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Swing district. medicare was the issue. the republican party lost. how does that make you feel? you're in a swing district also in new york, staten island in new york city. are you afraid of this medicare program right now? >> no. i mean, i'm not afraid. i also want to emphasize it was a third-party candidate. that had a lot to do with it. but it's no question we have to message better. here's the reality. it's easy for democrats to say we want to kill medicare. the problem is it's not true. obama care changed medicare as we knew it, took over half a trillion dollars out of medicare, and put a...

>> no. i mean, i'm not afraid. i also want to emphasize it was a third-party candidate. that had a lot to do with it. but it's no question we have to message better. here's the reality. it's easy for democrats to say we want to kill medicare. the problem is it's not true. obama care changed medicare as we knew it, took over half a trillion dollars out of medicare, and put a 15-panel bureaucratic whatever together to decide what our seniors are going to have. i just can't allow medicare to go broke in whether it's 10 year, 12 years 14shgs years, whatever, and not say we tried to do something. t...

Here and for this marvelous new book. gretchen, you say that you name names, so let's name a couple. let's ask ceos. who were the ceos that you put in the top tier of those responsible for bad behavior in the financial markets? >> well, eliot, the first person that we really focus on and single out is a person who's really escaped scrutiny. james johnson. he was the ceo of fannie mae in the early '90s through 1998, 1999. this is a man who's escaped scrutiny except. for the end of the crisis when he was tagged with having taken some sweetheart loans from countrywide. but he was very central to ...

>> she's back after a season of reality tv. sarah palin returns to what she does best. >> wow. >> scaring the heck out of some republicans. >> tea party americans, you're winning. >> is she the king maker or the queen? and baseball and ponzi schemes. >> i got it, i got it, i got it! >> jeff toobin say the new york mets and bernie madoff used to be on the same team. can the mets survive and win again, or will they strike out? >> you're out of here! then, the financial meltdown. who's the blame? a new investigation names names. they failed to do their jobs, and some of them got pro...

let me ask you, don't you love your freedom? >> she's back after a season of reality tv. sarah palin returns to what she does best. >> wow. >> scaring the heck out of some republicans. >> tea party americans, you're winning. >> is she the king maker or the queen? and baseball and ponzi schemes. >> i got it, i got it, i got it! >> jeff toobin say the new york mets and bernie madoff used to be on the same team. can the mets survive and win again, or will they strike out? >> you're out of here! then, the financial meltdown. who's the blame? a new investigation names names. they fail...