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Pursue the case. not a single banker has gone to jail or faced criminal prosecution for tens of billions of dollars of fraudulent loans. its a striking contrast. heather picked up on my ideas. the union address, where is president obama coming down? i mean a lot of people were happy with the inaugural address. what was striking to me and painful. he didnt say a word ant jobs. the question is how front and center are jobs as opposed to the deficit? i think we have a big indication of where hes go...

Parency and secrecy. this white paper came out which shows you how contested it is, that its now becoming an issue for republicans and democrats alike. john brennan said he wants to optimize transparency and secrecy and that is hard to understand except whats happened here is we dont have all of the legal memos, the republicans dont have the legal memos and senator ron wydens words, we should know that authority. the summary for the argument is no substitute for the argument itself. >> right. an...

Another way to make sure that they could get back up on their feet but then they doend lend out to the american public. i think thats going to be a big part of the legacy. >> this is one thing that obama bobbled or geithner bobbled on their own. the mortgage relief program was a total bust. the money was there. they just didnt use it because they were so afraid that someone would accuse them of having benefitted some undeserved people and those people, right? undeserving people that happened to ...

What i found was that they became basically a single issue group around health care, which was exciting to many people, a promise that the president was looking to deliver on but also didnt give them a lot of meaningful asks. when you are doing a campaign, it might be getting supporter cards or signing up people to events and later it is g.o. tv. it is very clear. it gets a lot less clear when you talk about health care or the fiscal cliff. the first thing they did. i spoke to some people at the...

>> and the two frontrunners in a bitter duel with a lot to prove and a lot to lose. >> tonight mitt romneys toughest test since rick santorums surge. >> if you want a fiscal conservative, you cant vote for rick santorum because hes not. >> does the word "hypocrisy" come to mind? >> its a two-state showdown with one frontrunner trying to avoid an embarrassing defeat. >> governor romney is discovering you cannot take your home state for granted. >> will romney prove his staying power or ...

Retirees and you dont pay for them, this is the problem that youre going to run into. >> mike, you think these cuts will go through, bottom line? >> i do. i think that the roughly $400 hundred billion, $450 billion over ten years in cuts make good sense. the harder question is, can you really increase them much beyond that? here larry and i disagree a bit. in a sense, here the obama administration has internal discord within its own thinking because on the one hand theyre proposing this $400 hun...

These promises to military retirees and you dont pay for them, this is the problem that youre going to run into. >> mike, you think these cuts will go through, bottom line? >> i do. i think that the roughly $400 billion, $450 billion over ten years in cuts make good sense. the harder question is, can you really increase them much beyond that? here larry and i disagree a bit. in a sense, here the obama administration has internal discord within its own thinking because on the one hand theyre prop...

we have a great show for you today. i was asking myself whom would i like to hear from about the ups and downs this crazy republican race. my answer was alan simpson, the former republican senator from wyoming, legendary for his frankness and wit. of course, well also talk it americas fiscal future because he is the simpson of simpson-bowles. next up, ill talk to a scholar and former pentagon official about the administrations dramatic plan to cut the pentagon budget. is it too much,...

administrations dramatic plan to cut the pentagon budget. is it too much, too little, or is it the goldie locks budget? then, the west and iran are headed toward a serious showdown. what happens next? will oil spike to $150 a barrel? what is the end game here? we have four top experts to guide us through. also, well tell you the real reason china is revamping most of its television shows. its not to get better ratings. my take this week is on iran. youll hear from others on this ...

Clear. otherwise this resolution is going to go forward and make everybody look a little sill, including the palestinians. >> do you believe that the administration will resume negotiations and put something on the table that entices and tries to come back here. >> will they succeed? thats a harder question. they are trying very, very hard. they have been over the last few days and not just the administration. the quartet and the europeans have been involved as well. every ounce of energy availa...