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And i know you want to get to that later. so let me hold my piece there. >> well, look, this can be worked out if you look at the plans, and they seem very abstract when paul ryan and president obama talk about them. they are just saying, lets fix a little bit on the entitlement front, and theyre not saying lets start tomorrow cutting. theyre saying lets start in five years or 10 years. it is all doable and fixable. and then this gets to the engine of the economy. and if you fix that, if you sta...

To end up facing some of the biggest foreign policy crises that we have had in many years. and i know you want to get to that later. so let me hold my piece there. >> well, look, this can be worked out if you look at the plans, and they seem very abstract when paul ryan and president obama talk about them. they are just saying, lets fix a little bit on the entitlement front, and theyre not saying lets start tomorrow cutting. theyre saying lets start in five years or 10 years. it is all doable an...

Biggest foreign policy crises that we have had in many years. and i know you want to get to that later. so let me hold my piece there. >> well, look, this can be worked out if you look at the plans, and they seem very abstract when paul ryan and president obama talk about them. they are just saying, lets fix a little bit on the entitlement front, and theyre not saying lets start tomorrow cutting. theyre saying lets start in five years or ten years. it is all doable and fixable. and then this get...

>> theyre talking about the clock ticking. if they can get it done roughly this week and next week, can they -- whats the name thats tough for republicans from your side? would it be easier on raising the rate for the rich but not quite the 39.6? >> i think its that plus -- >> which one? rate change or the level -- >> the level with which you raised that number, you know, from 250 to 400. even democrats are in that room saying yeah, we could probably look at 500,000 or a million dollars. i think...

They -- whats the name thats tough for republicans from your side? would it be easier on raising the rate for the rich but not quite the 39.6? >> i think its that plus -- >> which one? rate change or the level -- >> the level with which you raised that number, you know, from 250 to 400. even democrats are in that room saying yeah, we could probably look at 500,000 or a million dollars. i think the president is going to have to give at some point on the entitlement front. theyre just stalling tha...

If they can get it done this week and next week finally. what is tougher for republicans? would it be easier on raising the rate for the rich but not quite the 39.6%. raising the amount we start raising the tax, 400 or 350? >> i think its that -- >> which one, rate change or the level at which -- >> the level with which -- at which you raise that number. from 250 to 400. even the democrats are in that room saying, we could probably look at $500,000 or $1 million. i think thats number one. i thin...

In his own biography. >> andrea, in looking at other parts of the battleground, whether ryan is a factor, does his youth help at all? perhaps in colorado and virginia, two of the younger states, in you will, in the battleground with independent voters less sensitive on the entitlement front. >> yes, i think that the independent voters, some of the young marrieds and younger voters concerned about the solvency and the budget issues, the tea party energy that might be reignited by this, it is not ...

Liabilities he faces in his own biography. >> and andrea, looking at other parts of the battleground, you know, whether ryan is a factor, does his youth help at all? perhaps at colorado and virginia, two of the younger states, if you will, in the battleground with some independent voters who may be less sensitive on the entitlement front. >> yes, i think the independent voters, some of the young marrieds and younger voters who are concerned about the solvency and the budget issues, the tea party...

Guy. on the entitlement front, tax reform, i do think its both of them, need a fair plan where you are going forward. people in america are willing to forgive the past mistake if you show a path forward to make it better in their minds. they just dont see it yet. the most often used adjective to use president obamas speech tomorrow about the economy is well-worn. >> bob: there better be something new in the speech tomorrow. every day i defend this and i feel like the only fire hydrant at the wes...

Gosh. ill leave this for the next guy. on the entitlement front, tax reform, i do think its both of them, need a fair plan where you are going forward. people in america are willing to forgive the past mistake if you show a path forward to make it better in their minds. they just dont see it yet. the most often used adjective to use president obamas speech tomorrow about the economy is well-worn. >> bob: there better be something new in the speech tomorrow. every day i defend this and i feel lik...