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Want. do you think thats where were headed? >> well, i think its very possible. if you look at how the fiscal cliff played out, as carol noted, republicans didnt get a number of things they were shooting for on their end. so politically, as well as substantively, the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling i should say, then becomes their next avenue for being able to extract what they want out of the administration in terms of spending cuts and paring down the size and scope of government. if you look a...

Differently. some saying tea hes going to become a thorn in the side of gop when at heritage, other people are saying get rid of him, let the gop become a party of dealmaking and legislating inside congress. >> i think theres truth to both of those. whats going to be interesting is the interplay between the two. demint is going to be i think a much more vocal, you know, standard bearer if you will outside, using all of the machinations that come with being at top heritage. the think tank aspects...

You first on this. >> okay. sure, why not. >> im sorry, my friend. you have spoken at length and substantively about the problem that the gop has, not only with minorities but specifically with latinos. here we have a governor, we know the gop has been tripped up by actions at the state level, seems to be happening again with brewer. why is she pursuing this now. >> i dont know. its clearly something within the water of her state. >> the water supply of arizona. >> which is dwindling. >> i think...

That the president has to decide whether hes comfortable having a cia director with that kind of potential vulnerability. and im not sure that the presidents going to want the attorney general to substitute his judgment on that the next time. >> well said. but what about the president, whos told about such a relationship? if youre the president of the united states, youre commander in chief, the first officer on the deck, if you will, of this countrys surt and you find out a guy whos -- or woman...

And im not sure that the presidents going to want the attorney general to substitute his judgment on that the next time. >> well said. but what about the president, whos told about such a relationship? if youre the president of the united states, youre commander in chief, the first officer on the deck, if you will, of this countrys surt and you find out a guy whos -- or woman whos head of the cia has been having an affair way reporter and you let them stay in office hour, do you defend that to t...

The economy and the so-called fiscal cliff. that is what economists are calling the combination of tax hikes and spending cuts that are set to kick in at the end of the year. just today, the congressional budget office warned we could be in for another recession if we go, well, over that cliff. its up to congress to pass a bill to prevent that. today, the house speaker john boehner told diane sawyer on abc that tax increases cannot be part of a deal. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. and, fr...

Right now. if you look at even some of the pictures coming in of the damage from this storm, the water damage, the electrical outages, everybody at this point up and down the east coast has been impacted in some way. this is a huge opportunity for president obama and mitt romney at this point he has no part in this equation. and any part he tries to take in this equation will look needy, desperate, and politically motivated. >> well, the white house is churning around the clock, making sure the ...

Are there issues youd regretted we didnt have time for? >> i wish governor romney had gone more into the libya thing. and why didnt president obama go and punish the guy thats did it? at least take out al qaeda training camps and there is i think it was a pretty good debate. and substantively. i think they covered major issues one place they werent talking about much is latin america that is what is the relationship? and does latin american remain a friend? >> there are parts of africa we didnt ...

Are there issues youd regretted we didnt have time for? >> i wish governor romney had gone more into the libya thing. and why didnt president obama go and punish the guy thats did it? at least take out al qaeda training camps and there is i think it was a pretty good debate. and substantively. i think they covered major issues one place they werent talking about much is latin america that is what is the relationship? and does latin american remain a friend? >> there are parts of africa we didnt ...

In these debates on style over substance. substantively, mitt romney is getting a second look. and were talking about the economy, the fiscal cliff. a lot of focus on libya, which well get to in a moment. what do you think romney is doing with this second look? >> i think something big happened in that first debate thats beyond president obama not showing up. and that was that, you know, president obama hasnt really been trying to get elected again. hes been trying to stop mitt romney from getti...