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And in fact if they structure the entire tax bill around it they might have a piece of legislation that was polling two-third in the other direction. jennifer, to the point david made, now they're floating they're considering letting the tax cuts on the family side expire sooner so they can get more money to bring down the top rate for millionaires. everything they do to this bill is making it less popular somehow. >> it is amazing. almost like there's a contest, how do we make this the worst possible tax bill? as david says, in history. it really is kind of amazing. lowering the top rate, lik...

In that direction. to the degree certainly the base of the party has which is why president obama was cautious. >> sanders has offered single-payer legislation before. and as previously, the budget math inclined toward vagueness. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, the democratic leaders in the house and senate respectively, declined to endorse the standards measure with pelosi telling "the washington post" it won't be a litmus test for democrats in 2018. republicans were eager to portray it as such. >> i think we are going to start seeing democrat primaries in 2018. you have this litmus test now ...

To the degree certainly the base of the party has which is why president obama was cautious. >> sanders has offered single-payer legislation before. and as previously, the budget math inclined toward vagueness. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, the democratic leaders in the house and senate respectively, declined to endorse the standards measure with pelosi telling "the washington post" it won't be a litmus test for democrats in 2018. republicans were eager to portray it as such. >> i think we are going to start seeing democrat primaries in 2018. you have this litmus test now on the left whether...

Republicans? over the last 24 hours, the cordiality of the last week kind of turned to sniping again. >> we're not going to balance the budget in ten years, because if you look at what paul ryan does to balance the budget, it means that you have to voucherize medicare. you have to slash, deeply, into programs like medicaid. my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is, how do we grow the economy, put people back to work. >> paul ryan responded by mocking the the idea of a charm offensive. >> that didn't sound too charming to me, i guess i would say. it did...

That this kind of budget is not sustainable. what does this tell you about how serious he's going to be about cuts? what is the obama campaign going to do to make it that connection? to make people understand that if the republicans get the power and they're all about power, that this is what's coming. >> the fact is that romney's budget math never added up in the first place. he's got these $5 trillion tax cuts. he hasn't said how he will pay for them. he increases defense spending beyond what the department of defense has asked for. he said he will preserve medicare. none of these things add...