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Policy advisers are former members of the bush administration. even though he's distancing himself and not doing the embrace clinton has, he's got bush people around him. he's using bush policy. bush video tonight. >> bush ideas. one of the big things they want to go to the mat on is the bush tax cuts. they're not just called the bush tax cuts because they were under bush. they were a big part of the economic policy. to pick up what he said in that clip, it wasn't that long ago bush was presiding. four years. believe democrats cannot only talk about bush. and that's true. but four years to dea...

>> planned parenthood says that's not true. most of their services is about preventative care, not abortion. senate democrats think this is such a politically potent issue for them they sent out a fund-raising notice to some supporters asking for money talking about this issue. it's important to note on the other side of this republicans say that this is not the last issue. that this is kind of a side show from their perspective inside the room, and that it is still about spending cuts, which is the core of what we're talking about, funding the government, keeping the government running. how m...

13-month extension of unploit and cut in payroll taxes. a number of reporters we. >> when you take a stand like you have, why should the american people plooef you're going to stick with it? >> mr. president, what do you say to democrats who say you're rewarding republican obstruction? >> some on the left have questioned this deal and what your core values are. what specifically you will go to the mat on. >> with respect to the bottom line in term of what my core principles are, yeah -- well -- look, i've got a bunch of lines in the sand. not, not making tax cuts for the wealthy permanent. tha...

When the american people start to see more in their paychecks in february they will start to realize that the president's vision here, that this middle-class miracle that was passed today by the congress was an idea whose time has come. i really believe it will sell itself. >> laura: carried interest benefits had sponge. they get to have their profits taxed at a much lower rate than most americans. that survives in this legislation. that doesn't seem like you're kind of taking this new approach to the big hedge fund force in the united states. i understand the president wanted it out of the le...

Going bananas right now is two fold. one as you pointed out it's all about wealth redistribution. they are upset about that but, also, they voted for a guy that they thought was a committed liberal, a committed progressive. he has been up until this point. what's changed in the midterm elections which were epic. his party got smashed by the republicans who all voted on opposing tax increases. okay? and reducing the tax burden on the american people. so, it wasn't like he wanted to do this, bill. he had to. the reason the left is going crazy right now is because he looks unprincipled. by that i...