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There was the one in london of april 2009, the very first one. and all this has been sort of a reactive measure to try to get everybody talking about how to respond to the global economic crisis. the first meeting was about government stimulus and spending. the second meeting, you started to hear concerns from other governments about the rising deficits. this meeting, you're going to hear more talk about this deficit issue. but also on the united states front, they're pushing, okay, we've done our financial regulation. now everybody else has got to do that. by the way, one more thing. the one ...

What does the president do? what do democrats do between now and the election time to prove they're serious on reducing deficits, which seems to be the issue that's driving these independents away from the president? >> i think very strongly about this issue, the deficit issue. maybe being a governor we always had to balance things. the deficit issue matters a lot to me. i spent a lot of time talking to the president about it. he's very serious about this deficit commission he put together. he thought, hey, look, this is a republican idea, let's put a nonpartisan commission together with quali...

Whatever is in there can be subjected to many people competing for it. they're capped -- there's a comfort level with why they are in the legislation. we thought that nebraska was, indeed, a special deal. >> what other changes are in this compromise that might appeal to some of those undecided democrats, dana? >> reporter: i should just say that i -- we were going to use a sound bite from baron hill on the deficit issue. obviously that was not that. that was the issue of special deals. that was something that nancy pelosi was talking about. that is another issue, wolf. the issue of -- the big ...

Care, looking at harry reid and the rest of the democratic leadership that doesn't seem to be helping him right now. >> i think those are all things. one thing they have to do is start winning the inside game again. they were two mired, they're getting out of washington. number two, they have to make the republicans pay for their intransins. >> how do they make them pay? he's speaking to a guy that's sitting back there and pompously laughing at him. how do you make them pay for what they're doing? >> the republicans who signed on to the bipartisan commission to deal with the deficit issue, how...

From looking at harry reid and the rest of the democratic leadership that doesn't seem to be helping him right now? >> i think all those things are a part of the story. one thing they have to do is start winning outside game again. they were too mired. number two, they have to make the republicans pay for their intras ij ens. >> say it your way. how do you get a guy like mitch mcconnell who sits there pompously laughing at him. how do you make them pay for being against everything that tries to solve the country's problem? >> he did a nice job today when he pointed out the ways that republican...