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Conservatives are really probably among the harshest critics of the deal which is fascinating, given that you have the vice presidential running mate in the 2012 ticket, making this deal of paul ryan. you already have some of the most prominent conservatives, marco rubio coming out saying this is the wrong way to go. lots of grassroots groups with a lot of support and money who are saying to conservatives, do not vote for this. there will be a meeting tomorrow morning among house republicans which will be critical to sort of gauge the temperature to make sure there is enough support among hous...

Entitlements like medicare and medicaid. even the small deal is not going over well on the left or right. before it was even announced, multiple conservative grass roots groups sent letters urging republicans to vote no because it does increase spending levels. ryan's response? >> as a conservative, i think this is say step in the right direction. >> senator marco rubio, a potential opponent to paul ryan for 2016 presidential nomination was quick to trash his deal, saying it continues washington's irresponsible budgeting decisions. >> rubio's opposition is shared by some conservatives in the h...

Chuck schumer, harry reid, and nancy pelosi have publicly urged her to run. grassroots groups have set up superpacs. unlike in 2008 when barack obama was seen as as the democratic rock star, there isn't a real alternative waiting in the wings to go against hillary, or is there? "the new republic" has a provocative article out there arguing that elizabeth warren from massachusetts could be gearing up to challenge clinton. "if hillary clinton runs and retains her ties to wall street, warren will be more likely to join the race, not less. warren is shrewd enough to understand the future of the de...

Congress of the united states is merely the backdrop for what he's a and the more he's criticized. the more he's ostracized, the more he's surrounded, the better it is from his point of view. >> and the grassroots groups who drove this, they came out this afternoon, and they said we want people to vote no on this. so heritage action, jim dement. this whole grassroots energy that cruz is trying to exploit is not going away. as john boehner puts this on the floor, he is now defying and turning against the true energy in the party. >> nationally the tea party's numbers are going down as fast as t...

It would save me money. i think in all likelihood my fear is that will become the new norm at all of the dailies and sticking around. >> normally, august is the new slump month but a lot of news especially with that. vivian, let's turn to what is happening with the august recess. it is a new slump because everybody goes home and returns to their district and we remember the scenes from years past, the angry outbursts that happened at town halls and looks like grassroots groups are headed out to the lawmakers and their town hall meetings this month. when we talk about the grassroots efforts wha...