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Have $500 billion -- >> its about the bond market. the bond market is a funny thing. so far the markets have not been reacting to any of this. >> bond markets havent been reacting. >> at some point, the bond market is a funny thing, interest rates skyrocket. >> hasnt this warning been out there -- >> bernanke is out there saying were going to keep rates low a long time. as soon as people figure out we have a credit problem, rates goes higher and interest is higher. >> talked to aol about america...

The bond market is a funny thing. so far the markets have not been reacting to any of this. >> bond markets havent been reacting. >> at some point, the bond market is a funny thing, interest rates skyrocket. >> hasnt this warning been out there -- >> bernanke is out there saying were going to keep rates low a long time. as soon as people figure out we have a credit problem, rates goes higher and interest is higher. >> talked to aol about americas place in the world. it does factor in in terms of...

There -- >> bernanke is out there saying were going to keep rates low a long time. as soon as people figure out we have a credit problem, rates goes higher and interest is higher. >> talked to aol about americas place in the world. it does factor in in terms of what america is actually capable of doing and around the prospect of meaningful debt reduction, which i dont really see happening this year. >> youre right. >> here is steve case. >> its not helpful to the economy. its not helpful in term...

Its unbelievable. >> can i ask steve a couple questions? steve, welcome to the show. >> morning. >> first of all, what do you make of the dysfunction in washington, d.c.? you live there. you know washington very well. youve got to scratch your head every morning going, god, if i had to run my business this way, we would have gone bankrupt in a week. >> well, thats true. ive lived in washington for almost 30 years, and its been frustrating to watch. theres occasionally moments, glimmers of hope. ...

40% of fortune 500 companies were first or second-generation immigrants. about half the silicon valley companies are funded by immigrants. we need to win that battle. thats hopefully where theres common ground not just around high school immigration but i think theres building support, bipartisan support, for comprehensive immigration reform. i think that can happen in the next few months if people come together. >> steve, if you could do one thing that would enhance american competitiveness eit...

Employees, now they have 1500 american workers and theyre opening plants around the country. number one brand, billion dollars in sales. that was an immigrant entrepreneur who had an idea for a better product. this is what drives our economy, what powers our nation, and we need to not be complacent about that. entrepreneurs arent just nice little golden retriever you should pelt every once in a while. they are fundamental to our economy, fundamental to staying powerful as a nation. and we someti...

Welcome back to "morning joe." richard haass and ed rendell are still with us. and joining the table here in new york, aol co-founder and chairman and ceo of the venture capital firm revolution. steve case, good to have you back. in washington, we also have pulitzer prize-winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. good to see you. weve got a lot to talk about. leading republicans revealing its fairly personal as to why they are g...

Or do you look at a 10-year, 15-year horizon and say, okay. if we can stabilize or perhaps, dare i say, even reduce the debt as a percentage of gdp over that period of time, then lets take another look at it in five more years or seven more years and see where we are and see what the pattern is, you know, how fast are medical costs rising? have they stabilized at all? has the rate of increase come down? you know, because i think were not going to get very far if we try to come up with a solution...

Dont get primaried but we still get the nations business done. its partly being pragmatic about the solution. i spent a lot of time with republicans and democrats on entrepreneurship and immigration. there actually is common ground on the solution. the path politically to get that done given how difficult things are, and the craziness of some of our system, redistricting and other things that create some perverse incentives to the people, even if they know what the right thing to do is, sometime...

Million between 2010 and 2012 in very conservative tea party backed candidates. some of them are great. rubio, rand paul, pat toomey. some were disastrous. todd akin, david murdock and sharron angle. we need to evaluate everything we did. but it also includes, i think, focusing more on quality candidate selection to make sure that weve got really, really good candidates who can win in elections and that we can effectively back when we get into general elections. >> chris, one of the chief compla...