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Policy differences that divide them? no. but the -- what ive heard from democrats and republicans, mostly republicans, is that the idea that they could be heard, that they could have conversations with the president and that they could hear directly from them, their policy positions, not from their staff, not from sound bites on television or quotes in the newspaper, is something that is invaluable and that is something that they hope will form a basis going forward because its something they ha...

They were privately very frustrated with president obama. he didnt reach out to them. and so now hes doing both on the house and the senate, democrats and republicans, but they still have major policy differences. this is the beginning of a process, we have a major debt problem, and the president knows it, and hes going to -- he wants congress to raise the debt limit, hes going to have to get deals over the next several months or well have another showdown come summertime. jon: the president say...

>> there has to be trust on both sides. we will welcome the president to the capitol today, we look forward to what he has to say. this has to be more than one step this is the first step in a long process of getting together and working together to find the common ground so we can solve the incredible challenges we have in this country. >> what would you like him to say in the first step? what would you feel good about if he laid it out for you today? >> i hope its just that. the policy differe...

True, you know, that there are different policy differences how to approach social security spending, but why does the president need to set it up and so demonize republicans when i think theres plenty of valid criticisms he can take without doing that and hes doing that precisely because the left in the way way the right likes it when republicans do it, they like this kind of petulant nasty tone because they view that as strength when of course its opposite of strength. strength would be coming...

Up a candidate to run against christie. >> i think you always as a party -- it is a blue state. lets not kid ourselves. hats off to governor christie for having the standing he does. if the democratic party in new jersey cant find somebody to run a really serious campaign against him. until sandy came along chris christie did not seem like the superman that he seems today. there were policy differences that split democrats and republicans seriously. the notion of him running for president i thin...

He can be prickly, i think as anyone who knows him, would admit. part of the attack on chuck hagel, especially the accusations of anti-semitism are offensive in nature in that theyre thrown out there very often by unnamed people on behalf of groups. and im wondering what impact, if any, do you think this has on the dialogue about whether he gets defense? >> well, i think your point about his service in vietnam can trump a lot. and i think the reality is that this is not a moral test. this is not...

Little bit less than linden baines johnson did. second biggest spender since eisenhower since chris edwards cato institute. tarp, bailouts, medicare drug plan. expansion of government which again we have not seen since the great society. i dont think reembracing all of that and again becoming the party of big government conservatism is the way to get back in the good gracious of the voters. >> laura: i have great affection for the bush family. they spend every christmas at camp david. they were ...

Little bit less than linden baines johnson did. second biggest spender since eisenhower since chris edwards cato institute. tarp, bailouts, medicare drug plan. expansion of government which again we have not seen since the great society. i dont think reembracing all of that and again becoming the party of big government conservatism is the way to get back in the good gracious of the voters. >> laura: i have great affection for the bush family. they spend every christmas at camp david. they were ...

Little bit less than linden baines johnson did. second biggest spender since eisenhower since chris edwards cato institute. tarp, bailouts, medicare drug plan. expansion of government which again we have not seen since the great society. i dont think reembracing all of that and again becoming the party of big government conservatism is the way to get back in the good gracious of the voters. >> laura: i have great affection for the bush family. they spend every christmas at camp david. they were ...

In the groups opening session. the group getting off to a rather rocky start. the battle is between the opposition and the majority parties. they couldnt agree on choosing a new speaker, so this is how they tried to settle their differences. scenes like this are not unusual in the ukraine. in recent years, there have been many physical fights. not sure this is the best way to settle policy differences. but our government doesnt seem to be doing much better. any suggestions for our government? go...