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out a plan palatable to both sides, and there's a separate push for the balanced budget amendment. the president suggested this morning that the u.s. doesn't have time have for any proposals. >> we don't need a constitutional amendment to do our jobs. the constitution already tells us to do our jobs and to make sure that the government is living within its means and making responsible choices. so it this notion that we're going to go through a multi-year process instead of seizing the moment now and taking care of our problems is a typical washington response. we don't need more stud...

Doing. can they make that work until 2012? >> not that they are offering nothing. they have a healthcare plan, affordable care act on the table and when they put the plan up there and they now it has some cuts in terms of medicare advantage in it, all republicans did was use scare tactics and talk about death panels and this is terrible and intrusive government. the fact is now with the paul ryan plan the republicans have put something on the table that is extremely unpopular as we just saw in the special election and all of this talk including on this panel about it is just a messaging proble...

2012? >> not that they are offering nothing. they have a healthcare plan, affordable care act on the table and when they put the plan up there and they now it has some cuts in terms of medicare advantage in it, all republicans did was use scare tactics and talk about death panels and this is terrible and intrusive government. the fact is now with the paul ryan plan the republicans have put something on the table that is extremely unpopular as we just saw in the special election and all of this talk including on this panel about it is just a messaging problem, you know what, jane corbin the rep...

Doing. can they make that work until 2012? >> not that they are offering nothing. they have a healthcare plan, affordable care act on the table and when they put the plan up there and they now it has some cuts in terms of medicare advantage in it, all republicans did was use scare tactics and talk about death panels and this is terrible and intrusive government. the fact is now with the paul ryan plan the republicans have put something on the table that is extremely unpopular as we just saw in the special election and all of this talk including on this panel about it is just a messaging proble...

Doesn't mean they're taking it. >> let's talk about the white house strategy with regard to the paul ryan deficit plan. obviously is a very juicy target in the sense the paul ryan plan made some tough decisions about medicare, raising the eligibility age of medicare for future recipients, and democrats are ready to whack republicans with the fact they passed this budget plan. my question is, it may be a good short-term strategy. is it a good long-term one to really take on in that very stark way a deficit plan? especially in light of what happened with the s&p yesterday. i mean, people do expe...