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Number one issue. bring down the debt and the deficit. and this will be your number one campaign issue. do i have that right? >> regardless of whether its me or somebody else, this is the most important issue facing the country. if we dont fix this relatively soon it will take down our economy from within its a ponzi scheme. its broken. its not right versus left. its matter of 8th grade mathematics. anybody can look at a chart and see the spending obligations and the revenue. they dont colorado ...

The speakers going to need to start moving on tax reform, hes going to need to start -- we have a debt ceiling issue coming thu. hes got his work cut out for him. >> going to need the president to stick to the teleprompter in order to keep the focus on that otherwise hell be distracted with -- >> were going to need the house get moving on tax reform. i wish we had already been able to check the box and gotten it all the go to the senate on oba care. >> ans a, i want to get your reaction but firs...

Fiscal 2015, these issues divide the conference and a divided among the john boehner and will under paul ryan. the question is what will paul ryan going forward, how aggressively be? will he please the house freedom caucus? fee doesnt he will inherit the same problems, the same tensions the current speaker is dealing with. it is a new face but the same problem and paul ryan again is in the mold of ronald reagan. will that work with the current scenario? we dont know. jon: what are the chances jo...

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Shutdown first, and the debacle, or do you think this is something were heading towards long-term? >> well, i am hopeful. john mccain says that linking this de-funding and delay of obama care to the debt ceiling issue is what he calls the height of foolishness. other republican senators have talked about it is a dumb thing to do, publicly. and so i think you will have a number of republicans that dont want to go off that cliff. that understand we have real opportunities here to move forward on g...

Thats the statement from president obama no negotiations. thats not going down very well on wall street. they look at this and say here we go again and the dow jones average will open about 120 points down in part because of that no negotiation position from the president. martha: we know from history republicans will come back and say they want to see spending cuts to pass this through. why do you think the president is so intractable on this issue? >> its possible he thinks if there is a gover...

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Major issues. there comes a gut check time. im going to do whats right. now, the question is, is this that time? i dont think delays the debt ceiling issue for three months, for punting, which it absolutely is, is the worst thing in the world. here is why, the economy is growing, housing is recovering and were going to get a little bit of relief here. as the economy grows, we hope that-- were going to-- >> adam. >> the problem that you have adam, as the economy is growing, and were coming slowly...