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Budget is interest on the debt. the president added $6.9 trillion in the debt. this continues to be a driving issue for the country. you know, we are not going to be able to sustain the safety net with this debt and interest. >> i think the viewers get it, too. what other republican options do we have? >> the options are to say let's deal with the issues we know get people back to work. we have a health care law that is draining millions of people off the payroll, we have an energy policy that is driving up cost, we have a tax policy that makes businesses close, we have a code that drives comp...

"tampa bay times." adam, when you look at what the cuban vote did in 2012, you look at a democratic candidate for a statewide office in florida felt comfortable doing this. is it fair to say that cuba is no longer the third rail of florida politics? >> yeah, i do think it's definitely no longer the third rail of politics. you know, in a vast majority of the state, really nobody cares about this issue, but in miami-dade, such a population center, it's a driving issue. so i do think in a way the safer position is to support the continued embargo, because that's an issue that motivates exiles who...

See the unemployment situation getting any better. they don't expect the job numbers to get any better. this is deep pessimism where this country is and yes, while people kind of like this guy, they don't give him very high marks on being effective. they don't blame him for the recession that led to all of this, but they certainly don't give him high marks on getting us out of it. jon: yeah, jamie, is this why we'll hear a lotp a apparently in the state state of the union about income inequality? >> they hope that will be the issue to propel them to victory in midterm elections in 2014. democr...

Problems, grabbing a majority of hispanic voters, also big returns among women, african-american voters. on papers, he's the kind of winner your party seems to need, but do you think the more the conservative republicans see him as a major part of your future? do you think conservative republicans are not ready to embrace him? >> i think all republicans and conservatives want to win the presidency three years ago. that election is still a long ways to go. we'll have a spirited primary contest. clearly, the disappointment and disgust around the country with this president's health care law, i t...

Joining me is susan author of the book "the nine phases of marriage" who teaches gender studies at marymount manhattan college. among the issues that we have not heard from either candidate from that debate, contraception, abortion, both big issues that have been leading up through the primaries certainly, why do you think they were omitted? >> i don't know. i can only tell you it was so unfortunate because nothing is more important than the female vote and also, equal pay for equal work and education and scholarship. these are big issues for women today. >> was this a moment of missed opportu...