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But we saw encouraging signs today from congress where democrats fought back. nancy pelosi had some good strong words. you see some other congressmen with strong words. you know where it hinges on, the place you cover, the white house. if the white house comes out swinging, you saw it behind the scenes with president obama, if he does that in public, it seemings like we can steam roll him. but if the president comes out and starts going to the republican direction, doesnt it undercut that strate...

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Obsession. they believe in the religion of tax cuts, even when the country is facing bankruptcy so they want to take those top rates all the way down to 25%. thats part of the ryan plan that hasnt gotten very much attention. they essentially want to -- and i say this, you know, you and i have argued about -- because im a little bit more of a moderate democrat. they want to repeal the new deal and the great society. thats what this vote does. it takes us back to the 1920s. so the question for dem...

That is not an exaggeration, a distortion they will try to say, oh, no, no, no -- our voucher program doesnt kill medicare. it does. "the wall street journal" said it, quote, ends medicare. so after many years where democrats kind of cried wolf about republicans wanting to, you know, throw granny in to the snow, this time thats just what they voted to do. and so its important, i think, for the democrats who may have cried wolf too much on this. they dont want to be against all reform of medicare...

Preserve everything except medicare advantage. there are things and the president has said this, there are things that are going to have to be reformed in medicare. that doesnt mean, though, that the republicans who want to kill it. so the important thing tactically here and politically is that people understand the distinction between reform and killing these programs is what the republicans have just voted to do. >> all right. ley it right there, jonathan alter. thank you so much for joining u...

Fact, the medium wage has gone down, you know theres something wrong. but whats wrong is not that were taxing the wealthy too much, its that were not investing enough in the middle class and those struggling to get to the middle class. >> congressman, were now at the lowest tax rate as a percentage of gdp since 1931. so when they keep saying we dont have a revenue problem, thats wrong. we do have a revenue problem. but when it comes to medicare and protecting it, it seems like a huge issue. the ...

So im looking forward to his response here. that was an event for donors. but i hope that we get to hear more of that in public from the president. hell have an opportunity next week when he hits the road to sell his plan for the budget and his vision for america. when you look at the comments, im telling you, now were having fun. its refreshing to see the democrats fight back. and as the president would say, go at it. joining me now is congressman jim moran, democrat for virginia and member of ...