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>> absolutely, for interesting reason, its the 051-c-4 category, the social welfare group category, where most conservative organizations have swelled into in the past couple of years, and its what democrats are most concerned about in terms of elections. so theyre focusing all their efforts on that category, because they know it will do the most damage to president obamas political opponent. >> dan, whats the larger political context here for these new irs rules? you would think there would be ...

Our curious. were still on a course for disaster. >> were back. james freeman also joins us. dan, is rand paul right or is paul ryan, the architect of this deal, right when he says its a small step in the right direction? >> i think congressman ryan has the better of this. its a small step in the right direction, especially with the fact theyve now got federal workers paying more into their pensions. this kind of corresponds with what republican governors have been doing in states. it makes it s...

Things happen to the party. and had this deal not happened, had paul ryan not done it for all kinds of reasons, that was where they were headed again. a lot of people didnt do that. that argument was made to them. what youre seeing is a little diminishing of the power of some of these outside groups which, you know, john boehner took a whack at him this week. who had come out and criticized this paul ryan deal before theyd even seen the details of it. i think theres a growing feeling among some ...

Such as the governor cuccinelli in virginia. this november, all those suburbs in northern virginia, a lot of federal workers, so, you know, virginia could go democratic. lets not doubt the fact democrats are being hurt as well. nobody in these polls is above 50%. the american people are pretty disgusted with washington generally. its hard to predict where theress going play out over the next three years. >> how do you see the blame game here in terms of whos taking most of the hits for the shutd...

Bombings of kenya and tanzania. he was transferred to a u.s. navy ship for integration. a move criticized by some republicans including south carolina senator lindsey graham. >> in al libis case, he is on an american warship somewhere in the mediterranean. because the administration refuses to use guantanamo bay. putting him on a navy vessel for a matter of days or weeks is not a proper way to gather intelligence on the wore ar on terror. >> dan, lets go to you first. how big a capture is this? ...

Discretionary spending cuts for something that -- which the democrats hate, for something -- >> but thats a real debate. were not having a real debate right now. >> all right, dan, thanks very much. when we come back, president chooses janet yellen to head the central bank. well tell you what the pick means for your money. im beth... and im michelle. and we own the paper cottage. its a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage ...

Many federal exchange signups in november as the previous month. health and human services secretary kathleen seb bealious told a house committee hearing wednesday that over 364,000 americans are now enrolled in the federal and state health insurance exchanges, a number that several republicans on the committee questioned. >> of these 364,000 americans, do you know how many of those individuals will actually have coverage in effect on january 1, 2014? >> once they pay their premium, theyll have ...

Appears neither side is coming out of the budget fight unscathed. gallup reports that 60% of americans now disapprove of the way president obama is doing his job and just 28% view the republican party favorably. down from 38% last month. joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan hedinger. washington columnist kim strasle and senior economics writer steve moore. lots to blame in washington this week about how the administration is managing this shutdown. s...

Fact work to their benefit in the longer run. >> dan, you had a op-ed, or at least a plan to get out of this by paul ryan on our page, the house budget chairman, former vice presidential nominee of the republican party. did this offering, to move away from obama care and defunding to lets talk about the budget, get a downpayment on the bet? >> yes, i think this is important. the republicans wanted to say something about obama care and about federal spending. they have said it. theyve now got to ...