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And who is going to give them things? president obama. he knows it, and he ran on it. >> bill: now, that's the truth. and there's no denying the statistics in exit polling. however some liberal americans were outraged that i would actually say the truth and i'll tell yu ou why in a moment. and eight days after, mitt romney held a conference with his donors and say pretty much what i said. >> and what president obama did was focus on members in his base coalition and give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> bill: ag...

President's campaign seems to be seizing on. this is what jim messina said in a conference call a few hours ago. >> he has a private sector record of laying off workers and shipping their jobs overseas and making off with millions. he has a public sector record of increasing debt, raises taxes and fees, growing government and shrinking jobs. we probably won't see any ads that are talk accurately about his record because he has absolutely nothing to say. >> he has absolutely nothing to say, erin. >> the one thing he does have something to say about is the fact if you study him closely, his sell...

Demonstrations in the streets. what i'm trying to do is prevent the violence that we are seeing in the european streets. just look at what is going on in greece. so the world is threatened with the same problem as greece is and i'm trying to prevent that from happening here. martha: isn't some of that a reaction to some of the programs cut? quickly if you can, sir, once you start cutting these things people start to get very upset when the checks aren't coming in the mail. >> you're absolutely right. and that's where the real challenge is, because right now more people are getting checks than ...

Penny. there are some bigger cuts even to defense. about $19 billion in programs cut, about this number. but then there are new defense programs, so the overall defense budget actually gets bigger. about a stack and a half worth. now, the republicans go further. their budget cuts for this year amounted to $100 billion or that's about this many pennies, but the bottom line is, unless you're willing to talk about cutting entitlements or defense or both really, there's no way you can even think about balancing the budget. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. now to some fascinating medical news...

Because we know class sizes will go to 45. school days will be -- school weeks will be shortened. after-school programs cut, lots of services for students will be cut if congress doesn't act. so this isn't a fight against any particular person but educators fighting for students. >> part of your beef is the way it doles out money would in your words create, quote, winners and losers. why is that wrong? >> i think what you're referring to is another program. what we are talking about is education jobs fund that needs to pass congress now. >> brian: i'm talking about race to the top and the mult...