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Well, simon conway is an iowa radio talk show host who has spoken to each of the republican presidential candidates, except mitt romney and jon huntsman, who's not competing in iowa. simon, thank you so much for coming on and doing this simulcast. i see you at the mic there. what's it smell like to you out there? what's the sense? if i'd ask you to do a little peration now on which way it's going, what is it? >> first of all, it's always a pleasure to welcome a democrat to the simon conway show. >> are we all giving our party labels o out here? are you giving me yours or what? you want to give...

Radio talk show host who has spoken to each of the republican presidential candidates, except mitt romney and jon huntsman, who's not competing in iowa. simon, thank you so much for coming on and doing this simulcast. i see you at the mic there. what's it smell like to you out there? what's the sense? if i'd ask you to do a little peration now on which way it's going, what is it? >> first of all, it's always a pleasure to welcome a democrat to the simon conway show. >> are we all giving our party labels o out here? are you giving me yours or what? you want to give me one but don't give yoursel...

Jimmy williams. i didn't introduce you like that. how would you frame what we're watching right now with the health care debate? >> i think it's very important. the republicans are right. this law was not wanted by the american people. now that they got to under they know it's a bad law, it will make health care in this country worse, the deficit worse and it's not something you can salvage. it should be repealed and replaced with reforms that are actually going to drive down costs. >> do you think they should be obliged if they want to repeal it propose what would replace it? >> part of the r...

And we had to acknowledge there are going to be some issues democrats and republicans just don't see eye to eye on. that's how democracy works. but there have to be some issues on which we can find common ground. it's one thing to disagree on principle. it's another to simply stand in the way because of politics. now is not the time for sitting on the sidelines or blocking progress or pointing fingers or assigning blame. now is not the time to do just what's right for your party or your poll numbers. now is the time to do what's right for the country. now is the time to do what's necessary to ...

Tone. now, as a step in that direction, i have went and visited with the house republican caucus last friday, and we had a good -- [ cheers and applause ] -- we had a good discussion about the challenges facing the american people and our ideas to solve them. it was good for the country to see a robust debate. i had fun. [ laughter ] and we have to acknowledge, there are going to be some issues the democrats and republicans just don't see eye to eye on, and that's how it should be. that's how our democracy works. but there has to be some issues on which we can find some common ground. it's one...