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Start." 43 minutes past the hour. time for the prime time pop the best from cnn's prime time interviews. >> erin burnett was speaking with terry holt a former spokesman for john boehner on the partisan bickering keeping the government at least partially shut down. >> i think this is the president doing more brinksmanship. he is basically calling the speaker out in some sort of silly drama that is has now engulfed himself in and the house is going to work its will. boehner is saying something pretty simple here. we got to pay our bills. we talked about entitlement reform and more spending cut...

Would he bring it if he had all the votes or would he not? >> almost every media outlet over the past 24 hours has tried to count noises in the house of representatives, and i think there are probably two guys in the house laughing at this, one is the majority whip, and the minority whip, and both of those guys know that nobody's got a perfect count, not even them. i think this is the president doing more brinksmanship. and the house is going to work its will. boehner's saying something pretty simple here. we've got to pay our bills. we've talked about ebb titlement rye form. more spends cuts....

Betweenou and mitt romney? >> ell, i think the distinguishing characteristic is that i have been consistent throughout my career. i'm 55 years old. i spent 50 years in the real world, and then 5 years in the lion's den in washington, d.c., fighting against out ofhe yacht of control spending. probably the number one thing between governor romney and myself, it's not personal, it's just issues, would be the fact that i was the lead opponent of president obama's obama care. that's the vernment takeover health care. governor romney instituted that program in massachusetts, and i think it's highly ...

for christmas. the bottom line in the presidential campaign. lots of talk, but not a lot of ideas. where will the big idea come from. let's go out front. hello, everyone. welcome to monday. i'm erin burnett. and out front tonight, big ideas. ron paul wants to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget. herman cain wants to toss out the current tax plan and go to 9-9-9. some people have laughed at the candidates for these big ideas, but the reality is a bold idea, not necessarily cain's or paul's, is what we need to break through the paralysis in washington that's hurting americans a...

and out front tonight, big ideas. ron paul wants to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget. herman cain wants to toss out the current tax plan and go to 9-9-9. some people have laughed at the candidates for these big ideas, but the reality is a bold idea, not necessarily cain's or paul's, is what we need to break through the paralysis in washington that's hurting americans and america's reputation. paul, cain, and the other republican candidates are gathering in nevada for tomorrow's debate. and nevada is a place that needs a really big idea. the state's unemployment, 13.4%, highest...