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Tax to help the solvency of social security? >> i think at this stage we should self fund. >> now, there's a move among some democratic senators to create a new procedure for anything they call major changes in social security, like raising the retirement age or reducing benefits requiring two-thirds vote in the senate. is that something you could support? >> i think if you look around the country, states have done that, dealing with taxation and mostly that. california now has i think i heard this morning a $27 billion deficit, billion dollars deficit. one of the reasons, they have a lot of t...

Social security? >> i think at this stage we should self fund. >> now, there's a move among some democratic senators to create a new procedure for anything they call{ major changes in social security, like raising the retirement age or reducing benefits requiring two-thirds vote in the senate. is that something you could support? >> i think if you look around the country, states have done that, dealing with taxation and mostly that. california now has i think i heard this morning a $27 billion deficit, billion dollars deficit. one of the reasons, they have a lot of these unnecessary rules, two...

Social security? >> i think at this stage we should self fund. >> now, there's a move among some democratic senators to create a new procedure for anything they callç major chans in social security, like raising the retirement age or reducing benefits requiring two-thirds vote in the senate. is that something you could support? >> i think if you look around the country, states have done that, dealing with taxation and mostly that. california now has i think i heard this morning a $27 billion deficit, billion dollars deficit. one of the reasons, they have a lot of these unnecessary rules, two...

Under on every block. >> but mark kirk doesn't get it. first he votes for the bush policies that got us into this mess including tax breaks for companies that ship jobs to china. then kirk has the nerve to wrote against unemployment benefiting saying unemployment isn't a big issue. >> if a business like my father's he started 30 years ago can fail, it's happening everywhere. >> there you go. it's a version of what the gin newly yas campaign says is them going on offense and clearly they use half the ad to talk about the bank and the other half to beat up mark kirk. by the way, an unforgettable...

This state who like the governor, like his track record on business and business development, they say that that's going to have to get squared away at some point along the line. so his actual experience with health care in massachusetts which was viewed as a strength in 2008 may actually be a weakness in 2010. jane: is there reason to believe he will run? >> reporter: well, a recent poll might provide some encouragement. the claire's research group put together a poll of potential 2012 presidential candidates, polled over a thousand registered voters and mitt romney was right at the top. 29%,...