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Democrats really lost a budget battle, a budget showdown. now the white house understands there is risk on both sides moving forward. and americans believe more and more like steve rattner and like i believe that we have to stop this generational theft. >> steve, you take a look at both budget plans on a number of different levels and compares them because still quite some differences between them. >> there are differences and the differences are greater i think than they try to portray. both sides chose their base plans. not to rain on the parade but i think this is tougher slog than we might...

Confirmed as secretary of defense. you see a different foreign policy with those people key positions for president obama's second term? >> no question about it. first and foremost what you see not only with kerry but with john brennan now playing a key role is there is more of an effort to one slim down the size of the defense and military footprint the united states has worldwide. i think that is on the democratic budget side that is a priority. slim down spending. as a matter of foreign policy that the military and use of military force should not be the first option. i think that is what y...

Keep governor walker in office. and that's the sweet spot i would imagine of the independent vote. >> yeah, i think in particular that 17% of obama voters, we don't know exactly what that universe was. but this was something that was widely discussed before the recall. i think governor walker and people on the republican side were wondering exactly how many people will it be that don't necessarily love governor walker, they may or may not agree with his reforms. they might grudgingly acknowledge that they've been successful at least on the budget side of things, but they didn't like the proces...

Accomplish so much more? >> obviously, the economy is very different in the world we are living in now. americans are looking for executive leadership that has experience of cretting jobs. there is not anybody on the stage on the republican side that can match my job creation record. while america was losing 2.5 million, we were creating over a million jobs in the state of texas. we understand you have to create an environment where the men and women who are entrepreneurs can risk their capital and have an opportunity to get a return on their investment. that's how jobs are created. and that's...

Accomplish so much more? >> obviously, the economy is very different in the world we are living in now. americans are looking for executive leadership that has experience of cretting jobs. there is not anybody on the stage on the republican side that can match my job creation record. while america was losing 2.5 million, we were creating over a million jobs in the state of texas. we understand you have to create an environment where the men and women who are entrepreneurs can risk their capital and have an opportunity to get a return on their investment. that's how jobs are created. and that's...