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Again. >> and its a political advantage for president obama, but its a policy problem because the fact is well have to do something with medicare. you cant deal with the exploding deficit -- >> politically was he smart to play possum on this? >> absolutely. and get through the re-election campaign perhaps with this. >> i like numbers that are clear cut. i dont like 50 sh/50 numbers. number of democrats, 5%. thats it. and he knew this months ago. what do you make of the way hes handled this it po...

I want to start with susan. and i want to get to the question. it seems to me that nobody really has a solution. even the poll says modest cuts in medicare and modest increases in taxes. no. they dont want to get hurt again. they are paying big gas taxes, they just paid their taxes, they dont want to get hurt again. >> and its a political advantage for president obama, but its a policy problem because the fact is well have to do something with medicare. you cant deal with the exploding deficit -...

Then theres the have it both ways crowd. mike huckabee, bobby jindal, it depends on who theyre with at the time. and finally there are the serious republicans who dont feel like a nut and worry that birtherism are take the whole party down. a perfect example, donald trump. karl rove says he needs to stop the madness. sarah palin winks that hes on to something. on to what? plus hypocrisy watch. what percentage of the balance the budget tea party types do you suppose are against cutting any of the...

>> president barack obama unveils his budget plan this week. im alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. with so much attention on the exploding deficit in the u.s., president obama is expecting to cut many of the programs he supports like community development and conservation. the big question is whether hell offer cuts to three huge entitlement programs, medicare, medica medicaid, and social security. the president is also expected to call for a five-year freeze in non-security defense sp...

Aisle, something rare in washington today. after all these years my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished but my desire to do so by serving in congress has waned. for some time i have had a growing conviction that congress is not operating as it should. there is too much partisanship. even at a time of enormous national challenge the peoples business is not getting done. examples of this are legion, but two recent ones will suffice. two weeks ago the senate voted down a bipar...

Weve had private sector job growth now for 26 straight months. the president is the first person to say the economy is not as strong as any of us would like it to be. every election is a choice. mitt romney, when he was governor of massachusetts, had the worst economic record in the country. number one debt, 47th in job creation. so hes tried it there and it didnt work. we saw what happened in the last decade. falling income, exploding deficit. mitt romney and his congressional allies, by the wa...

Mike huckabee, bobby jindal, it depends on who theyre with at the time. and finally there are the serious republicans who dont feel like a nut and worry that birtherism are take the whole party down. a perfect example, donald trump. karl rove says he needs to stop the madness. sarah palin winks that hes on to something. on to what? plus hypocrisy watch. what percentage of the balance the budget tea party types do you suppose are against cutting any of the big spending causes in the government? a...

Coons and it is an interesting show and a tv day. >> martha: im sure, a very tough day, thanks for your coverage throughout and well look forward to seeing you this morning on fox news sunday. thank you, bret. >> bill: were hearing from hospital in tucson that giffords is still unconscious and still in icu, critical condition and police will brief at noon eastern time out of tucson and the suspect is in court, 40 minutes from now and all of that is coming up this morning. gabrielle giffords was ...

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