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Structuring versus taxes and austerity as it may be the only solution that could not only save america but the world from long-term financial ruin. but its a debate neither president obama nor republican leadership wants to touch. before we step away, though, for senator coburn, lets look at what the rest of the lawmakers are doing, calling it the congressional two-step. all about political posturing, and getting your members on the record the right way on a bill that will never pass so that y...

Ha! back to "hardball." now to the sideshow. first of all, the politician versus the poet. rick santorum has a new slogan on his campaign website. fighting to make america america again. sound familiar? a take on the 1938 poem by langston hughes who is a known activist for liberal causes. think progress confronted santorum with a disconnect at a campaign event. >> is this a coincidence? >> i didnt know that. the folks who worked on that slogan for me didnt inform me that that is where it came fr...

>> do you like langston hughes? is he your favorite poet? >> ive read some of his poems. im not a huge poet fan. >> the slogan is still on his 2012 website. next up, tim pawlentys two-step. he was asked about fellow republican paul ryans hard-hitting budget proposal and then specifically about ryans phasing out of medicare and replacing it with a subsidy to buy insurance. watch what happened. >> i like paul ryans plan directionally but i dont think its fully filled out in terms we still have to ...

Im not a huge poet fan. >> the slogan is still on his website. next up, tim pawlentys two-step. he was asked about fellow republican paul ryans hard-hitting budget proposal and then specifically about ryans phasing out of medicare and replacing it with a subsidy to buy insurance. >> i like paul ryans plan directionally but i dont think its fully filled out in terms we still have to address social security. it will have some difference. >> the medicare cuts on his plan -- >> anybody else have a q...

An announcement could come from former house speaker newt gingrich on whether hell make a run for president. with less than a year until the critical iowa kak caucuses, theyre crisscrossing iowa this month. huckabee signed books in waterloo over the weekend. while the candidate does the little political dance, so far no one has officially jumped into the race, including donald trump who recently ducked the question from our own chris jansing. >> are you running for president? >>ive a big show ve...

>> its terribly awkward. i mean, its terribly awkward. when is the last time you had a political argument with a naked man? it just doesnt work well. >> i havent. >> thats my point. >> larry: by the way, two white house officials denied to cnn -- >> of course they do. >> larry: -- that this incident ever took place, that it never happened. >> they have to say that. thats the washington two-step. i have nothing to lose. how many times can they try to shoot a dead horse? its almost humorous. its a...

And who cares. and i understand that. >> larry: the fact that he didnt have clothes on and you were coming out of a shower is immaterial? >> its terribly awkward. its terribly awkward. when is the last time you had a political argument with a naked man? it just doesnt work well. >> i havent. >> thats my point. >> larry: by the way, two white house officials denied to cnn that this incident ever took place, that it never happened. >> they have to say that. thats the washington two-step. i have no...

Told me that. not a word. thats called the washington two-step. thats where you get set up, somebody passes information, and out you go. in the face of facing cancer, fighting the democratic leadership -- by the way, im a proud democrat. im a democrat in a place where we dont have democrats. its not like im in new york city. im in rural america where the rubber hits the road. one of the first democrats to be elected in my congressional district in human memory. and there the people of my distric...

Avoid acting first before the senate. >> one of the argument controlling from the white house to stupak is this is not about abortion. this is not an abortion bill. not trying to pull anything over on you. we want to accommodate you. how do we make a deal? thats what they were saying to "weekly standard." the problem from the house perspective is the trust issue you highlighted. you have to do a two-step. you have to rely if you cast your vote, you know that the u.s. senate is going to go throug...

Avoid acting first before the senate. >> one of the argument controlling from the white house to stupak is this is not about abortion. this is not an abortion bill. not trying to pull anything over on you. we want to accommodate you. how do we make a deal? thats what they were saying to "weekly standard." the problem from the house perspective is the trust issue you highlighted. you have to do a two-step. you have to rely if you cast your vote, you know that the u.s. senate is going to go throug...