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Comes up. and it goes after defense spending very hard. and its going to be really interesting to see people in the republican party take a side on the sequester, which will be this kind of forced choice. >> i think it will be interesting, but i think its a foregone conclusion what the answer is going to be. when democrats talk about getting a sequester unwinding deal, they say, oh, there are these republicans who really care about the defense sequester. people like john mccain and buck mckeegan...

Comes up. and it goes after defense spending very hard. and its going to be really interesting to see people in the republican party take a side on the sequester, which will be this kind of forced choice. >> i think it will be interesting, but i think its a foregone conclusion what the answer is going to be. when democrats talk about getting a sequester unwinding deal, they say, oh, there are these republicans who really care about the defense sequester. people like john mccain and buck mckeegan...

Not comforting to me. i like bryce harpers spunk. my wife loves -- my wife is very pro-bryce harper and his twitter feed, but we got to win games. >> well, it was -- when i heard about it and looked at the video this morning which is clearly something that were not allowed to use, i guess. its their video. but man, they were at each other. lets talk about camp pendleton. the president is going to stop, meet with the marines, talk about the defense sequester. thats a big issue thats not gotten en...

Tax reform, entitlement reform will probably have to be done in 2013. the big thing here is this because supposed to be a down payment on deficit reduction, and when you think about the things that could be in this bill, whether its increasing rates for doctors in medicare, as well as possibly delaying the defense sequester, this bill could actually cost money and increase the deficit especially when youre talking about the tax rates. because remember cbo assumes that the tax rates are actually ...

That the president validates and authorizes. >> that is a very interesting point. i had not heard that before. i have heard other things that make me think differently about the independence of state in this administration, but one of the things i think is also at stake in the haguele discussion is the kind of amazing enduring power of neo conservativism in washington d.c. long, long, long after it should have been really definitively discredited as a conception of the world. it is remarkable, t...

Must-reads, my panel today, well go ladies first, heres yours, felicia. >> my must-read is from the "washington post." the four-star general. i would say its stories like this actually give us a deep dive into some of the spending that happens among these four-star general. so youve got officers like petraeus and others who have got gourmet chefs who have had free housing paid for and a whole bunch of other perks that come along with the office and at a time when theres a whole lot of debate on ...

Not just something they cheap about. thats insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >> not something i proposed. something that congress proposed. it will not happen. the budget were talking about is not reducing our military spending. its maintaining it. >> that was president obama in monday nights debate, claiming the impending defense sequester, some 55 bill in automatic cuts, coming to the military in january, will not happen. and blaming congress for ...

There are two romneys. one very moderate, accommodating, one very hard. obama was kind of solid/hard. and i think after the election if obama wins, he will have some reconstruction to do in the relationship with the chinese. if romney wins, he would try to do better with the chinese and youre absolutely right. once the new chinese leadership is installed, we are to make a very serious effort. to go to them and say to them lets sit down, lets talk about this relationship. because we face a histor...

Our national security and must be replaced. the house passed the bill in may that replaces the presidents dangerous defense sequester with common sense spending cuts and reforms, protecting our troops and reducing our deficit by another $243 billion. but the white house wants to make sure that if the sequester takes effect at the end of the year and there is blame going around, it isnt just directed at democrats. >> sequester was designed to be bad policy, to be onerus and its important to remem...

And the defense sequester and to move off the subject as soon as possible. thats why he did it today. >> peter king said i would have waited 12 to 24 hours and put out a more comprehensive statement. peggy noonan criticized mitt romneys actions. theres several republicans who stepped up. i mean, john mccain is the maverick. hes the guy who talks about war. we know his record and praise him for fighting for this country. what does that say perhaps even about his character that, again, a.b., you d...