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Changer. he needed to address the observation that he hasnt had any specifics for all of these great promises. you know, $5 trillion in cuts but it wont add to the deficit, trust me ill tell you later. eat cake, lose weight. so i dont think he got the game changer he needed tonight. i do think the president was particularly strong, though, in getting governor romney to admit that he does want to turn medicare into a voucher program and i also believe the president was good in drawing the contras...

Its called premium support. its understood to be a voucher program. >> and you dont support that? >> i dont. and let me explain why. >> again, thats for future people. not for current retirees. >> i dunce. so if youre 54 or 55. you might want to listen. >> that might have been the presidents strongest rejoiner of the night. romney seemed to control many of the backs and forths, even the lighter moments. >> ill get rid of it. obama care is on my list. i use that term with all respect. >> i like i...

By the way, we can include a prescription program if we need to improve it. but the idea of cutting $716 billion from medicare to be able to balance the additional cost of obama care is, in my opinion, a mistake. and with regards to young people coming along, ive got proposals to make sure medicare and social security are there for them without any question. >> mr. president? >> first of all, i think its important for governor romney to present this plan that he says will only affect folks in th...

>> very similar. i can tell you theyre not being -- theyre trying to sugar coat it a little publicly. what do you expect them to do -- thats what a spin room is for but they know they lost and you can hear it in davids voice because he sits there and says -- but long term, when we have a conversation with votersbility mitt romney saying hes not going to raise a single tax to deal with the deficit that hes going to double down on the voucher program with medicare, these will be arguments we win i...

Soon, they are less favorable to a ryan-style plan that would eventually turn it into a voucher program, than other younger voters might be. and general people dont seem to favor changing the medicare program. it seems to be working, especially for people who have it now. but especially when you get to some of the older voters, its just very interesting. and dante alluded to this. after all the time that romney has spent in the state and spent next door to the state, that he hasnt been able to g...

If the president strikes back, if that -- if the president comes at governor romney with that, what is going to be the governors response? >> well, first of all, i think thats a myth. i think he has laid out a pretty specific economic plan. and hes just got to let people know what that plan is. and i think hes got to say the president doesnt have a plan. he needs to be pointing out what the president has done policy-wise, which has got us to the place were at now. 8% unemployment for over 40 mon...

Going to happen. i mean, whats in it for romney and, frankly, whats in it for paul ryan who has a political future and who must realize from the experience hes having now that hes going to have to moderate his positions if he wants to run for office. >> i dont think criminalizing abortion is one of the smart moves for a majority of this country. if conservatives are punting for paul ryan and his specifics, lets just remind everyone what paul ryan has proposed for his budget over the next several...

Matter with white people." and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize win be columnist from "the washington post." i think there are problems marrying paul ryan politically like his positions. isnt that the reason why romney kissed him, said good-bye, i like your name, ryan is cute, but im not going to get too close to a guy who wants to basically get rid of medicare, cut medicaid, get rid of pell grants and do all kinds of things to make rich people richer. he doesnt want to get too tight with tha...

Future and who must realize from the experience hes having now that hes going to have to moderate his positions if he wants to run for office. >> i dont think criminalizing abortion is one of the smart moves for a majority of this country. if conservatives are punting for paul ryan and his specifics, lets just remind everyone what paul ryan has proposed for his budget over the next several years. most famous was his 2011 program to turn medicare into a voucher program that would drive up out-of-...

Matter with white people." and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize win be columnist from "the washington post." i think there are problems marrying paul ryan politically like his positions. isnt that the reason why romney kissed him, said good-bye, i like your name, ryan is cute, but im not going to get too close to a guy who wants to basically get rid of medicare, cut medicaid, get rid of pell grants and do all kinds of things to make rich people richer. he doesnt want to get too tight with tha...