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And the president puts out his vision for the next 10 years and it says more of the same. so he's doubling the debt. not dealing with the deficit issue. and i think the impatience is understandable. he also said i noticed there that his goal was not to get a good headline the first day. he didn't get a good headline even from papers around the country that have supported him. "washington post" said he ducked the issues and that was kind of what most of the papers said because he did not deal with the very challenge that he's laid out. >> quite possibly, that's why he had a press conference yes...

But even programs that we like and we otherwise wouldn't touch, we've got to cut some of those programs, too. so he started with the five-year nonsecurity discretionary freeze. he's also added another $78 billion worth of savings from the defense department on top of that. that's an area in the past that people wouldn't have touched with a ten-foot pole, a hundred-foot pole. and he said to the federal work force, you've got to tighten your belts, too. he's put a freeze on the federal civilian work force on top of that. we've also added additional cuts to medicare to pay for some things that we...

Doesn't go far enough and ignores recommendations by the president's own deficit commission. melody barnes is white house domestic policy council and assistant to the president. good to see you. thanks so much for joining us. >> great. it's a pleasure to be here with you. thank you for having me. >> absolutely. we have gone through some of the numbers here already on msnbc and talked about a $3.7 trillion in spending this year. just to put the numbers out there, this will now for this coming year will mean the third straight trillion dollar deficit. won't that lead critics to charge that this ...

Fact that in 2005, as a senator, he voted for the energy policy act that gives tax breaks to oil companies. so we rated that one inconsistent, guys. >> all right. and let's move on to the two responses. we need to pick from one here. let's go with the official gop response. what were you hearing from representative paul ryan? >> reporter: well, t.j., as you mentioned, house republican paul ryan delivered the official gop response and as expected congressman ryan noted the deficit has gone up under president obama, which is true. but ryan connected the deficit issue to the president's health ca...

Trying to emulate. >> the situation in hazelton. it's all over the country. the deficit issue which perot hint 1992 has become enormous. that's why the tea party thing is so huge. but as for the republicans, i don't see anyone -- snowboard let's go national. if you're a mitt romney are you in trouble because you're not right-wing enough? >> mitt romney has to -- >> can he skip iowa and win new hampshire. >> he has a fighting chance in new hampshire. this time the union leaders are more friendly. they cut him the last time. he almost won it. secondly he's been working that state. >> here's the ...