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With us in changing washington. [ cheers and applause ] >> chris: what a week. and now the candidates head to t florida where the next primary is nine days away. we'll be right back with ah special program note you know when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there.

I spent my life in the private sector. i understand how to creati e jos and how to get america strongta again. i'm running against, in the case of speaker gingrich, someone who has never worked in the private sector, who spent his life in washingtonor and has been workig as a lobbyist and he doesn't call it officially a lobbyist, but that's what it is. and i. simply cannot imagineyi america being led by a person whose sole experience is not inside the private sector, but insideho washington. i just don't think washington can fix washington. >> chris: finally, sir, we have less than a minute le...

Deficit problem. the facts are this: the president would never say yes to fundamental reform of our tax code. he asked for more revenue. i told the president, i'll put i revenues on the table, but onlyt if we're going to have fundamental reform of ourf entitlement program. the president would never say yes. and then he wanted a trillion dollars worth of new taxes. the problem in washington is there is too much spending. we've got to get our arms around it. m the republicans in the house and senate are committed to real reform ofd our entitlement programs and real controls on spending here in w...

Should, among other things, go after the news media because it had played like gang busters in south carolina and would help down the road. but as we discussed with romney, he did even more. he went after washington and new york eloots who he said, and let me get the quote right r trying to force us to quit being america. effective or over the top? >> look, i suggested he do it 'cause he knew he would do t he can't help himself. >> chris: you also thought it was a good idea. c >> it works in a republican primary, but it does create a little problem witubh independes for the general election be...

Credit for a year and it was offset with reasonablere reductions in spend, most of them coming from the president's own budget. i'm hopeful we'll get this finished as soon as possible. the keystone pipeline is the prime example of a shovel ready project that's been through every approval process here in washington. every option is on the table. we're going to do everything we can to try to make sure thatto this keystone pipeline is, in approved. it's 20,000 direct jobs. it's over 100,000 indirect jobs. more energy independence for america as opposed to forcing our friends across the border and...