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Charismatic speaker and a leader -- i don't mean general republican party, reagan was for the republicans, boehner was for the democrats. maybe one will emerge, but in the meantime, this is going to be somewhat tough to watch, but look at the last week and you're on the far right, you think, you know, at least it was worth it because we've shaken up the status quo. in many ways, that's what the goal was. >> i don't think shaking up the status quo is the goal here. you get people into office, you know, i was elected, i was sent to washington to fight obama care. i was sent to washington to shak...

But they're supposed to go back up again a year later. you could move some of that spending from a year later forward. in the aggregate, the spending would be the same, but the democrats would get a little more right now. that's going to create a lot of heartburn for the republicans, particularly mitch mcconnell from kentucky. >> facing a tough re-election. >> if you can finesse that some way, you've got a deal. >> let me ask you in the time we have left, is there a deal before thursday or not? >> it does not look like there's a deal right now. to me, why doesn't boehner, if he says the votes ...

Election so businesses can invest and hire. the democrats would get that. with regard to the sequester, it is true that the spending levels are supposed to go down in january. but they're supposed to go back up again a year later. you could move some of that spending from a year later forward. in the aggregate, the spending would be the same, but the democrats would get a little more right now. that's going to create a lot of heartburn for the republicans, particularly mitch mcconnell from kentucky. >> facing a tough re-election. >> if you can finesse that some way, you've got a deal. >> let m...

Invest and hire. the democrats would get that. with regard to the sequester it is true that the spending levels are supposed to go down in january. but they're supposed to go back up again a year later. you could move some of that spending from a year later forward. in the aggregate, the spending would be the same, but the democrats would get a little more right now. that's going to create a lot of heartburn for the republicans, particularly mitch mcconnell from kentucky. >> facing a tough re-election. >> if you can finesse that some way, you've got a deal. >> let me ask you in the time we hav...

Republicans find they all have challenges in their districts. i try to take a long view of this. we do not have a very warm and charismatic speaker and a leader -- i don't mean general republican party, reagan was for the republicans, boehner was for the democrats. maybe one will emerge, but in the meantime, this is going to be somewhat tough to watch, but look at the last week and you're on the far right, you think, you know, at least it was worth it because we've shaken up the status quo. in many ways, that's what the goal was. >> i don't think shaking up the status quo is the goal here. you...