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Do better in the off year. theres higher turnout. so the president is trying to buck an historical trend. and i suspect too thats what happening with the sequester and the cuts, the results of yet to be seen, will play pretty well in the congressional districts hes aiming for. >> is that the miscalculation here by the white house, chuck? >> i think the miscalculation was they didnt understand for some reason that john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and jon cornyn, what president obama was asking them...

>> so you say that the house has twice passed a bill on this. the truth is you passed a bill that you knew would never be accepted by democrats. you target setting up exchanges under obama care. you target dodd frank. you target medicaid eligibility. those are poison pills that you say the democrats are doing now. >> most of the changes in our bill to replace the sequester came out of the presidents own budget. not all of them, but most of the changes. >> stuff that you put in there, you knew de...

>> well, the impact includes -- what about teachers? arne duncan, the secretary of education, said on "face the nation" last sunday literally teachers now are getting pink slips, notices they cant come back this fall. and then some fact checking came out to prove that wasnt the case. "the washington post" on thursday reporting that sequester spin gets ahead of reality. when he was pressed in a white house briefing wednesday to name an example, duncan came up with one school district in west virg...

>> but hes for means testing for wealthy americans. thats on the table according to the white house. and for whats called in this town chain cpi, which is a reduction in benefits over time. how is that not being serious about the long-term entitlement problems? >> then why havent senate democrats passed the presidents plan? the house has passed a plan twice. over the last ten months to replace the sequester. senate democrats have done nothing. its time for them to vote. its time for us to get ba...

Defense in seven months and not hurt jobs, veterans, and, you know, veterans are often those who work in civilian military jobs. youre going to hurt a lot of people. a lot of communities that rely on military spending. and, yes, you are going to hurt education. youre going to hurt children getting mental health treatment. and my hope, david, our hope is that as more republicans start to see this pain in their own districts that they will choose bipartisan compromise over this absolutist position...

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Democrats dont want to touch it. >> mm-hmm. >> when republicans touch it, they get killed. when democrats touch it, they get killed. >> why cant they do it together? >> what are we doing? were cutting discretionary domestic spending, the last place we should go. were cutting defense, which i want to cut defense, but lets cut defense in a smart way. but we wont do it because everybodys afraid to talk about entitlements. >> well, but, you know, i think there can be a conversation about entitlement...

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