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Ron, it is always good to talk to you. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> we've got news nbc news/"wall street journal" poll numbers that show that barack obama's numbers have gone up a good bit. i'm wondering, is it possible that he could use this popularity to strike a deal to actually bring down the debt? >> it's always possible. you know, politicians are politicians, and when the handwriting's on the wall, sometimes they change their ways. so it seems like he is bending in that direction. but, you know, the job is overwhelming. to really cut spending is not going to be easy for anybody....

To line up bail-out money. so they don't face an economic collapse. it's happening across europe. it could happen here. >> there is no way we can make significant cuts without growing the economy. that's really the problem. i agree with tina that the republicans sound completely behind the curve. but they have won the battle. when it comes to which is the greatest priority, reducing the deficit, or reducing the long-term unemployment with 27 million people out of work or underemployed. that's really the big division right now in the country. and obama is siding more with the deficit hawks than...

Compromising. i like coalitions. but this is where we should compromise. the people who like this militarism oth ught to compromi with the people who like welfarism. that would be a true compromise. but otherwise, if one side argues well we have to cut the military, no, we have to cut welfare, we'll never get any place. but i do think it is easier to cut overseas spending. politically speaking, i think i can make the case that we should bring our troops home, change our foreign policy, quit these ridiculous wars. we would be safer and richer for it and that's my argument. i think i could actua...

That -- i always said this during the bush era. why is it that we can stand up to bill clinton on big spending but we couldn't stand up to our own president? and as ron said, his conclusion is my conclusion, and anybody that's been there, that when the same party runs washington, it is like a club. everybody's scratching everybody's back an it is costing taxpayers billions of dollars. >> well, and right now we have some congressional oversight beginning to be exercised over our spending in afghanistan. congressman paul, we're spending $2.8 billion a week. isn't that place where we can see some...