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>> greta: back with karl rove. few more things to say about this budget. >> guest: just one thing. this is not a serious budget if you don't take on mandatory spending. cbo says 57% of the budget is mandatory spending plus 7% interest. so 64% of the budget is on autopilot and president has made no recommendations of mandatory spending. notices at serious budget. it's a political document designed to give him chances to go out in battleground states and talk about favorite subjects but not designed to be a serious attempt to deal with the fiscal problems facing the country. medicare goes broke ...

And i told him, you don't have to be bill gates to be with me, but you are bill gates in your heart. and he wrote back and told me, no, i'm not bill gates, but i wish i had his money, i could give you a lot more. you know? and that was nice for him to say that. these are the letters that i get. feel this. feel this. >> that's what love feels like? >> that's what it feels like. one letter, i have some letters he writes 14 and 15 pages. if he write 14 pages i have to write 14 pages plus 7 more pages. that's why i like for him to write a lot. this is what i do. this is how i spend my time. >> fro...

To me the other day you think the victory could be a lot bigger than that. >> look at the polling, the generic ballot is now plus six republican if you average the different polls. the national vote. if the republican intensity is greater plus six really means probably plus 8 or 9 given how the national vote gets distributed. if that holds republicans will pick up something like 60 seats. >> chris: execution me? >> if the republicans -- excuse me? >> if the republicans win the national vote, they will pick up something like 60 seats. the house vote does -- the come position of the house of rep...

Me? >> if the republicans win the national vote, they will pick up something like 60 seats. the house vote does -- the come position of the house of representatives mirrors the national public vote. republicans have 30 seats when they won in 1994, 52 to 45. they were plus 7 in '94 they had 237 seats. if they got to 230 that would be a 55 seat pickup right now. that is the cow they are on. it could change. two things. healthcare. when healthcare was passed on march 24, ras musten asked do you want it repealed or not, 55-42, yes. the big democratic talking point was it will get better once peopl...

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