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Earlier in which i clearly said the president's tone was all wrong. he sounded defensive, he sounded annoyed at the whole thing. and one understands his annoyance. but he should unt han't have pr that. the substance of what he said is something we should focus on. what is the alternative policy? what is the realistic alternative policy that is going to have more of an impact on isis? and i think he confronts the central question, which is are you going to send u.s. ground troops and how many are we going to send? i have been told by people who really know and who follow this carefully, people ...

But she was doing the democrats work. >> well, you know what? she's a show woman to be sure and it was a very theatrical and to many people, entertaining presentation. but now to what in earnest a lot of the cpac speeches dealt with and that was obamacare and doug, i got to say this new study by the left leaning urban institute reports that one in ten of uninsured americans enrolled in obamacare. that's an astonishing number. it means most of the people who signed up were already insured but got booted from their plans by obamacare. if the goal is to cover the uninsured, isn't this a conspicuo...

Better, more effectively, he can put those forward. but interestingly enough, in this 200-page report, not one alternative policy about how to do things better and make things work better for recipients of these programs. >> i want to jump to that back to you. i didn't give you a chance, cynthia. that's my question for you. is there a good way for progressives to make welfare better? >> of course there are. >> what are they? >> of course there is. there are programs that don't work nearly as well as they should. you know, paul ryan talks about head start. head start isn't effective. he talks a...

Went down from 26% to 16% because of all these anti-poverty programs of the federal government. and if you look at what has happened since the recession of 2008, certainly unemployment benefits, extending them, greater reliance on food stamps has kept millions of americans from falling into a real poverty trap. so if paul ryan sees redundancies and has ideas for making these systems work better, more effectively, he can put those forward. but interestingly enough, in this 200-page report, not one alternative policy about how to do things better and make things work better for recipients of the...

I assume one will be framed at the president on this. does the president need to be sort of making a bigger speech to sort of explain his view of what's going on -- >> well, the thing is, as far as foreign policy is concerned, if these protests are directed against the united states, it's a problem for obama. if they are the result of internal fighting within the muslim world, as it was explained so well earlier in this program, it becomes the situation where do the voters want to change horses in midstream. and romney has to come up with a better alternative policy, that's going to be more at...