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Again. >> and it's a political advantage for president obama, but it's a policy problem because the fact is we'll have to do something with medicare. you can't deal with the exploding deficit -- >> politically was he smart to play possum on this? >> absolutely. and get through the re-election campaign perhaps with this. >> i like numbers that are clear cut. i don't like 50 sh/50 numbers. number of democrats, 5%. that's it. and he knew this months ago. what do you make of the way he's handled this it politically and putting ryan out there to bake? >> very, very skillful in the short term. i thi...

I want to start with susan. and i want to get to the question. it seems to me that nobody really has a solution. even the poll says modest cuts in medicare and modest increases in taxes. no. they don't want to get hurt again. they are paying big gas taxes, they just paid their taxes, they don't want to get hurt again. >> and it's a political advantage for president obama, but it's a policy problem because the fact is we'll have to do something with medicare. you can't deal with the exploding deficit -- >> politically was he smart to play possum on this? >> yeah, absolutely. and get through the...

Then there's the have it both ways crowd. mike huckabee, bobby jindal, it depends on who they're with at the time. and finally there are the serious republicans who don't feel like a nut and worry that birtherism are take the whole party down. a perfect example, donald trump. karl rove says he needs to stop the madness. sarah palin winks that he's on to something. on to what? plus hypocrisy watch. what percentage of the balance the budget tea party types do you suppose are against cutting any of the big spending causes in the government? a big piece of the deficit. medicare or medicaid. you th...

>> president barack obama unveils his budget plan this week. i'm alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. with so much attention on the exploding deficit in the u.s., president obama is expecting to cut many of the programs he supports like community development and conservation. the big question is whether he'll offer cuts to three huge entitlement programs, medicare, medica medicaid, and social security. the president is also expected to call for a five-year freeze in non-security defense spending saving $4 billion over ten years. many in congress are calling for much more steeper cuts t...

Aisle, something rare in washington today. after all these years my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished but my desire to do so by serving in congress has waned. for some time i have had a growing conviction that congress is not operating as it should. there is too much partisanship. even at a time of enormous national challenge the people's business is not getting done. examples of this are legion, but two recent ones will suffice. two weeks ago the senate voted down a bipartisan commission to deal with one of the greatest threats facing our nation -- our exploding defici...