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And in all the public polling as people came out of the voting booths, it was clear that a majority support that position because it is a balanced approach. it asks everybody to share responsibility in our deficit reduction effort through both cuts, but also revenue. >> but republicans in the house feel they also have a mandate because they still control the house, for example. they believe the voters supported their initiatives as well. >> well, look, on this issue which was central to the presidential race, i think the voters have spoken. in the house, electricities actually picked up seven ...

On a cap for tax increase? >> guest: i'm not going to negotiate fine lines with you today but i can tell you again i'm talking to a number of republicans, a number of them have been working just as they did on the simpson-bowles commission. and guidelines of that to find a way to solve this. a lot of republicans are tired of being put in one corner. if you come out of the corner you're not part of the republican party. i think that leaves us some room to really find some common ground. >> bret: republican jeb henserling said nice things about you, dealing with you and negotiating on the table....

Commission. the president is the leader. he's the president. one thing about paul ryan, he passed the budget twice. he actually did what he had to do. he stepped up to his responsibilities as budget chairman and got a budget passed twice. the president walked away from the debt commission and has never -- >> how about if a ship sank and two people left before it sank and one blamed the other for leaving before it sank? and never mentioned oh, i also left the ship before it sank. just a thought. it's useful information. >> let's talk about the two budgets that ryan passed. they had the very sam...

as the gop nominee to be hoping to win back a state that went for president obama in 2008. and he's hoping hispanics will help him out. our colleague on that story in-depth for us in denver. i mentioned 2008. two thirds of the hispanic vote nationwide went to the democratic ticket but the vote in colorado was closer. does romney see an opening and could that spell a difference, do you think? >> oh, he definitely seeing an opening. both kand date candidates do. 12% to 14% of the overall voterless here in colorado and both sides are going at them. romney, the second trip since basicall...

good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining us this morning. mitt romney is standing by his decision to attend a vegas fund-raiser with donald trump today even though the real estate mogul won't let go of the birther issue. trump is again questioning where president obama was born. he first raised the issue a year ago. you know, back when he was running for president. >> barack obama should end this. he should provide the public with a birth certificate. if he doesn't do it, he's doing a tremendous disservice to the public. >> trump harped on the issue for such a l...