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To happen, i'm not sure that that's a worthy replacement. i think you have to watch, dana mentioned this. the deficit stuff. you know, the cbo add to the deficit. look, pre-donald trump republican party would have a huge problem. say if democrats introduced this bill a huge problem with the additional deficit on this bill. do ron johnson, jeff flake, bob corker, and from kansas, he's quoted in his local paper over the weekend expressing doubts about it. so it's not just the folks who we identify. i think it's a broader group. those people can be brought along. to assume it's down to mccain, mu...

Whether they are republicans or democrats, and you can see the democrats picking it up and saying it's bad, and that's what is going to drive and influence some of the senators on the margin saying it's not worth it to me to actually upset my constituents over this. the constituents are looking to sink their teeth into something, and that's hard to do to vote for the bill as constructed. >> and the only republican that expressed reservations out loud in the senate, and john mccain said he's looking at it and gave body language that indicated he could vote for this. bob corker, this helps his c...

I mean, it was the round of tax cuts we saw create the jobs. it was wars that were unfunded, it was big pharma. when you look at the causes of the projected debt, it has nothing to do with what the republicans are trying to get at, and that's the big three. >> and remember that the economic crisis in turn has nothing to do with the debt, right? we've got -- yeah we have a big budget crisis, but that's a result of the crisis, not the cause of it. >> what percentage of the downturn from the housing market do you blame on where we are right now? >> the housing market drove everything. the housing...

Education reforms and find $81.5 billion for people making over $250,000? come on. >> paul wants to relitigate december. you talked about independents wanting to get things solved and that was one idea that brought people together. but we talked and it earlier, this will be the test. do these policies work to get the economy going, to shrink the debt and create jobs. if they don't, we're going to have a one-term president. if they do, chances are barack obama is going to be in a stronger position. >> do you all agree with that, it's all about jobs? >> jobs and the deficit. >> not like you guys...

Again, it's not just democrats governing now, it's now republicans. so you all have to get something done. the no, no, no stuff can't go on. the deficit stuff, yes, it's important, but what's the number one priority in america? creating jox. -- creating jobs. so what is your economic plan? it can't simply be cut, cut, cut, because that's not creating jobs and it could have a negative impact. >> i say yes, it can, can, can. the fact of the matter is, all the spending that's been done since the president came into office has not worked. and that's why i made the point three speeches in a row the...