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Stop thinking as partisans and understand we all come together and work together and figure out how to cut entitlement spending growth and cut our budget and balance our budgets over the next ten years or else we are in huge, huge trouble and youre stupid partisanship is only damaging america, okay? >> its true. >> stop with the stupidity. >> okay. i think also -- >> your stupidity, okay? >> joe your point is -- >> youre being stupid. this is about being an american. not about being a partisan. ...

Since weve had polls over the republican, way over the democrat. your thoughts on this race? >> im pleased about it. i think that the people of florida want somebody who is independently affiliated. that really their only obligation is not to the republicans or democrats but the people of the state. thats exactly where i am. that makes decisions like this that much easier to make. i think its very important when you see the gridlock that occurs in washington, d.c. -- people are fed up with it. i...

Supposed to be used with budget bills. enter 63-year-old allen frumin, the senate parliamentarian. in theory it is frumin who decides whether a given item in a health care reconciliation bill effects health care and must be stricken from the bill. >> shepard: allen frumined suddenly the most powerful man in d.c. >> some are describing him that way. we spoke with c-span former scholar in residence who has known frumin for years and who offered this warning. >> dont blame him for what happens beca...

Which would impact the budget and does not. and therefore have to be stricken. long time associates say frewman would rule conscientiously. >> he doesnt do it from policy. he has made democratic senators and republican senators very angry in the past. and he is not a party hack. >> under the byrd rule named after robert byrd in not directly related to the budget, an abortion provision, lets say, a lawmaker can motion for that item to be stricken and parliamentarians ruling will be sought. if his...

Which would impact the budget and does not. and therefore have to be stricken. long time associates say frewman would rule conscientiously. >> he doesnt do it from policy. he has made democratic senators and republican senators very angry in the past. and he is not a party hack. >> under the byrd rule named after robert byrd in not directly related to the budget, an abortion provision, lets say, a lawmaker can motion for that item to be stricken and parliamentarians ruling will be sought. if his...