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Realize that first of all, medicare, that some of the states would opt out of the medicare expansion. >> but that's my point, anderson, we don't know what the weather is going to be. it's going to snow, but how much? we don't know. we don't trust weathermen. so why should we trust the cbo? not that they're not good people. but this is the problem perpetually in washington. >> did you say you think they're so wrong that no one is going to lose insurance? people are going to gain insurance? we know -- you don't have to be a cbo budget wonk to know that if you end the medicaid e expansi expansion...

He is a successful businessman and people are watching tray goudy of south carolina. he is in charge of the house select committee investigating benghazi and left a note on paul ryan's door that said chairman for life referring to the job as the head of the powerful weighs and means committee. we are joining by kay bailey hutchison. thanks for being here. >> thank you, erica. >> give us a sense in your mind who would be the most effective speaker? >> i think paul ryan. i really think he has a lot of the capabilities. one of the things that hadn't been said is how creative he has been regarding...

A very dangerous ideas in a position to do serious damage. because while congressman ryan might look like a harmless budget wonk, his dangerous ideas are right out of the right wing talkers playbook. >> the wealthy, the rich, the achieved ought to be the role models for everybody. >> a lot of people are lazy, and a lot of people are becoming lazier. >> the more aid you give, the more excuse they can to ratchet up the tuition. >> we need to have a president who will sign a measure defunding, repealing, getting rid of and replacing obamacare. >> when you're hungry, you're going to figure out a w...

He paused and said, well, it did, which to me is kind of an affirmation, i almost wish i had gotten here on my own but i didn't. he walked to the senate chairman and came back to the group of reporters i was with and elaborated on. it seemed like something he was already asking himself and explained it more. i've always been an budget wonk, economic growth and budget issues have always been the things i've focused on and where i was at and my mind was. reading between the lines, he was saying, look, i was just following the party line on this issue. it wasn't that having a gay son allowed him ...

We are for medicare. they are for voucher care. he would not let it go to the floor. he walked away. >> now it's a good thing the vice president is so fired up and ready to go, because with paul ryan on the opposing ticket, he certainly has his work cut out. each new day brings a fresh revelation about the remarkable mr. ryan and his many talents. yes, he can catch fish with his bare hands, but that's not all. mr. ryan is also said to be a budget wonk of scrupulous honesty and marathon runner of record-breaking speed, capable of leaping tall buildings in a weiner mobile, but this is really imp...