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The president woodward's column was a game changer this week. the president now owns sequestration. it is fact. republicans should withstand the heat in the coming days and coming weeks and then after it happens need to get out of this town and go on offense and explain that they had two options. accept more tax increases which is bad are for the country and they are not going to do that or allowed spending cuts. they weren't done the way they proposed them but it was abouter than raising tax increases. let me make the point with all of the governors here in town today the republicans have a g...

The president woodward's column was a game changer this week. the president now owns sequestration. it is fact. republicans should withstand the heat in the coming days and coming weeks and then after it happens need to get out of this town and go on offense and explain that they had two options. accept more tax increases which is bad are for the country and they are not going to do that or allowed spending cuts. they weren't done the way they proposed them but it was abouter than raising tax increases. let me make the point with all of the governors here in town today the republicans have a g...

That unless congress gets together and works together and compromises on this -- >> all right, so you -- >> reporter: also today we heard from bob mcdonald, the republican governor, alex, from the state of virginia. he said the quester was intended as a hammer not as a policy. he said and here we are less than a week away. that's the way a lot of governors specifically view this issue. obviously the states will be hard hit by it, many of those governors expected to be here at the white house later tonight meeting with the president. alex? >> all right. peter alexander at the white house, thank...

Again. now that just, as a again is question of arithmetic, doesn't work. you can't close the budget gap, you can't even hope to pay down the $15 trillion in debt by taxing the top 1%. that is silly. >> talking about closing tax loopholes. bill: you can argue chicken or egg in this. i know what the white house says about speaker boehner. i know what speaker boehner told us time and again. the president lot of courage. >> calling names. bill: alan, thank you. we'll see you on the radio. tucker, see you back here real soon. gentlemen, thanks. martha. martha: the attack of the drones could be tin...

Nancy pelosi earlier today was actually the other day that you pretaped it, she seemed to indicate that democrats are bound and determined to raise taxes again. >> absolutely. you know, it is the old line the president used it during the campaign, balanced approach. it can't all be spending cuts, it has to be spending cuts and also some tax increases on the wealthy and look, it worked for them in the campaign. it worked during the argument over the fiscal cliff. i think and you see the president making the case now it is a choice between helping the middle class who the white house says will b...