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So offensive supposed to an interviewer dropping his pants, you know, there's a reality problem and there's also a prejudice problem. but both of them shine through show so wonderfully well with the humor. >> and eric dundero's post about his time with ron paul, he said they ended up at a certain point in san francisco and they had some gay supporters there and they ended up in the home of one of these gay supporters and ron paul would not use is the bathroom in that home because two gay men lived in that home. so i think, you know, the ron paul discomfort is rather high in this territory. >> ...

It's not a revenue problem, the answer isn't to raise taxes and it doesn't seem like the two sides will ever agree on that. so why are we to believe that they will make any progress in this super committee or beyond? >> actually i don't think that we will. unfortunately we are going to see the mandatory cuts. the problem is we have a reality problem. the american people are way out in front of the pol politicians on this. the american people are very, very clear. they want to see a mix of spending cuts, tax increases, two-thirds of them want to see the wealthy who have done the best in this ec...

>> can you give me your understanding of where the current negotiations are on the debt ceiling? >> yeah. i don't know. i mean, i can be very honest with you. there's a lot of going back and forth. look, we have this problem. there are a substantial number of republicans in the house who have a serious problem with reality. a large number of members of the house republican caucus agree with michele bachmann that we shouldn't raise the debt limit, which would be of course an economic disaster, which even ronald reagan understood was crazy. another substantial chunk don't agree with michele bach...

Facing a bloodbath? where did the democrats go wrong? >> well, you know what our buddy james carville would say. it's still the economy, stupid, you know. when you've got 9.5% official unemployment, and it's really 15%, 16%, if you count people who have given up or have taken jobs below their skill levels or part-time, you have 15%, 16% unemployment, they are going to want to run you out of power, and so it's -- i think the democrats have first and foremost a reality problem. they have a terrible economy, and that's the most important thing. they also have a political problem, but that's secon...

I don't get too worried, and neither does the president. shannon: who was helped by what the administration's done, only 2% of people said small businesses. i mean, that's not a 50/50. 2% of people only think that small businesses were helped? somewhere it's being lost in translation. >> reporter: i think that's true. to me this is more of an optics problem than a metrics problem. there have been tax breaks for small businesses. 95% of american families have gotten tax cuts. people call my radio show and say, well, my taxes have gone up under obama. to, they haven't. you know, i think there's ...