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Elections theres a small window where they may be able to move something through the house. i wouldnt hold my breath. are iran will come up. sanctions. we have a six month time limit. there will be action on that. my sleeper issue for 2014 is tax reform. the reason i say that is because max baucus is retiring. this is his swan song. he wants to go out with something and quietly pushing behind-the-scenes a reform policy with dave camp. there will be some discussions around it and some small piece...

Those are abyss mal numbers. look at this foreign policy. 68% think the president is not tuff n uff on iran. and of course even senate were democrats on thursday vowed to defy and undermine the presidents handling of iran. thats his own party in the u.s. senate. bottom line here, as we end this conversation, does any future obama agenda over the next three years stand a chance? >> well, i think hes got to -- if the unemployment rate keeps going down, thats what he will be trumpeting up. iran is ...

This is because he knows that if we dont move forward on the affordable care act, it still will leave millions and millions of people not covered. and the fact is, i think mcallister recognized this, that the affordable care act isnt going anywhere. its the law, its constitutional, its not going to be repealed. the thing that makes the most sense is for republicans to figure out how to make it work for people in their districts. >> my big question for 2014, and theres going to be so many things ...

Affordable care act, it still will leave millions and millions of people not covered. and the fact is, i think mcallister recognized this, that the affordable care act isnt going anywhere. its the law, its constitutional, its not going to be repealed. the thing that makes the most sense is for republicans to figure out how to make it work for people in their districts. >> my big question for 2014, and theres going to be so many things that determine the outcomes there, but the big question i thi...

Going to have to talk about inequality, democrats are going to have to talk about inequality. the biggest issue with the economy and middle class voters. minimum wage is the perfect issue to run on for democrats. you take polls about minimum wage, 58% of republicans are for minimum wage, the ballot initiative cleared new jersey by a huge margin. i think thats going to be a sleeper issue for any democrat should run on that. i think republicans are going to need to find a policy that speaks to the...

More in payroll taxes. families making between 40 and $65,000 a year will have to pay an extra two grand to the government. gregg: coming up well talk with republican nick mulvaney whose house budget committee is obviously on the forefront of the fiscal talk. so well try to get the latest from him in just a moment. patti ann: meanwhile, gregg, we have new warnings from the treasury department that if a fiscal deal isnt reached our government will have to turn to extraordinary measures when the d...

And the economy, either he does it in the next week and gives him a chance for the following 30 days, including that first debate, or he doesnt. it will be interesting to see how it goes. >> the sleeper issue in these tapes, and i think its interesting chronologically that we have the libya and egypt gaffe right before this happened. the sleeper issue is foreign policy and national security stuff. to have made comments that blunt and reckless about the palestini palestinian/israeli peace process...

Him a chance for the following 30 days, including that first debate, or he doesnt. it will be interesting to see how it goes. >> the sleeper issue in these tapes, and i think its interesting chronologically that we have the libya and egypt gaffe right before this happened. the sleeper issue is foreign policy and national security stuff. to have made comments that blunt and reckless about the palestinian/israeli peace process, to come out while the embassy was still being attacked, and to have di...

30 days, including that first debate, or he doesnt. it will be interesting to see how it goes. >> the sleeper issue in these tapes, and i think its interesting chronologically that we have the libya and egypt gaffe right before this happened. the sleeper issue is foreign policy and national security stuff. to have made comments that blunt and reckless about the palestinian/israeli peace process, to come out while the embassy was still being attacked, and to have displayed, nobody has been talkin...

2004 presidential elections. this could swing the election. i have been saying over and over this is the sleeper issue that could decide the 2012 election. its not just that people dont have the i.d.s, theyre not able if they dont have them to get them because they either dont have the documentation needed to get the i.d. or in texas, theres 81 of 254 counties have dmvs. if you dont have a drivers license, how are you supposed to get the i.d.? you might have to travel up to 170 miles just to be ...