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Like i know i got to say something. capitol hill the fight over the budget cranks up big time today. democratic sources tell us the vice president, white house chief of staff and budget director will meet with congressional leaders on the hill to try to hammer out a deal. our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows how divided the country is on the basic question, how much should government do. this might might catch conser conservatives by surprise, 51% want government to do more, that's the highest number on this question that we test in the last two years. 46% said government sho...

Weekend the nations governors were in town, interesting juxtaposition, democrats talking about jobs, number one issue and the republicans seem mired in the wisconsin/scott walker issue which wasn't jobs. >> let's go to the 2012 field. chuck may be in despair we don't officially have candidates quite yet. >> buddy roemer. didn't test him yet in the primary. >> nevertheless we'll poll. our poll showed in terms of the 2012 field, huckabee at the top. does that surprise you bill? >> no. so far huckabee and romney are the relatively front-runners. this is a national poll based on name i.d. both gov...

Consideration and we don't want to spend our political capitol here because this is more important goal, but when you connect the dots and you step back and you look at the totality, the white house has this bully pulpit, and it is choosing not to use it, in fact, its strategy more often than not is to step back, let the congressional leaders work this out. we're not going to get immersed in the details on health care and you want to say, where is the president? >> well they will argue and you alluded to it, they will argue, i had a similar conversation, let answer say in the last 48 hours, ou...

Know romney drops down to 14%. where romney gets his strength is from folks who say they're not tea party supporters, sits at 32% among the rock rib republicans, probably voted forever republican, that's what they do, but they're not tea party folks. what do you make of it? >> as a democratic pollster i can't claim to understand republican primary voters as well as my colleague, bill. it's a matter of space and energy, and we saw from the 2010 primaries in states like kentucky, colorado, delaware in republican primaries with republican voters the tea party candidates actually defeeted the esta...

Hawaii will not seek re-election in 2012. that creates yet another open seat for republicans, but in a presidential contest in a statewide election in obama's home state, when he will be on the ballot might be tough for republicans even if they get their top pick, who would be a former governor linda lingle. back to you guys. >> mark murray with the political headline this is morning, no time yet for that meeting on the hill between the vice president, the budget director and the chief of staff from the white house. >> this is the -- >> are you doubting it will happen? >> the bully pulpit at w...