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Lamb's election is a wake-up call. our next guest called it a good old-fashioned ass kicking. joining me is senator john kennedy of louisiana. good morning, senator. >> good morning, alisyn. >> hawould you say republicans e scared today after what they saw yesterday? >> i can't speak for all of my colleagues. i'm nod scared. i'm curious. we lost, and we were supposed to w win. i think the voters in that district are trying to tell us something. i don't think we ought to insult the american people and try to spin it. i remember when scott brown, a republican, was elected senator in a democratic...

Moderate and some democrats voted who for these people expect and demand these guys do their jobs, stop monkeying around, get it together. i think the simple way to do it is the moderates want more money. the conservatives want more freedom, so whatever study weo have come up with spending andes health savings accounts under vehicles like that so people are beneficiaries of governmentt services. become consumers, pick and choose the care they want. let people buy across state lines. let a company like geico or allstate sell coast-to-coast and i think if you combine all that, you'll be able to ...

Third debate. he was asked the first question about it and he didn't say anything. john mccain and lindsey graham know this is much ado about nothing. are there legitimate questions to ask, bureaucratic questions about how information moves up the chain of command? of course. there always are in these sorts of situations. especially when they're tragic like this. but does that mean it's some sort of scandal, you know, watergate style cover-up or there was an effort to have people, quote, stand down in the fashion of terrorism? it's ridiculous. >> it's worth mentioning the president at the pres...

Reality is, every economist has said to us that having the payroll tax cut and an extension of some kind of unemployment insurance are critical to increasing the gross domestic product of our country, increasing the economy opportunities. so that's what made it hyperpartisan. i think the president will simply say in his state of the union, if it's not done by then, that, in fact, hoe wants to see the pay roll tax cut for working families in country anywhere between $1,000 and $1,5 in each state pass for the rest of the year and i don't think calling for that is hyperpolitical. >> you saw the p...

To have real implications for how we care for the elderly in our society. >> i think the way this debate is going to be break down fundamentally is it a defense of the status quo or are we going to reform the system. because what you proposed, i'm he sorry what democrats would proprose is that we maintain a system as is and maintain the status quo and lo republicans e saying we have to look at the system to mare sure that there is still benefits down the road. >> the president has a debt commission and is president has been dragged into this thing. we need to have spending reductions even in t...