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Many americans who dont now have it they were the ones seriously cutting medicare. its not just a political problem. its an illogical one. the ryan budget says if your 55 or old, youll note medicare. you arent 55 yet youll never get medicare. youll get much less. if its a good program, why do we deny it to people 52 years old who worked to put money into it. its both a political and intellectual problem. and i think -- im interested that cantor said that. thats their negotiating position. a nego...

Many americans who dont now have it they were the ones seriously cutting medicare. its not just a political problem. its an illogical one. the ryan budget says if your 55 or old, youll note medicare. you arent 55 yet youll never get medicare. youll get much less. if its a good program, why do we deny it to people 52 years old who worked to put money into it. its both a political and intellectual problem. and i think -- im interested that cantor said that. thats their negotiating position. a nego...

That he will not allow the debt ceiling to be raised without certain conditions being applied to it. thats the kind of talk that weve never heard around this issue before. do you feel somehow that the institution will take control of all that thinking and the institution of congress will somehow get this done, despite all the new noises were now hearing about the debt ceiling? >> i dont know. obviously. but i think that much of what were hearing is a negotiating position. it is a threat. lots of...

Certain conditions being applied to it. thats the kind of talk that weve never heard around this issue before. do you feel somehow that the institution will take control of all that thinking and the institution of congress will somehow get this done, despite all the new noises were now hearing about the debt ceiling? >> i dont know. obviously. but i think that much of what were hearing is a negotiating position. it is a threat. lots of negotiations begin with threats. ill never sign this. ill ne...

Ceiling to be raised without certain conditions being applied to it. thats the kind of talk that weve never heard around this issue before. do you feel somehow that the institution will take control of all that thinking and the institution of congress will somehow get this done, despite all the new noises were now hearing about the debt ceiling? >> i dont know. obviously. but i think that much of what were hearing is a negotiating position. it is a threat. lots of negotiations begin with threats...

President obama may have kept the government from shutting down in the last-minute budget cutting deal with the republicans but he ticked off many leading liberal commentators. some liked the speech this week but there are doubts about whether obama keeps giving up too much to the right wing. is that side of the debate getting enough attention in re which he will madow doesnt think so. >> youre probably not reading any interesting main stream belt way journalism on the left but its a fascinating...

The left, substantively, so youre probably not reading any interesting mainstream beltway journalism about the fight loechon the left, but it is a fascinating fight. and if the left does decide to take a harder line with president obama, it will be really interesting to see if liberals are capable of dragging the democrats to a harder negotiating position. if that happens, it will be a surprise to everybody in washington, because nobody in the beltway media pays any attention to the left. the mo...

The left, but it is a fascinating fight. and if the left does decide to take a harder line with president obama, it will be really interesting to see if liberals are capable of dragging the democrats to a harder negotiating position. if that happens, it will be a surprise to everybody in washington, because nobody in the beltway media pays any attention to the left. the more media question, though, for the white house is whether or not theyre going to give up on the big argument. whether or not ...

First of all, it was fear. they were in a full state of panic. when i came on board in december of 08 and started making suggestions, recommendations and talking to them about it, they were paralyzed with fear about what was going on and they were terrified that banks were not going to participate. the banks were going to walk away. there was this real fear of total collapse and i think that led them not to realize the real strong leverage in negotiating position theyve had. i think thats part o...

>> reporter: i think that is possible, because here is the dilemma that qaddhafi could propose, which is he gets to a point where hes pushed east far enough where he has a negotiating position back to sirte, and then declares a cease-fire. at that point he is complying with 1973, the u.n. scr, so therefore if the rebels attack him they are the ones breaking the cease-fire. so will the nato forces then attack the rebels? so this gets very, very sticky, if hes smart enough to just stop. but with h...