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Came out and said that it doesn't do anything to obama care and it put a lot of heat on the republicans in the house; is that right? >> that may be true in part. a lot of people i talked to were supportive. quite frankly our amendment causes people not to support it members are going to have to pay more. there are members on our sidenned at democratic side who don't like that. i think it's helpful in terms of the fight against obama care. if you have a statute that imposes burdens on society and then politically connected can get delays, waivers, or what have you, then, it makes it more diffic...

Came out and said that it doesn't do anything to obama care and it put a lot of heat on the republicans in the house; is that right? >> that may be true in part. a lot of people i talked to were supportive. quite frankly our amendment causes people not to support it members are going to have to pay more. there are members on our sidenned at democratic side who don't like that. i think it's helpful in terms of the fight against obama care. if you have a statute that imposes burdens on society and then politically connected can get delays, waivers, or what have you, then, it makes it more diffic...

I think we did four panda jokes. >> we did it. now we're done. >> here's the facts. there's a lot of talk about how john boehner needs the republican caucus and he has to satisfy the tea party. that's not literally true in terms of the house vote. all he needs is 17 republicans to come along for a bipartisan funding bill. what is that funding bill? well, it's a continuing resolution, that's why they call it a cr, which means it's not actually an annual budget, it won't actually solve these problems. it's a band-aid for six weeks and we can replay this whole thing over, because that's what the ...

>> that's right. that means that they're visiting the ultimate sugar daddy, sheldon adelson, who broke a record this year, the casino owner who gave $100 million to the republican side of the ledger this time. he told me in an interview a few months ago that he plans to continue playing in republican politics. you've got the louisiana governor, bobby jindal, the virginia governor, bob mcdonald, ohio governor john kasich all dropping by to talk to mr. adelson. ken vogel on politico's site has told adelson and friends he's looking for someone to run with executive experience. that's intriguing. ...

A different front. the downside, of course, is ryan budget. and the key thing for republicans is they are going to have to define paul ryan or the country. ryan will have to do it for axelrod and plouffe get to do it through their attack ads. >> bret: not only ads but the surrogates were out and about in force today on democratic side. >> i said i think this is a risky pick because of the reason that pat raised. but it's the pick. so now romney has to get out there and really let ryan explain himself. the attack they are getting is he is a radical. we're in difficult times. we need radical sol...