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Because he can't run an advocate what he is doing without reminding people about the bush tax cuts and what happened under bush? so he has to try to put this in another narrative as i said today? >> i haven't heard a thing from governor romney that suggest he has a plan that is any different from what george bush did for eight years. he said he will not raise taxes and he will increase military spending significantly. that's the same economics that got us into an incredible deficit hole. in fact, it just makes we crazy that conservatives blame president obama for the whopping deficit. it start...

Run a business. >> well, first of all, i don't know -- you are asking me about the super committee. i've read media accounts about what they're producing, and it's one of the reasons i was against the concept. we're not involved in the deliberations and neither are you guys. we don't know -- the public doesn't know what these discussions are. and we can't have an informed debate. on your point. we have to reduce spending, we have to hold the line on spending. we have to include tax reform and regulatory reform, but ultimately, the number one thing we can do to get out of this deficit hole is t...

In certain instances, ed. you know, we privatized a few functions but you can't mortgage the future. for example, the state liquor stores produce over $100 million a year in positive income for pennsylvania. that's important. that $100 million a year allowed us to do certain things. and you can't mortgage the future. what you get if you sold the state stores in pennsylvania is a one-time infusion of cash but if you use it to try to balance the budget and governor corbett is now proposing that, it's gone in that year. the next year that hole, that deficit hole comes back again in full force. >>...

Functions but you can't mortgage the future. for example, the state liquor stores produce over $100 million a year in positive income for pennsylvania. that's important. that $100 million a year allowed us to do certain things. and you can't mortgage the future. what you get if you sold the state stores in pennsylvania is a one-time infusion of cash but if you use it to try to balance the budget and governor corbett is now proposing that, it's gone in that year. the next year that hole, that deficit hole comes back again in full force. >> do you think the public gets it and there is a strong a...

Is no one named daly on the ballot. but that doesn't mean that there is a bunch of unknowns vying for the job. cnn national political correspondent jessica yellin joins me on the phone from chicago. jessica, you just spoke with rahm emanuel. what's he saying today? >> reporter: hi, marty. he is saying that he is not going to predict the outcome today, but he has clear plans for what to do to rein in the city's budget deficit. like so many localities across the country, like wisconsin and minnesota, he says there is a huge budget hole and he would solve things very differently than the way we'r...