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Weeds. we are tossing out phrases like, the vice-president said the republicans want to gut medicare. if you take a look at the republican house budget plan, which is the cheapskate of all budget plans out there, we are spending $503 billion today tcalls for spending $855 billion 10 years from now, 3% less than president obam a. so if that is gutting medicare, you know, i don't get. it the language on the in theic party is scare. don't engage on the substance. the president himself refuses to engage. you may not know this -- your viewers may not know this. there is a statutory responsibility f...

>> we are not down in the weeds. the vice-president said the republicans want to gut medicare, by cutting spending. if you take a look at the republican house budget plan, which is the cheapskate of all budget plans out there, today, we are spending $503 billion on medicare. it calls for a spending of $855 billion on medicare, 10 years from now. that's 3% less than president obama proposes. so if spending 3% less is gutting medicare, i just justin acri don't get it. the president himself refuses to engage on the substance. you may not know this -- your viewers may not know is a statutory respo...

>> good morning martha. how are you? martha: i'm fine, thanks. how do you think the budget debate is shaping up and the challenge paul ryan has to overcome people's fears about what they're being told he is all about? >> i thought that was a great response from governor romney yesterday. short, pit think, direct the and flipped the issue back on the president in ways ordinary people can understand. i have the whiteboard, martha. medicare, this is how he is supposed to be extreme? today, this year the budget will spend $503 billion on medicare. under the ryan plan, notion alley endorsed by gove...

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