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>> one of the most shocking moments is when ben carson was scad about his economic plan. this is a cnbc debate and they were told they wanted to talk about tax policy. ben carson couldnt explain what his tax rate would be. between 10% and 15%. the math works. the moderator said i did the math. that was the worst moment of the debate. something so central to the republican philosophy, tax reform, had a front-runner who failed utterly at it the. >> i was very curious to see what the dynamic was go...

Seen from hillary clinton, right in its not the campaign i would have expected of the hillary clinton who i watched run for senate in new york in 2000. right? times have shifted. the politics. theyre smart people and can understand the way the math works. the goal for the democratic nominee basically is follow the path that led to two successive electoral wins. >> a fundamental truth of this race, chris, is a great republican candidate. dynamic, articulate, exciting. can still lose. a very poor ...

Math i think is understood by the professionals in both camps. i think its largely why weve seen the campaign thus far weve seen from hillary clinton, right in its not the campaign i would have expected of the hillary clinton who i watched run for senate in new york in 2000. right? times have shifted. the politics. theyre smart people and can understand the way the math works. the goal for the democratic nominee basically is follow the path that led to two successive electoral wins. >> a fundame...

You see the public at large really never wanted a deal with greece. the german public i think feels like hey, let them go. were better off without them. they have never believed the greeks were good for their word in terms of reforms and i think it underscores that this has become a political problem as much as an economic problem. the greeks have said fine well leave. socialist government. theyve taken all this pain. tremendous pop ulymph. you can understand their point of view. but i dont thin...

Theres just no way -- >> because the math just wouldnt work. if the republican tried to reach over, it seems to me throughout the campaign the republican would be thinking wait, if i just got a few of those tea party people. >> exactly. theres no other way that the math works. its like when people used to talk about mike bloomberg as an independent presidential candidate. if he got in, the only thing he would have accomplished is to have elected a republican. but lawrence, if you look at the sla...

Well to do to keep special tax loopholes an exemptions in the tax codes achieved largely through look beists work and not ask them to pay a little bit more. that doesnt make any sense. jenna: for the good of the country. if its for the good of everybody why not senior consider it. >> what is good for the country is balance. if you dont have balance, jenna you have what we see in the ryan budget, the tax policy center policy said tk the tax cuts that go to the wealthy in the ryan budget would cos...

Make sure the math works. >> but congressman, how much farther can the democrats go? arent the democrats bound by the success of the obama team in the election and the number of seats that were picked up by the house and the number of seats in the pickup in the senate and two seats by the democrats? arent you bound by the election results not to give in anymore? the president has reduced the price a couple of times. he also put social security on the table, which was something i think you said w...

That can in fact be adopted by the house of representatives, passed by the united states senate, and signed by the president of the united states. that will require what we havent seen in this republican majority, the willingness to compromise and be reasonable and make sure the math works. >> but congressman, how much farther can the democrats go? arent the democrats bound by the success of the obama team in the election and the number of seats that were picked up by the house and the number of...

Work. the speaker and others will work to try to get to an agreement that can in fact be adopted by the house of representatives, passed by the united states senate, and signed by the president of the united states. that will require what we havent seen in this republican majority, the willingness to compromise and be reasonable and make sure the math works. >> but congressman, how much farther can the democrats go? arent the democrats bound by the success of the obama team in the election and t...

>> there you go. after rices announcement yesterday, the massachusetts democratic party tweeted this. bring it on. in case youre wondering, the way the math works, assuming john kerrys resigned the senate seat after hes confirmed and that happens around january 20th, 21st. were looking at a mid to late june special election in massachusetts. finally, another day, another rhetorical standoff if you will between president obama and house speaker john boehner as the country moves another day closer...