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About a year and a half ago and it was so out there in the sense that it took bold h bold risks like we were seeing right now and what he's about to present that then house minority leader john boehner and other republicans in the leadership kept paul ryan and his plan at arm's length. now that ryan is the budget committee chairman and is about to present this budget and now that the republicans have the majority in the house, it appears to me they're embracing what congressman -- chairman ryan is proposing, and i have to say that as a starting point it's a very strong starting point in terms ...

>> hold on, i'm not talking about -- >> no, no, we got to get to this sound because you're talking about the base being crazy. the issue here is that the president's taking a lot of heat for not negotiating. george will was on fox news sunday. he says he's an ideologue. that's why republicans shouldn't trust him. take a listen. >> the fact is, we have a very polarizing president. i'm not criticizing him for this. he's a progressive. he exists to enlarge the power of government as an engine of the redistribution of wealth and opportunity. that's his agenda. he's not interested in a grand bargai...

And i think that people just want to see the old barack obama. and i think that, again, if we take this election -- it wasn't a good election. democr democrats, we feel terribly about it. i think sometimes something good comes out of something bad and we have to realize that we have got to show why we're democrats, that we believe in creating jobs for working people. we believe in preserving social security and medicare and medicaid. we're not going to toss those away. we're going to stand by our commitments. and we're going to not look to compromise every step of the way. compromise is wonder...

Want to see the old barack obama. and i think that, again, if we take this election -- it wasn't a good election democrats, we feel terribly about it. i think sometimes something good comes out of something bad and we have to realize that we have got to show why we're democrats, that we believe in creating jobs for working people. we believe in preserving social security and medicare and medicaid. we're not going to toss those away. we're going to stand by our commitments. and we're going to not look to compromise every step of the way. compromise is wonderful if you have a partner to compromi...