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Get it out of the senate as soon as this week. there are a handful of members that are concerned about the deficit projections like bob corker and jeff flake. susan collins is almost certainly a no. there is a good chance of getting a senate version done because of the fact that at the end of the day, this is a one chance to do something significant and there is an opportunity to get it done. >> that's not all. there are more than a dozen senators whether it's state and local tax detukzs or corporations and it's a similar issue similar to the obamacare debate. unless you have been hiding over ...

From what i have seen of the bill, a think there's a real chance it does this. will more people pay less money for insurance, there's a deal there. i think senator alexander and murray are really having that conversation in good faith. it's going to get more complicated as the politics get involved. that's where you need the leadership from the president saying, guys, focus. we just did everything that will make premiums go up, and we just did things in the executive order that are bad and let's fix those things and make it work better. it would be a good sign. >> one thing they can do to brin...

That's exactly what they're targeting here. we've seen them thread this needle multiple times before. there's no doubt about it. they're scrambling for votes. they're changing the legislative text to specifically try to get senators on board. we'll see if it works, but right now, not yet, john. >> you could kind of say the deadline is thursday or friday. this is your day job. do you have any dispute with phil's math? this is nowhere, right? >> this is nowhere. i don't agree with what phil said. i always agree with what phil says. susan collins is not going to vote for this bill. she's waiting ...

These are weapons of war. the other is this very interesting shift you just echoed from a question about rights to a question about money, this is about gun lobbyists. >> speaking about money. reading peter's piece in bloomberg, okay -- i'll just turn this way. nowhat's happening? >> it's too soon to celebrate a recovery. >> read it to me? >> you guys don't get into a big fight. let's see if you agree on this. the crucial question about longer than expected effects from the financial crisis is what should we do about them? passive despair after all-the. >> that's what it support. >> isn't an i...

Work with your constituents, you would ask around about what he was like or she was like to work with. and here we're getting people who actually worked with newt who don't say -- it's not that they hold back judgment, as you suggest, they offer judgment, and it's negative. how do you explain that? what's their motive in attacking him, even if he's not going to be the nominee? >> i understand sue molinari and peter king are from the northeast, where we don't do very well in new york city, in general. and so sometimes it's in the congressman's district interest not to support somebody like newt...