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They say they scrub the bill. senator reid and budget committee chairman kent conrad said they have strubed it with pine sol, lysol and mr. clean. they think there's nothing in there that can be beat back with a procedural hurdle. history is on the side of republicans right now. >> mr. clean, indeed. thank you very much, ken strickland. the battle may be ending. the political war is escalating. >> one of the most perplexing things about this health care bill is the determination of the white house and the democratic majority to shove this down the throat of the american people, even though t...

Stop the demonization of the bill from his perspective but at the same time he needs to talk about jobs. he's got to talk about the economy. people are pretty much fed up with this. >> well, i think he does have to talk about the economy and i think it has to be his focus between now and november, but there's a lot of good things to talk about in health care. you know, the republicans used a lot of tactics to try to scare people about it and now they're about to find out that the scare tactics aren't going to come true. there's a lot of benefits for people in the short term. it's good for the ...

Senator judd gregg was standing there with senator cornyn. and with, of course, the republican leader, mitch mcconnell. republicans offering dozens of amendments to the so-called fix-it bill. democrats insist they should just give up the fight. senator gregg now joins us. >> they shouldn't be voted on not because they don't make sense, but because, get rid of them. they're the opposition. why have an opposition party? you know, i mean, maybe we should just go to a cuban system. that seems to be the attitude of the other side of the aisle. the american people are an unfortunate inconvenience. t...

About turnout. it's about turning out the most passionate, intense people to vote in what is usually a low turnout affair. republicans need to make it part of their coalition to run well in 2010. >> one of the more interesting numbers here is that 60% of the voters in the tea party group, 60% of them identify themselves as a member of the tea party movement have a favorable impression of the republican party and 82% have an unfavorable opinion of the democratic party. so they are pretty well self-identified as favorably impressed with republicans more than democrats. >> no question, andrea. th...

This is just a fringe element. this is what sarah palin posted on twitter. she said that common sense cob servetives and lovers of america don't retreat. instead, reload. please see my facebook page. that shows -- her facebook page shows a map with rifle sights over the states with vulnerable democrats. some of the gun imagery is a little misplaced. >> certainly. we see this sort of rhetoric. we talk -- national parties talk about targets. unfortunately, in this context, that has quite a different connotation. you're right. republicans have -- are sort of acutely aware, as are tea party organi...