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Right now, first of all, there is a huge boom in it there is a big career advancement in it. if you want to be ben carson, marco rubio, any brown or black person who is willing to say conservative stuff, this is your moment. you can make a lot of money, get a lot of attention, get a lot of love from the right, because they really do need brown and black faces to start saying this script. but the problem is in order to fit in as a minority conservative, you really almost have to be even further t...

From florida. here it is. >> i believe in federal financial aid. i couldnt have gone to college without it. one of these programs is medicare. its especially important to me. it provided my father the care he needed, and it pays for the care my mother receives right now. >> so he praises these government programs that the republicans are trying to gut. figure it out. >> right. and he supported the ryan plan. this is a guy who in the past has supported privatizing social security partially. he is...

Invitations to the white house to say, hey, were going to bring in four or five of you to discuss x, y and z. >> i did receive a few inveighations. i appreciated those opportunities. and was quite outspoken at those opportunities. in these private conversations. nevertheless, there was very little of it. very little. this was not the presidents style. now, im hoping the president adopts a new style. he has a great opportunity at the outset. the speech last night was comprehensive. but it offers,...

The republicans are giving in already. i had a couple of discussions this weekend, and some of your colleagues, explain the rational. number within, they say sequestration thats cuts are going into effect and force the president and senate to come one a budget and the senate didnt pass a budget in three and a half years. i liked it more when it was explained to me. is that about right. >> i think it is, sean and about time the senate did the legal responsibility of passing the budget we passed o...

Already. i had a couple of discussions this weekend, and some of your colleagues, explain the rational. number within, they say sequestration thats cuts are going into effect and force the president and senate to come one a budget and the senate didnt pass a budget in three and a half years. i liked it more when it was explained to me. is that about right. >> i think it is, sean and about time the senate did the legal responsibility of passing the budget we passed one each the last two years wev...

Already. i had a couple of discussions this weekend, and some of your colleagues, explain the rational. number within, they say sequestration thats cuts are going into effect and force the president and senate to come one a budget and the senate didnt pass a budget in three and a half years. i liked it more when it was explained to me. is that about right. >> i think it is, sean and about time the senate did the legal responsibility of passing the budget we passed one each the last two years wev...

This for a while. >> i always enjoy rudy giuliani and shawn playing truth or dare, but they look a little out of touch. maybe that is because shawn has not been following it closely. they do have a bunch of misleading proposals and pass them, versions of them and push the ryan plan. we know what it looks like. it involves the complete disassembling of the plans. >> and by the way, that strategy has been a disaster, because democrats dont -- they dont feel dared to pass the bills. and it allows t...

And as rudy giuliani puts it, dare the senate not to pass it. the senate doesnt even look at them, rudy, they have been doing this for a while. >> i always enjoy rudy giuliani and shawn playing truth or dare, but they look a little out of touch. maybe that is because shawn has not been following it closely. they do have a bunch of misleading proposals and pass them, versions of them and push the ryan plan. we know what it looks like. it involves the complete disassembling of the plans. >> and by...

So its really hard to blame the president -- >> steve: sure. im just looking at the end deal. >> as long as were talking about the president, let me make the point, speaker boehner, the republicans, what have they put on the table in terms of specific spending? >> brian: look at the ryan plan. >> the ryan plan was not -- >> brian: look at the budget they passed. >> the budget is not an appropriations bill, brian. the budget said across the board, we will cut 10%. were not going to tell you what,...

Meeting and there is already acrimoney instead of reconciliation. >> part of the problem, i am sorry, the house passed two spending bills and ideas to meet the fiscal cliff and cent -- subject it to the senate. they have two over there . john boehner said let me get third plan b . everybody is like where are the republicans on this? they should have stayed firm on the ryan plan. it was the best . back track a year ago. this stems from the failure of the super committee that stemmed from the simp...