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Make a critique like that in this republican conversation in new hampshire. they're focused more on the threat. the idea. in a way, the myth that president obama himself, the obama -- >> they call it obama core. and that's not true. and if you listen to what jeb bush had to say in new hampshire, it was so interesting. he spoke about, quote, academics and experts as the people we would look to set standards for our school. that is the consensus among experts. it has been the bipartisans and the centrists' ideas that we should get experts. a lot of people don't agree. >> there is the big questio...

President obama himself, the obama -- >> they call it obama core. and that's not true. and if you listen to what jeb bush had to say in new hampshire, it was so interesting. he spoke about, quote, academics and experts as the people we would look to set standards for our school. that is the consensus among experts. it has been the bipartisans and the centrists' ideas that we should get experts. a lot of people don't agree. >> there is the big question. fascinating to watch. the person who is the nominee. do they come out with common core intact? my bet right now on the tv program is no. >> wel...

It's hard. this is a rigorous program. it it's not a lot of money. it's designed to get people off disability and move them back into work. the republicans -- this plan doesn't really recognize that. >> for the first time, a majority of members of congress are millionaires, acarding to data by the center of the response of politics. the question begs, what do they know about poverty? >> that's a good question. you can be a millionaire and still have empathy for the people at the far end of the income spectrum. i think this plan really shows a real lack of empathy. they've been trying to disman...

Relief for some sort of privatized agency, privatized providers of are relief programs competing with one another. we'll be rigorously seeing that. we know what happens when an industry gets regulated by the federal government. there's going to be more relief for these people. and it's all about cutting the cost of these program, but doing it on the back of the beneficiary. >> so i should ask, where's the beef? but wait a minute, where's the compassion? where's all the compassion in this? we're getting around b about, you know, this is almost like an end run. let's see if they don't figure out...

Look, i think we need to be a little sympathetic about the authors of this plan because they are serious trying to get the republican party away from the grip of the tea party. but what you end up with are the same things we' been hearing for years and years. talking about cutting taxes, talking about privatizing relief programs. they're talking about dismantling social security, privatizing social security. they demonize the poor. they demonize the disabled, and even disabled children. i think that's the sort of thing that's really disturbing about some of the elements of this program. >> so ...