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The budget, you dont have the specifics, youre not prepared to lay down the specifics and not prepared to reconcile $54 billion in additional spending against $54 billion plus in domestic cuts without tax increases, without really bringing the congress into that, i dont see how this congress, this conservative congress just spends that money as much as they want to spend for defense without reconciliation on other side. >> in fact, when the speaker was talking to matt lauer today about the lack ...

Because any move on taxes, we saw what happened in kentucky with rand paul. we saw what happened in texas with ted cruz. cornyn and mcconnell, it isnt a could be if they would lose. over. done. they were asking -- and so -- >> and by the way, i would vote against any republican that voted to raise taxes in three months -- twice in three months -- without getting an entitlement cut. not only would i vote against that republican, i would campaign against them. i would raise money to beat them. i w...

Authority he already has. >> bret: frankly, mara, the meeting friday, that could be one thing that is decided the transfer authority. it could be the final white flag that both sides say okay, lets just do this. >> bret: it could be. or it could be the beginning of negotiations for real deficit reduction. that is a longshot. but we have gone through the dances before. dont forget the reason were here is because both sides fail to make a grand bargain. the grand bargain is where the president agr...

They will not, under any circumstance, no matter what republicans do, negotiate over the debt ceiling again. theyll break the habit now. if we go to the debt ceiling theyll say were not talking about this, if you want to have a deal on entitlements, that will have to be matched one to one with tax increases, again, with tax reform. if they do that say democrats get $600 billion in tax increases off of the deal well have in the next couple of days, the small deal, reids or mcconnell/reid deal the...

They hire fewer workers and its a downward spiral. >> some republicans are more hopeful of a deal andialing the party to give the president tax hike hikes in exchange for leverage on entitlement cut. >> the focus shifts to entitlement. maybe it puts us in a place where we can do something that saved the nation. >> other key republicans insist negotiators are far from a deal. the president wont take on his party about spending. >> hes afraid to go to a progressive meeting and say if we dont adjus...

Here is the deal. you come up with $600 billion. well have $600 billion. then president obama wanted $800 billion. >> andrea: they didnt want entitlement cut. that sunk the deal because president obama couldnt get his side to come along with it. is increditable from a p.r. standpoint that republicans get attention for being divided. its actually the democrats more divided. they dont get as much attention. why is that? >> eric: they want to take shots. on the right, republicans and the right, the...

Here is the deal. you come up with $600 billion. well have $600 billion. then president obama wanted $800 billion. >> andrea: they didnt want entitlement cut. that sunk the deal because president obama couldnt get his side to come along with it. >> dana: that is increditable from a p.r. standpoint that republicans get attention for being divided. its actually the democrats more divided. they dont get as much attention. why is that? >> eric: they want to take shots. on the right, republicans and ...

Both revenues and entitlement reform. so didnt see this as all as negotiation. no lines in the sand. wasnt nearly -- or wasnt at all the tense conversation that obviously the press had worked it up to be. >> of course. well, tell us exactly what were sort of -- what were a majority of the ideas given to the president? what were some of the ideas that you seem like, you felt like there was a consensus in that room are with what the president walked away hearing, oh, business wants this? >> revenu...

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we go there tonight. lets go "outfront." good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to pay up. >> if you make more than a million dollars a year you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. >> all right, the presidents proposal would affect about 240,000 tax filers across the country. an expert tells us it would effectivel...