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It would be better if they were here working on it. there may be policy differences. but to let it tick to the deadline serves nobody well. they funded the government for a full year, they put aside the strategy that says lets just kick it down the road a couple of weeks. no one can run a government that way. id like to see the democrats get serious about taking up the bill and avoid the shut down all together. jenna: the republicans are saying we have $60 billion of cuts here. is there a magic ...

Liberal leaning commentators reminiscing about the reagan years in a way that doesnt always ring true to me. they speak of it as a gentler time in politics, when supposedly debates were more cordial and opponents on capitol hill were unfailingly civil and respectful toward the president. i hope im not disillusioning anyone, but i dont quite remember it that way. in some cases there was a cordiality that did allow for big accomplishments, some the president and speaker oneill got together to save...

He said the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our destiny is what makes this country great. thats a fall back to lincolns line back in 1859. thats the great divide here. republicans believe we have to get government out of the way for people to make themselves. and the democrats believe we have to have a government safety net. youre going to have this clash with these policy differences. for him to go into sputnik and his version of sputnik is to make solar panelled cells for hou...

Line back in 1859. thats the great divide here. republicans believe we have to get government out of the way for people to make themselves. and the democrats believe we have to have a government safety net. youre going to have this clash with these policy differences. for him to go into sputnik and his version of sputnik is to make solar panelled cells for house roofs, that fell flat on me. >> heres my beef with the speech tonight. this is his third state of the union and its time to judge him o...

Same room with us, afraid to be in the same room with people who disagree with -- that speaks volumes about the lack of faith they have in their own beliefs. there are going to be plenty of speakers who have positions that are much further to the left than go prouds. goproud is a very conservative organization. so for the folks who are pulling out about this, pulling out over this, its for one reason only, its because we happen to be gay. thats it. theres no policy differences here. >> but chris...

>> i dont think its an issue that we should address at all. >> his citizenship should not be questioned at all, is that what youre saying? >> its not an issue that even needs to be on the policymaking table right now. >> because its illegitimate? call it what it is. a lot of republican leaders wont go as far as to criticize those -- >> i think the president is a citizen of the united states. >> period. >> yes. why is it you want me to engage in name calling? i think hes the president of the unit...

We had policy differences, and ill be forth right with my comments on those. >> his book will be coming out later this year and expect there to be much more about his relationship with president bush. back to you, richard. >> catch more of tinterview wit dick cheney. breaking news out of southern california. this in at gardena high school. what were hearing from the l.a. times, three have been shot at that high school. gunman is still at large. were getting live pictures coming from a chopper ...

And a governor and pipeline commissioner, and she got a number of good things done there. she obviously has been a phen phenomenal force and voice in the conservative movement in the republican party, in the country. so, shes remarkable in all of those ways and others. >> is she a unifying force in your party? >> well, i think she is. i think, you know, the party is a conservative party and if you look not at everybodys variations in rhetoric and some policy differences, by in large, the party i...

>> reporter: but these days the former president is spending most of his time writing his memoirs with daughter liz. word is it will be candid, blunt, and some scores will be settled. >> well, i have a bit of the sense that im going to get the last word. >> reporter: will you write about differences you had with the president? >> i will. sure. yeah. we had some policy differences. and ill be forthright with my comments on those. >> reporter: in his memoir, he said about you, ten years later ive ...

Last word. >> where you write about the president? >> sure. we had some policy differences and ill be forth right with my comments on those. >> in his memoir, he said about you ten years later, ive never regretted my decision to run with dick cheney. but he also writes that you offered and he considered dropping you from the ticket. and he says, quote, hes become a lightning rod for criticism, he was seen as dark and heartless, the darth vader of the administration. first of all, why did you off...