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>> thats what it sounds like is the old bush proposal, privatize social security. >> as a way of balancing the budget. >> to balance the budget. make it like the federal savings program, which is you know, the next step along that route certainly. and lets see how that goes over. you know, we know how it went over the last time. if that is a third rail issue. >> its interesting, when you ask republicans, their first instint when you ask how do you balance the budget, how do you actually cut it? ...

Republican every now and then on different -- as long as they have the 60-vote threshold that is needed to govern in the united states senate. and two, they want to figure out how to create a choice environment. because one of the biggest problems, and i remember this was a problem for the bush white house back in 04, and they changed it with how to turn a political environment thats a referendum into a choice election where voters sit there and pick "a" or "b." its been very difficult. you know...

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House first. >> why has the future of either minority leader pelosi was weaker pelosi or congresswoman pelosi become the third rail within the democratic caucus? >> i dont think its the third rail. im one of those people who hates the blue waves. we are putting the cart before the horse. >> are you confident in nancy pelosis leadership through the mid-terms, which would then rightfully give her the speakership if you guys take the house? >> i messily confident in her leadership and im one of tho...

Certainly seemed ready for the moment. he met this moment. >> completely. >> hes one of the voices i remember covering in the first hours after the shooting. but to have peeled away four major advertisers from laura ingram with the power of one tweet he sent seems pretty remarkable. >> it is changing american politics. when you and i grew up in american politics, the nra was undefeated heavy weight champion of the world. now they are on the run. its not just these four sponsors. you saw delta ai...

Where a briefing has been canceled like this, on such little notice? >> i dont -- >> yeah. >> not on this short notice. it says something about where theyre at. theyre saying lets talk about gun issues, which were the third rail of republican and democratic politics. not an area anyone wanted to go, lets say, in january. lets focus on guns instead of everything over here. its not like they canceled it so they can focus on an infrastructure meeting they had or something. >> we know the white hous...

Skin to not go along with something that would by historical precedent be the third rail. aflt ill throw in i think he has more confidence in congress to step up and do the right thing than maybe congress deserves after the recent krs complicity and silence about the presidents actions. >> are you saying the story could have come from don mcgann himself. >> i have no way of knowing. all im saying is he is the one who benefits turbit. and we saw earlier reports that he threatened to quit because ...

There was a deal that was actually offered to him. he has not carried through at all on that sort of optimism that we had months ago that a deal could actually be done. i think maybe hes realize, what president obama realized, this is difficult, and immigration is the third rail of congressional politics right now, not even to mention just the divides among democrats and republicans. but the divides among republicans in their own party. and so it was always going to be a hard fight. doesnt mean ...

Concerning another cooperating witness. in it the special counsels team reports that theyve connected gates, the former associate, paul manafort, to a person tied to a russian intelligence service. and they allege this continued while he worked as campaign chairman for mr. trump. according to gates, they were in touch in september and october of 2016 and this was pertinent to the investigation. gloria, the optics, the pardons are obviously, the political third rail. they also call it how the pre...