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Entrepreneurship, it may go down, not up, and well be in even a more difficult situation. so we have to recognize the reason we had the leading economy in the world, its not an accident. its because weve been the most entrepreneurial nation. and we need to take steps now as other nations figure that out to really double down on what has been the secret sauce powering our economy. so yes, we need to focus on spending. yes, we need to focus on tax reform simplification, revenues, but we also need ...

His confirmation hearing took a little bit of -- whats the word -- the ballast, if you will, out of those who were inclined to support him. plus youve got, if you will, typical washington dysfunctionality and the idea of holds and filibusters and all of that slowing down the workings of government. but i actually think that john mccains -- >> you know, though, richard that in the end, were hearing in the end most likely hes going to pass and be secretary of defense. so why hold him up over a rec...

It is friday and one hell of a good friday for those thousands of passengers who are now back on land and off that cruise ship. its february 15th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have the former governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst, ed rendell. the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. good lord, whats going on in washington? and in washington, nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. >...

Haass. >> the new leader of china, and what hes essentially saying is were not going to go the way of the old soviet union. im not going to be gorbachev. all you people pressuring us to open up to reform, were not going to go down that path. chinese leaders wake up every morning. they worry about internal disarray. they look at the size of their country. 1.3 billion people. the dialects, the ethnic range and so forth. and they say, we have got to keep a lid on. thats why you need a communist par...

Republicans using what leverage they have but not wanting to go all the way to the mattresses. i dont think they want to do that on hagel. its still a question of how strong hagel comes out when hes confirmed. >> joe, before i go to carl and let him chomp on this disagreeable comment, i do want to ask you about it because on a serious level, because isnt washington about an exchange of ideas, about sometimes disagreeing? and isnt there a problem with a leading republican saying if you dont fall ...

This, there are district attorneys and u.s. attorneys who are out there every day squeezing ordinary citizens on sometimes very thin grounds. and taking them to trial in order to make an example, as they put it. im really concerned that too big to fail has become too big for trial. that just seems wrong to me. >> so beyond the obvious show that that was, joe, i just -- it seemed to me that these banking regulators had never gotten a question like that before. ever. thats what it looked like to m...

For a senate hearing or cloture or all this nonsense were hearing day in and day out. >> joes got a question for you. joe. >> hey, gavin. we teased, obviously, what rick perrys doing in texas coming to your state, advertising, saying hey, its hard to get a business going in california, come to texas where the taxes are lower. tort reforms a bit tougher. and regulations not as vexing. we talked about this yesterday. we talk about it a good bit, how to be competitive again. you look at where auto ...

Or do you look at a 10-year, 15-year horizon and say, okay. if we can stabilize or perhaps, dare i say, even reduce the debt as a percentage of gdp over that period of time, then lets take another look at it in five more years or seven more years and see where we are and see what the pattern is, you know, how fast are medical costs rising? have they stabilized at all? has the rate of increase come down? you know, because i think were not going to get very far if we try to come up with a solution...

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60% or higher. he sinks the deep three, gives the heat a 15-point lead. later in the quarter he elevates, throws down the alley-oop. heat win. lebron with another big night, he shot 39 but shot a mere 58%. his historic streak is over, but the heat are cruising and lebron playing out of his mind. kevin youkilis not endearing himself to his fan base. he played for the red sox for eight years. he showed up for his first day of spring training with the yankees and told reporters, quote, i will alw...