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They don't do inside humor. they are playing for a broader audience. and a lot of the comedians write very inside jokes for the beltway, about the boehner-cantor rivalry, which kind of works in the room but doesn't necessarily translate outside because they are trying to get to the inside. there was a bit of that. >> to your point, the joke about peter orzag. there is a leak in the room. i think he left his mouth on. >> can i just say, that was so inside? i just got it three days later after you -- i said, oh, he's talking about him leaking. i was like, what does that mean? did he have a drool...

curious things, places where a guy named "jimmy who" began his journey to become president carter. places where inevitable winners like hillary clinton and howard dean lost. places where somebody could rewrite the story that this republican race has come down to mitt versus newt. somebody like ron paul. >> newt gingrich has been on both sides of a long list of issues. sometimes in the same week. >> it's wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions. because then people have to ask themselves what will you tell me next time? ron paul hit newt gingrich pretty hard this w...

the iowa caucuses are curious things. places where a guy named jimmy who began his journey to become president carter. places where inevitable winners like hillary clinton and howard dean lost. places where somebody could rewrite the story that this republican race has come down to mitt versus newt. somebody like ron paul. >> newt gingrich has been on both sides of a long list of issues. sometimes in the same week. >> it's wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions. because then people have to ask themselves what will you tell me next time? ron paul hit newt gingric...

Our deficit over the next several decades. experts say this reform will cut the deficit even more than the congressional budget office first estimated. peter has also helped us single out more than a hundred programs for elimination that have out lived their purposes and made hardy situations that will save tens of billions of dollars. he helped draft a budget for next year that freezes all discretionary spending outside of national security for three years, something that was never enacted in the prior add minimum straying. it's a budget that would reduce the deficit by more than $1 trillion ...

Businesses, it's good for the entire economy, and i urge the senate to act quickly so that i can sign it into law next week. now, as we finish our work on wall street reform we are also mindful that we've got significant work to do when it comes to reforming our government and reducing our deficit. as part of that work today i am proud to announce the nomination of jack lu to be the next director of management and budget or omb. before telling you a little bit about jack i just want to say a few words about the man that he will be replacing at the helm of o and b and that is mr. peter orzag. a...