? what will it take for you to join with the white house to make real reform to deal with this piece of the budget? >> david, you may understand how big the problem is, i may understand how big it is, but most americans...