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This nullification strategy. if we cant get rid of a law we dont like, were going to use the filibuster it defund, decapitate, or well use procedures to shut down the entire government of the united states. we cant let senate rules be used as a mechanism for what i call nullification behavior. >> all right, i want to thank senator tim kaine of virginia, for taking a few minutes to join us this morning. appreciate it. well pick this right up after this. ar so delicious. oh yeah. the cinna-sweet t...

Reporting is exactly right. my friends at the white house say the same thing. we dont want to push a potential default up against the holiday shopping season. thats unlikely to happen. you hear reports, i heard dana say senate republicans want a resolution. that will come and i can guarantee you it wont defund ordeal lay obama care. this will be complete by the republicans. >> ralph, do you agree with that. will it be a complete come pitlation. they say the affordable care act is off the table. ...

Republicans doing this. its a great pr strategy, sounds good standing up to a bill they dont like. my fear is legislatively they cant defund it. president barack obama will veto the bill. he can find the funding on his own. my fear is republicans will get blamed. why not let you and your buddies own obama care. people will hate it and can run against it in the midterm, win the senate back and maybe the white house on it. >> this is the difference between reasonable republicans and wackos in the ...

Trick to get it passed. so in -- since august of 2009, abc has done 16 polls and not one time has obama care been above 50%. >> amy -- >> the american people dont want this -- >> amy, they went to the supreme court and the supreme court did not find -- wait a minute. they did not find any trick. they said it was constitutional. they went to the american public. and the republican candidate ran on all of that, and he was defeated. and defeated by a large margin. you cant defund it -- >> im not go...

Stamps and lazy people dont go to work. heres a graphic that shows in 2010, 30% of food stamp recipients worked. the rest of them are old people, children and disabled. there you go. >> 13 million -- excuse me. >> more than double are on food stamps now. >> those numbers are accurate. theyre accurate numbers. republicans are trying to defund food stamps. >> 34 million people dont work that get food stamps. >> elderly, disabled and children. >> thats a lot. >> weve got to go. >> the comedy centra...

Limit if we have to shut down government. some say dont shut down government, still try to defund. some say shut down government. you see where everyone stands. ill tell you 57% of the american public say not in favor of obama care. its interesting to see who says were willing to go the distance with it. i think youre seeing people -- youre letting them put their cards in. >> before you get to bob, obama has been amazingly successful creating the divide among add have i sar ris. hes done that im...

Lighting up the phones and republicans are listening. i am hopeful. i believe every senate republican should stand with the house. i believe ultimately even the senate democrats if their constituents speak out in sufficient numbers will have no choice but to help the american people avert this train wreck . >> red state senators mary l landrieu and others will be in a difficult position here. a lot of attention has been paid to congressman grays plan. if you -- delay it p if you cant defund it. ...

Have to get some democrats to join. i guess the question is can he get a majority of republicans in his caucus to say, yes, lets go ahead even if we cant defund health care. thats the critical question. >> right. that i the critical question and no one really knows the answer. but hes had bad luck lately trying to rally his caucus behind any kind of half commonsensical sorts of approaches. its a very, very tough situation. if he does the right thing, it could cost him his speakership. if he does...

Lighting up the phones and republicans are listening. i am hopeful. i believe every senate republican should stand with the house. i believe ultimately even the senate democrats if their constituents speak out in sufficient numbers will have no choice but to help the american people avert this train wreck . >> red state senators mary l landrieu and others will be in a difficult position here. a lot of attention has been paid to congressman grays plan. if you -- delay it p if you cant defund it. ...

To do in the house. >> let me ask you about what speaker boehner says, though, because i know you and he have not always seen eye to eye on this issue of the funding of obamacare. he said in march, "do you want to risk the full faith and credit of the united states government over obamacare? thats a very tough argument to make." he was basically saying, we cant defund it. that would be a crazy thing to do at this point, even though he doesnt like it. now of course obviously hes going along with ...