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They hate the rich. >> sean: i wish i had more time because i could show you headvice rates obama at healthcare summit. i have a couple moments. one the republican retreat in baltimore and the other one is when he took on tim geithner. these are incredible moments who is well informed and knows budgeted numbers better than anyone else in washington. >> the spending bill that you signed into lau, domestic spending has been increased by 84%. and scapel go line by line through the budget. we want t...

Here is the point. leaders are supposed to fix problems. we have a $99.4 trillion unfunded liability. our government is making promises to americans that it has no way of accounting for them. and so youre saying, yeah were stabilizing it but were not fixing it in the long run were going to keep lying to people and keep all these empty promises going. megyn: some hollywood types are starting to react to the ryan-romney ticket. russell similar ons saying the two will, quote destroy our people. lat...

Good or bad? what kind of pick is this? >> good or bad. you know what? i think there are some good things here. at least for conversation i would liked it to it be a little bit more exciting and a little bit out of the box. >> take a look at tim geithner and paul ryan arguing over the budget. see what kind of candidate he is. >> were not claiming this solves all the problems facing the country, but it does meet the critical essential tests. >> which is? >> of restoring our deficits it a more sus...

Fix problems. right now its the economy. >> reporter: a recent poll shows his approval rating at 58%. he has balanced two budgets without raising taxes, cutting $6 billion from government. unemployment rate in virginia dropped from 7.2%, to 5.6% the lowest in three years. >> when you hear you or a short list for possible vp? >> im not asking for it. were sitting in a capitol designed by thomas jefferson. that is pretty good gig to have. were making a lot of change. im interested in electing repu...

Buffett rule is a pix xi dust. if you do this, we are going to fix problems. >> im not saying that. >> im not saying you, i think other people. it pays 6% of the deficit spending. number two, it represents a huge tax increase on job creators. most countries are taxing businesses at 25%. this would ensure we tax about 80% of remember, 80% of businesses file as individuals. they get hit by this buffett rule. it doesnt just hit brawn or favre or scarborough. >> they are really going after you. >> t...

Mantra was that we had to change the structure of government and get past partisanship. >> regardless whether you buy it or not. >> romney started out with something that wasnt similar but at least he had a mantra which was i know how to be a great technocrat. >> fix problems. >> the fixer man. now to maggies point its become all about him and who he is. i want to clarify -- >> you cant criticize him for not knowing him and when he tells stories you say its about him. >> thats my point. i want t...

From some teachers groups, including the california teachers association. one of their concerns is that if a school is turned into a charter, funding can come from private donors. >> as we engage with parents and engage with community members we need to shine a light on that. thats not fair. thats not about parent empowerment when you have billionaires calling the shots in public education. thats really in some ways using parents for a very specific goal and thats not right. >> the union also sa...

Investigation, if past is any prologue, no one else other than the sheriff is likely to win or lose an election because of this issue. this is politics but it is politics of a different kind. this is values politics. about who we are as a country. it is a specific kind of political work to fix problems like this. to get attention to problems with the way we are doing the death penalty these days, for example. and sometimes to get attention to the death penalty as a problem, itself. it is politic...

Thinking the unthinkable. >> thats fair. >> listen. you now have a tremendous problem with unemployment. okay. thats where were trying to focus, is to get people back to work. weve seen an unprecedented increase in spending over the last several years. again, not to point fingers and assess blame here, were trying to fix problems. what we know right now is were facing a burden of debt unprecedented in this country and something that threatens the future of our kids. were trying to save this coun...

>> president obama in his surprise appearance in the white house briefing room. >> we have more than met the republicans halfway at this point. >> they would like to insist that 33 is the top number. that is not acceptable. to our members. >> what is a fair deal? >> we want the largest spending cuts that are possible. >> who should the american people blame? >> theyre not interested in finger-pointing, and neither am i. i dont think the american people are interested in blaming somebody. they wa...