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How is the budget going to be resolved. the president didn't take on entitlements either. there are no changes to entitlements in tomorrow's spending. >> david brooks, you fired a shot across the bow to the likes of congressman schilling this week. this is what you wrote. anybody who doesn't take on entitlement spending is an enabler of big government. the supposedly rabid republican freshmen are big government conservatives. they will cut programs that do measurable good while doing little to solve our long range fiscal crisis. >> what we're going to see is like people wrestling over the beds...

>> you know, like i said, i think we need to have everything on the table. i'm not going to say commit to the raising the age of social security. but here's the thing is, if we do nothing, we know it's broke. so we've got to put everything on the table and make good decisions. if we continue the path we're going, we're going bankrupt. >> mark halperin, what i keep hearing from leaders is we have to have the adult conversation. i keep saying we can have a juvenile conversation as long as you'll say what you're actually for. because nobody is actually saying what they're for here on the tough st...

And i think that every american out there pretty much realize that say we have to go after the entitlement programs. i believe truly that everything is on the table across the board. >> spell out what you mean. are you for raising the retirement age on social security? >> you know, i don't know if that's going to be part of it. >> testing benefits? >> i'm a small business owner that got into this because i was sick and tired of watching the direction the country was going. it wasn't going the right way. and november the 2nd there was a mandate across this great nation saying we've had enough o...

Few plausibles. mitch daniels, the governor of indiana, who gave a good speech at cpac. mitt romney, john thune and then tim pawlenty. after that it's all commentary. jeb bush would be a great candidate. he's got the bush problem. huntsman, he served in the obama administration. >> chris christie? >> he would be great but he said he's not running. >> what is the theory of the case, mark? because ultimately it's still going to be tough for the republicans, isn't it? as they head into 2012? >> if you look at the electoral college, it's not that tough. there's about seven states they have got to ...

One. we have to be thinking what a comprehensive warfare strategy towards iran really looks like. jane: as you said, the clock is ticking here. previous administrations have tried to deal with this same, similar problem. what do you predict happens? >> well, i think that's right, and it's useful to put in historical context. this isn't just an obama problem, this was a bush problem and a clinton problem before it. the fundamental question that we're facing is whether or not we are okay with modifying the behavior of this regime, whether we trust this regime enough to envision a day where we ca...