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That i know the president and the democratic party are going to talk about a lot is income in equality. and in terms of a contributor to income in equality over the last five years, income inequality has gotten worse. the biggest contributor is the policy of quantitative easing which held down interest rates, caused the stock market to rise, people who have a lot of stocks made a lot of money. income inequality was increased. seniors and people on fixed incomes saw the interest on their savings ...

Quarantine zone. >> its a dangerous neighborhood as you know and that being said and the threats there are probably greater than weve seen at any other olympics prior to the games. at the same time the russians have put together, i think, an unprecedented level of security. some 40,000 police and military. i mean the total number of police in the state of utah when we had the games in 2002 i believe is around 4,000. in the whole state. >> i dont think the president thinks sochi is as safe as uta...

You always stay on the offensive. and so you simply dont talk about issues that dont help you. so republicans arent going to carry the discussion about the minimum wage on much longer. the democrats will try to. republicans will return to obamacare. >> real quickly, mitt romney earlier said why dont we agree on a level, set it to the cpi or an inflation measure. call it a day, and then this brouhaha goes away. what do you think? >> thats a very rational solution. we know washington, neil. the ch...

Someone will try to make it. if youre watching over at the white house, man you guys are great. it was a great lunch. if you were all there it wouldnt have been enough for me. have a great afternoon. see you tonight. a 40% raise and its all on you so take a bow because tonight between applause the president of the united states is going to say open your wallet. ahead of the president tonight mitt romney now. welcome, everybody im neil cavuto and to hear republicans tell it the president is doi...

Democrats are making a big push out of the state of the union address for extension of jobless benefits. republican congresswoman michele bachmann says how about putting the focus on jobs. the congresswoman joins us now. thats a big theme tonight congresswoman in that republicans particularly should quit being impediments and blocking these extensions. what do you say >> what republicans are trying to do is get the presidents attention and tell him what we hear every day from our constituents ba...

Republican response afterwards. thats a diminishing number, although i do require every person in my class to watch both, and im going to send an e-mail telling them it has to be on fox business. >> if they dont, and numbers are out that they dont, you owe me ice cream this time, not the other way around. >> lower the grade curve. >> which would work with me. you know, larry, i was thinking about what the president want to do to hike the minimum wage for future federal contract workers. it would...

Making 8% more. on these factors, rate of poverty, 69% more people on food stamps. these are not marks of success. the president doesnt have a lot to sell. thats why hes trying to change the narrative. the main thing narrative. the main thing now is growth, growing the economy. i know we can do it. knroe its possible. its not just being a cheerleader about it. its actually changing the policies that will make for growth. thats what republicans have been putting on the table all day. >> does that...

Be repealed and replaced and there are a number of republican senators who just this week came out with a plan to replace obamacare which on the face of it has many of the advantages that people looked for in health care reform but not the individual mandate. lets look at improvements that let people actually do what the president promised they could do which was to keep their doctor and keep their insurance. >> one of the things were told, governor, is that the president is going to do a little...

But i start by mentioning paul ryan because were cloebs friends. >> he was your running mate. you didnt mention ran paul or ted cruz. >> they represent different parts of the party. ill give them a chance to express their views. i think well be best if we can unify behind a leader. >> on that issue, a lot has been talked about leaders and how strongly you respond to events and as you know, given the sochi olympics a great deal of concern about security and whether the president has been respondi...

Now. hes hoping private-sector boss will do the same. its about addressing what he calls income in equality. mitt romney says theres only one problem. the president is doing this with bore rod money, actually your borrowed money like a guy who stands up at a bar says drinks for the house and up and leaves you with the bill. romney i know you dont drink. i know mormon doesnt drink. although news like this may drive you to drink. what do you make of this? >> this is a political oriented effort on ...