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To cut. that is because what they prefer to cut is not popular to cut. joining me now are steve kornacki and krystal ball. >> thank you, ezra. >> steve, who are you wearing? >> sorry. >> this was a $12,000 sweater that nbc has generously provided. >> this is actually new, it was deemed unacceptable o-- >> you do have a stylist. >> we're trying, we're trying. >> so to give you a real question here, steve, there is cognitive dissonance, people are -- they don't like government in theory, but they like it in practice. and this creates a certain amount of incoherence when we try to deal with the s...

Discretionary, others are categories where congressional republicans want to see reduced spending. cuts to entitlement programs, medicare, medicaid, that is what john boehner wanted from the white house in exchange from the tax rest in the grand bargain. that is a top priority. and why if you listen to the debate very closely, if you listen to what john boehner is actually saying you may hear president obama talking a lot about his alternative. but you hear the republicans, you hear john boehner talking a lot about number one, how the sequester was barack obama's idea, they very cleverly calle...

Politically stronger position now than he was in july of 2011? >> well, i think the whole republican conference is in a very different position than it was in 2011. as to your top question does he speak for the conference? absolutely. but the situation is very different now than it was last summer. last summer you had a newly elected republican congress and president obama looking to increase tax at a time he had previously said five months earlier it wasn't a good idea for the economy. now it's a very different situation. now every american is facing a tax increase on january 1st. military se...

Issue? senators john mccain and kelly ae aiotte aeu cues accuse the president as being m. i. a. >> he needs to act as the commander-in-chief and prevent the cuts, which in the words of the secretary of defense would devastate our national security. unfortunately the president has chosen not to do this. bill: kentucky rand paul has thoughts on this and is with me from the hill. senator, how are you? >> good morning, bill. bill: what do you think is the practical affect if these cuts happen come december 31st, january 1? >> well, i'm one of the few republicans who actually believes that we do ha...

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