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Released a new television ad that will air in nine swing states. >> when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was number one, number one in state debt. $18 billion in debt, more debt per person than any other state in the country. >> president obama echoed the deficit message today in baltimore. >> i love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. we had a surplus, they turned it into a deficit, built in a structural deficit that extends for decades, and -- >> then they...

Whether or not republicans are looking at this and saying, weve got to own the deficit message, yes, and are they worried that the republicans overreach here ha is what the democrats in the white house are counting on. >> i dont think so. but generally as well, where there is a greater political risk to be seen as unwilling to cut spending, than there is to be cutting spending. ive never seen a dynamic like this, like whats here right now and again, i think president obama is out of touch. amtra...

Weve got to own the deficit message, yes, and are they worried that the republicans overreach here ha is what the democrats in the white house are counting on. >> i dont think so. but generally as well, where there is a greater political risk to be seen as unwilling to cut spending, than there is to be cutting spending. ive never seen a dynamic like this, like whats here right now and again, i think president obama is out of touch. amtrak loses $1 billion a year, hes proposing $53 billion for hi...

With politico. i think everybody agrees that its good to keep the shutdown to five or six hours overnight while most people are sleeping. but it is a relevant document the president signed today, especially when you think of what he campaigned on, saying in eight years im going to get rid of the national debt. and to think you have a republican house, republican congress and republican senate. normally you would never dream of getting this through the congress. >> its pretty remarkable that the ...

Number one, number one in state debt. $18 billion in debt, more debt per person than any other state in the country. >> president obama echoed the deficit message today in baltimore. >> i love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. we had a surplus, they turned it into a deficit, built in a structural deficit that extends for decades, and -- >> then they blamed you! >> isnt that something? its like somebody goes to a restaurant, orders a big steak dinner, martini, all ...