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It's time for the "big three." government shutdown? nomination battle? and best week, worst week. let's bring in the "big three" panel for the day. susan dell persio, and morris reid, and harry bacon-reid. good to see you all. perry, you first, republican senator john cornyn was writing in an op-ed and said a partial government shutdown may be necessary to ensure long-term government stability. do you think it's a possibility and who has the most to lose? >> i think everybody has a lot to lose. if we have a government shutdown, those things are not great outcomes and i think we'll have another...

Hand in this debate? >> well, listen, the president doesn't want to overplay his hand here, he does have a leg up and he's been very focused the way he handles the last situation, what i call obama 2.0 is the way he'll handle this. but the one thing the president is a student of history. the republicans need to be a student of history and remember the last time the republicans shut down the government and newt gingrich, it was a disaster for the republican party with bill clinton. i think the president needs to be measured and understand he still has to get something done because his legacy wi...

Next topic, nomination battle. what are you hearing about chuck hagel possible nomination for defense secretary? what's the word where you are, perry, in washington? >> chuck hagel will have trouble getting confirmed. he has his problems. republicans don't like him because he criticized the iraq war, he criticized george w. bush, he and john mccain disagree on a lot of big foreign policy issues, and democrats don't like him either because on most foreign policy issues he's a pretty conservative republican. barack obama does like him and that's the only thing that really matters when you're tal...

Affair with the iconic figures. ronald reagan for the right. or jfk to the left. we have can't get rid of the ideas. short of that we're out of luck. >> greg: you are tough on everybody that is not the most conservative candidate in your mind. do you throw the baby out with your bath water? >> eric: no. i have a problem with the conservative conundrum. we want a far right candidate. i defer with dana and bob. there is a vast difference between established republicans and conservative republicans. i don't think they can be mixed. you said there is an heir apparent. romney may have been the esta...

Affair with the iconic figures. ronald reagan for the right. or jfk to the left. we have can't get rid of the ideas. short of that we're out of luck. >> greg: you are tough on everybody that is not the most conservative candidate in your mind. do you throw the baby out with your bath water? >> eric: no. i have a problem with the conservative conundrum. we want a far right candidate. i defer with dana and bob. there is a vast difference between established republicans and conservative republicans. i don't think they can be mixed. you said there is an heir apparent. romney may have been the esta...