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The senate is probably not taking it up. >> you are backing away, bro. you are skirting the issue. you are saying it doesnt matter. let me show you the latest polls out there. i do have an advance here. here is the siena poll. let me just challenge you on the facts here. the voters most important issue when choosing a candidate is medicare. let me just ask you this, you say reform, the republican plan is to get rid of medicare which is guaranteed entitlement program and give you a voucher like a...

Taking it up. >> you are backing away, bro. you are skirting the issue. you are saying it doesnt matter. here is the ciena poll. let me just challenge you on the facts here. the voters most important issue when choosing a candidate is medicare. let me just ask you this, you say reform, the republican plan is to get rid of medicare which is guaranteed entitlement program and give you a voucher like a $10 gift certificate at barns and noble. it is a check that nowhere covers the cost of medicine i...

A woman is singlehandedly responsible for destroying this country as we know it. this is nuts. you are saying that an attempt to rein in the growth of entitlement program that will be running out of money five years earlier than we thought is akin to pushing grandmother over a cliff. >>guest: what my friend, a reverend says, is important to remember right now: a nations budget is a moral document. so, when we sit down and say we are going to spend money on this and in the spend money on this, th...

Budget that is out of control and spending is out-of-control, and when we mention curbing the growth of entitlement program like medicare saying nothing of social security or medicaid, it hits a buzz saw and you do ads like this that care the folks all ages. when you know that the plan being discussed exempts those 55 and older and for those younger gives them the option, choose what you wish. that never comes up. >>guest: choose what you wish sounds like a good idea but i stick with the thought...

Out the oil and gas industry and raising their tax rates compared to every other manufacturer which simply eliminates this tax benefit that goes to every manufacturer and therefore raise the cost of producing american oil and gas and make us more dependent on foreign oil and gas. i dont think thats really a good idea. i just filled up my suburban yesterday. it cost me $100 to fill up with gas and i couldnt even fill the tank because the pump cut off at $100. weve got high gas prices. raising tax...

Simply eliminates this tax benefit that goes to every manufacturer and therefore raise the cost of producing american oil and gas and make us more dependent on foreign oil and gas. i dont think thats really a good idea. i just filled up my suburban yesterday. it cost me $100 to fill up with gas and i couldnt even fill the tank because the pump cut off at $100. weve got high gas prices. raises taxes on american made oil and gas doesnt help that, it hurts that. lets go back to the scratch here. we...

budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then theres the democrat-controlled senate. >> we shouldnt be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. >> treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is common ground. today -- republican risk, reward and rhetoric with senate republica...

money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. >> boehner wants $2 trillion in budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then theres the democrat-controlled senate. >> we shouldnt be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. >> treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is ...

>> you are really left to scrape together charity care. go without care. die sooner. there arent a lot of options. >> this from the house democratic leader. >> granny, that would be me, go out there and fend for yourself with the insurance companies. >> democratic campaign ad turned that issue in elderly working odd jobs to pay for medical care. such attacks would appear to violate the president appearances, prompting 42 house freshmen to send obama a letter urging him to "condemn the disingenuo...

>> you are really left to scrape together charity care. go without care. die sooner. there arent a lot of options. >> this from the house democratic leader. >> granny, that would be me, go out there and fend for yourself with the insurance companies. >> democratic campaign ad turned that issue in elderly working odd jobs to pay for medical care. such attacks would appear to violate the president appearances, prompting 42 house freshmen to send obama a letter urging him to "condemn the disingenuo...