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north korea tonight. some of them bizarre, others terrifying. if you want to see what sets the kingdom apart from the rest of our socially networked planet, consider this, king jong eel died two days ago. that's how tightly controlled the media is. when word did arrive the dear leader was dead, his brainwashed followers mourned him like the god they've been told he was. >> the grieving is intense for a leader they were told walked at three months of age, talked at two weeks. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering for example. they...

I think whoever does find an intelligent and effective way of talking about those issues is going to do really well in 2012. >> did you hear an effective start of that message in president obama's deficit speech and in some of the appearances that he has been doing since that deficit speech? was that the start of that discussion? >> maybe, sorta, kinda. it wasn't full blooded, but i do see some signs that the white house kind of gets it. the white house gets the political implications of the ryan plan. the white house gets that people really want to hear about jobs and the economy and -- and, ...

Talking about those issues is going to do really well in 2012. >> did you hear an effective start of that message in president obama's deficit speech and in some of the appearances that he has been doing since that deficit speech? was that the start of that discussion? >> maybe, sorta, kinda. it wasn't full blooded, but i do see some signs that the white house kind of gets it. the white house gets the political implications of the ryan plan. the white house gets that people really want to hear about jobs and the economy and -- and, you know, deficit reduction is something, yes, we have to thin...

President in not being honest with the american people about the big problems that we face. and the fact that it's time to own up, fess up and quit whistling. >> come on. speaker boehner ent went on to say he and mitch mcconnell stressed to the president on the day of his deficit speech they would not get behind any plan that raised taxes. he also threatened republicans may not voted to raise the debt limit. in an interview with politico he said in part if the president does not get serious about the need to address our fiscal nightmare, yeah, there's a chance the debt limit vote could not hap...

Deficit is very reminiscent of another democratic president. >> indeed. >> in 1995. >> similar situation. what you heard in that sound bite from the president yesterday is the essence of how they want to structure this argument about the deficit. the pivot that obama made in his speech last week, the pivot he's attempting to make, is to shift the argument from whether to balance the budget to how to balance the budget. it's the exact same shift that bill clinton made in 1995 when he came out in the summer of 1995ç for a balanced bunl ed b. the democrats believe they're on a much stronger ter...