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Address, governor of minnesota firing back. >> job growth in 2012 was the 12th best among all 50 states and we outperformed three of our four neighbors. iowa ranked 30th best. south dakota 44th, wisconsin which is which by the way is open for business-- (laughter) (applaus (applause) >> wisconsin helped bring up the rear at 42nd. >> greta: wisconsin's governor scott walker joining us. >> good evening, good to be with you, greta. >> greta: so you're trying to poach some businesses from your neighbor, from minnesota? >> well, we're pointing out the differences. you know, as i mentioned illinois ...

Address, governor of minnesota firing back. >> job growth in 2012 was the 12th best among all 50 states and we outperformed three of our four neighbors. iowa ranked 30th best. south dakota 44th, wisconsin which is which by the way is open for business-- (laughter) (applause) >> wisconsin helped bring up the rear at 42nd. >> greta: wisconsin's governor scott walker joining us. >> good evening, good to be with you, greta. >> greta: so you're trying to poach some businesses from your neighbor, from minnesota? >> well, we're pointing out the differences. you know, as i mentioned illinois in the pa...

Mistakes. during the super bowl interview, president obama said the country is poised for growth. >> there is a way for us to solve these budget problems in a responsible way through a balanced approach that the vast majority of people agree with. if we do that, there is no reason why we can't have really strong growth in 2013. we can't have washington dysfunction getting in the way. >>steve: darned washington. after four years of the president's less than stellar economic policies, can he really promise growth in the future? stu varney joins us live. he was talking about the fourth quarter of...

The big problem is defense spending was cut 22 percent. it was the biggest drop in 42 years. it was very abrupt. it had to do with folks being worried about the possible impacts of the fiscal cliff and what goes on in washington. what i have said repeatedly is washington cannot continually operate under a cloud of crisis. that freezes up consumers. it gets businesses worried. we can't afford these self-inflicted wounds. there is a way for us to solve these budget problems in a responsible way through a balanced approach that the vast majority of people agree with. if we do that there's no reas...

Nature of the enemy has changed not to mention the budget problems that the next secretary of defense will face as well. he's going to have the confidence of the military leadership all the way down to the pfc out there in the field, exactly what the department of defense needs and i think he'll make an exceptional secretary of defense. >> former senator of nebraska, bob kerrey. thanks for your time. i appreciate it. i'd like to bring in a our conversation one of the co-hosts of msnbc's "the cycle." it's good to have you. we've been watching the hard questioning chuck hagel has been getting ab...