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It and critics say that your decision is, one, going to cost your state millions of dollars and two, going to mean a lot of people in wisconsin are uninsured. >> every state is different. that is why i wont criticize them republicans or democrats. every state is different. in our state we reduced the number of uninsured and number of people on medicaid and saved money. >> chris: is part of it you are afraid that the federal government wont live up to this? >> no doubt about it. just the for my c...

Back on expenses. the longer the cuts are in place, the bigger the impact will become. so while you are in town, i hope that you will speak with your congressional delegation and remind them in no uncertain terms exactly whats at stake and exact wloy is at risk. because here is the thing. the cuts do not have to happen. congress can turn them off any time with just a little bit of compromise. to do so, democrats like me, need to acknowledge we are bogey to have to make modest reforms in medicare...

It and critics say that your decision is, one, going to cost your state millions of dollars and two, going to mean a lot of people in wisconsin are uninsured. >> every state is different. that is why i wont criticize them republicans or democrats. every state is different. in our state we reduced the number of uninsured and number of people on medicaid and saved money. >> chris: is part of it you are afraid that the federal government wont live up to this? >> no doubt about it. just the for my c...

It and critics say that your decision is, one, going to cost your state millions of dollars and two, going to mean a lot of people in wisconsin are uninsured. >> every state is different. that is why i wont criticize them republicans or democrats. every state is different. in our state we reduced the number of uninsured and number of people on medicaid and saved money. >> chris: is part of it you are afraid that the federal government wont live up to this? >> no doubt about it. just the for my c...

Battle plans for the 2014 mid terms are more clear. a memo from chairman obtained by politico promising fellow lawmakers president obama is all in to win control of the house. the memo says the president has already made early commitments unpre unprecedented and transformational. on the republican side, a rift has become nasty and public. at the center, karl rove, whose new super pac called the conservative victory project, has angered tea party republicans. they say rove means to squeeze them o...

>> senator hagels main transgression is that he is a republican who has questioned policies that are sacred among most conservative senators. the intensity of opposition that the senator is encountering is grounded in the resentments of some conservatives inside and outside the senate who regard his independent thinking as political blasphemy for which he should not be rewarded. >> senator, you know the senate now. this is your second term. can you read it? is there going to be a vote to try to ...

Republican who has questioned policies that are sacred among most conservative senators. the intensity of opposition that the senator is encountering is grounded in the resentments of some conservatives inside and outside the senate who regard his independent thinking as political blasphemy for which he should not be rewarded. >> senator, you know the senate now. this is your second term. can you read it? is there going to be a vote to try to get cloture to end this filibuster when you come back...

He had this to say about why republicans are obstructing hagels nomination. >> senator hagels main transgression is that he is a republican who has questioned policies that are sacred among most conservative senators. the intensity of opposition that senator is encountering is grounded in the resentments of some conservatives inside and outside the senate who regard his independent thinking as political blasphemy for which he should not be rewarded. >> senator, you know the senate now. this is y...

The commitments we make to each other through medicaid and medicare and social security, they dont zap our initiative, will th they strengthen us. they do not make us a nation of taker, they free us to take the risks in a make this country great. >> ale lies a l allies and foes the obama of the second term emerge, everyone senses a difference from the obama of the first. its not that there is a new obama, ala the many nixons of old, but the harm onizing conciliatory side of the political and per...

>> thanks, shannon. how are you. >> shannon: im good. you guys got in trouble for eaves dropping on people. what do you think of this? >> first of all, im not a lawyer. i do think that the government of the united states needs tools in order to deal with the american citizens who are actively involved with terrorist groups abroad. the devil is in the details. these memos have to be very carefully crafted by the office of legal counsel, the department of justice with careful attention to law, int...