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We start with a guy we can blame for you. >> no doubt about it. john is the first reason i got involved in politics. unlike a lot of republicans, he did more than just run against something. bill clinton put a budget out and he didnt like it. he got on the floor with a democrat, he debated it and it was inspirational for me and i ran for office and john was a big inspiration. he even brings a national debt clock with him wherefover he go. >> joining us now, steve ratner. we have governor john ka...

And providing economic growth. ive done it in ohio going from a state thats disintegrating to one thats doing well and i think i can help the country. these students are going to have cool lives, cool jobs and great families. >> lets talk about that. lets talk about much of the debt thats piling upright now as we talk on your debt clock. >> were not going to pay for that. the reason trump is doing well is because republican politicians in washington have lied to republican voters for 10-15 years...

Department of that and -- >> i think it will be exciting. >> yeah. >> i really do. id look forward to it. an interesting thing every day. >> yep. >> i think it already more transparent. >> it will be nice to see that debt clock going the opposite way. >> what do you think a trump presidency would look like? >> classy. i feel like he would bring a lot of companies back to our country and be a lot more promising than it is and has been. >> yep. >> i think it would be to the american people it woul...

Did that bother people? didnt bother people? what was your reaction to that or didnt you notice it? >> i didnt notice. >> it didnt bother me. >> didnt bother me. >> he said hell put a wall down on the southern border. when you talk about common sense, thats the common sense thing to do. >> i knew that he was a wealthy successful man and i remember asking my mother if i could write him a letter to ask him how he made his money so that i could do it too. >> even as a very young kid, the word trump...

Thing to do. >> i knew that he was a wealthy successful man and i remember asking my mother if i could write him a letter to ask him how he made his money so that i could do it too. >> even as a very young kid the word trump meant rich? >> it meant success. >> i think hes a successful person. >> hes successful. i want to be a billionaire. >> how can i begrudgeon that? he worked hard. >> tell me when you that i a trump presidency would look like? >> classy. >> it will be nice to see that deck clo...

Scratching their heads. in a new video out today, bloomberg politics sat down with a focus group of trump supporters in new hampshire to find out just what they see in the unlikely republican front-runner. >> tell me what you think a trump presidency would look like. >> classy. >> it would be nice to see that debt clock start going the opposite way. >> i think we could be a proud america again. >> to the american people, it would be a presidency of hope. >> and joining me now, bloomberg politics...

>> what would a trump presidency look like? >> classy. >> it would be nice to see the debt clock go the opposite way. >> we could be a proud america again. >> to the american of people, it would be a presidency of hope. >> whats interesting for them trumps wealth means success, not rich. but weve talked about a lot of pundits saying hillary clinton and the amount of money she and her husband have made and if that will make her appear out of touch. mitt romney, extract his infamous comments about...

>> reporter: what senator obama called unpatriotic back then has become a necessity by 2015 because president obama is overspending. and the overspending is getting worse and we need to borrow the money we are overspending. where do we go to borrow it? we check in with that asia credit card. japan first china second. the problem is we pay interest on that debt. literally billions of dollars a week are flowing out of america going to china and japan to service the debt which is increasingly held ...

Of the caucus when it comes to defense are pushing back. >> philip you talk about the debt. lets look at the debt clock. it keeps on going up and up and up. look at this. its gone up past $18 trillion. look how fast that thing goes. unbelievable. leaving us, according to the debt clock $154,000 in debt for each taxpayer f. you are a couple, thats $300,000. now the debt, they say hae tweaked lower. what are go doing to do about the debt finally, do you think there will ever be any type of a real ...

They had a chance of making president obama a one-term president, and they made a really aggressive choice that year. they picked florida. tampa, florida. yes, tampa is best known as the death metal capital of america. tampa is also a major city in a major swing state. a pure tossup state with the diverse voting population, where any edge of any county could make the difference in the whole national election. here was a chance for a week long 3-d campaign ad in the middle of a critical backgroun...