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that's two months sooner than they had originally planned. now, you know the tradition here. iowa is usually the first state to vote. so it's also thinking about pushing up its caucus. our political reporter, shannon is in des moines for us today. is that going to be the plan? if new hampshire moves up, iowa has to move up. we're talking about december, mid-december, could we go as early as november sthp. >> possibly not november, but definitely potentially december. i have to tell you, t.j., iowa's republican party is not happy at all with what florida is intending to do by holding ...

Significant support. but he had before this bump lost a lot of ground among independents in particular. and he had a tough challenge -- has a tough challenge to motivate his base and appeal to independents which is the way that you win presidential elections. >> his own personal primary. >> exactly. so i think this is still a serious challenge. he needs more than a bump. he needs sustained economic growth and kind of better labor market. otherwise, he's going to have trouble appealing to some of his core constituents, hispanics and others -- >> michael's right, which brings the first part of t...

And he had a tough challenge -- has a tough challenge to motivate his base and appeal to independents which is the way that you win presidential elections. >> his own personal primary. >> exactly. so i think this is still a serious challenge. he needs more than a bump. he needs sustained economic growth and kind of better labor market. otherwise, he's going to have trouble appealing to some of his core constituents, hispanics and others -- >> michael's right, which brings the first part of the conversation back, which is the republicans choose among conservative, more conservative and even mor...

budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then there's the democrat-controlled senate. >> we shouldn't be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. >> treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is common ground. today -- republican risk, reward and rhetoric with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and paul ryan, chairman of the house budget committee. then presidentia...

money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. >> boehner wants $2 trillion in budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then there's the democrat-controlled senate. >> we shouldn't be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. >> treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is common ground. today -- republican risk, reward and rhetoric with senate republican leader mitch...