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Raise taxes, people say i dont want to do either of those things. something has got to give. >> something has got to give for us. well do more tomorrow. that does it for us. tomorrow, of course, live coverage of president obamas big speech at george washington university. plus, interim democratic national chairwoman donna brazil joining us. and my colleague tamron hall has a look at whats next on "news nation." >> orrin hatch will be targeted by the tea party for his past willingness to work wit...

Thinks we should go in one direction, a democratic administration that thinks we should go in the other direction and an evenly divided senate. it wasnt easy to get what they did, i think they accomplished something real and the government didnt shut down. >> were out of time, vin. i got to give you just 30 seconds, 15 seconds to say you were -- you were a mitt romney guy last time. tim pawlenty now. youre family, minnesotan. >> a great guy and a great governor. he was the first conservative gov...

Tax increases. they brought it down to 28%, but made it deficit positive by raising more money than the current system, but by changing the charitable deduction, home interest mortgage deductions. i dont know that has much of a chance. but if the president says he wants to tate maximum rate to 39% and if you contrast that with the 28% of the deficit reduction commission, i dont know how you bridge that. thats very, very hard. on entitlements, you cannot go to where ryan is on the medicare. you c...

Acceptable to democrats. but it is not going to be easy and has to be negotiated out. >> i believe what the president is going to do is go with some very specific medicare cuts, some specific program cuts, not privatizing it, but question change this part of medicare, that part of medicare. >> will that be enough? >> i dont know. thats an opening salvo. >> part of the problem with health care reform is not just that it is politically difficult, it is substantively difficult. were not sure how to...

He has on tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. paul ryans budget proposes big tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations. those add to the deficit in the short-term, even if youre a supply sider. you have to see that. the president has to figure out a way to try to win the fight and say im for raising revenue from the wealthiest americans. he couldnt win it during the lame duck session, couldnt win it over the past few months in trying to reframe the issue. the only way there is going t...