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We're talking tonight about what republican leaders did about it. consider that that deficit obsession was also embraced by boehner's replacement, paul ryan, and the current senate leader, mitch mcconnell. >> so the only reason the unemployment extension hasn't passed is because our friends on the other side simply refuse to pass a bill that does not add to the debt. that's it. >> what's reckless, bob, is the $1.6 trillion deficit we're running this year. >> he doubles the debt after his term in office and triples it by the end of his budget. he sends our debt on an upward trajectory that is c...

Simpson bowles was 2-1. if you are looking in terms of the raidio, it's the spending cut side. >> madi did a thing that republicans do which is start talking about the tax increases that had a part of the fiscal curb deal. i don't see why you get the spending cuts that started with the budget control act. if you add on the other trillions in ongoing cuts, you get to the ratio. regarding your introduction, another person has been talking about this in terms of jobs which i believe is the most immediate deficit we face. it is i think a very bad out come that republicans and democrats have contri...

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During -- in finance that caused a crash in our economy. we have to recognize that. we have not been able to get incomes -- growth for middle income americans, and we've got to sit down and i think the president started on a good path last night. i think some of the things he did were great. i hope he builds on that. and i think the middle class in this country is desperate for a strategy to help them out of this. and some of the things he proposes. i think this early learning, this preschool stuff is terrific in the long term, but we really right now have a terrible humanitarian crisis with u...

Know, getting re-elected. it's about governing in a way that pays attention to the most vulnerable. god knows we've had all this discourse about middle class, but nothing about poor people in this country. nothing about those who are most vulnerable. what about people who can't get to the line to ask for some benefit or entitlement. those are the people that we have to be concerned about. and those are the people who need to be taken care of. >> the question is also, the line in the sand, whether these tax cuts are allowed to expire for those making $250,000 or a million. obviously it's a lot ...