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republican whip of the senate jon kyl of arizona. and the senior senator from massachusetts, democrat john kerry. kyl and kerry on the debt fight. then back to the campaign trail. newt gingrich is up in the polls, but battling his past. this time his high-priced work on behalf of mortgage giant freddie mac. herman cain stays in the top tier despite anotr foreign policy lapse. >> i did not agree -- that's a different point. >> and rick perry is looking for a comeback by getting personal with president obama. inside analysis this morning from our roundtable. republican strategist mike ...

>> but whe is there potential for a breakthrough? anywhere? or is this going to fail? >> it's been very hard so far. i think it's illustred by the last thougs made by republicans. we have not been able to do entitlement reform or tax reform and so republicans say let's see if we can salvage something here? take areas where we at least have some agreement in our meeting, put those together and it adds up to about $640 billion tat we couldactually save in increased costs or in some cases, some revenue from asset sales and that sort of thing. my democratic friends said no to that offer ...

you cannot have a president who says things like i'm gng to be elected to lead, not read. as if you don't need to be able to read and to listen and to do all the things presidents can do. his 15 minut have now passed and newt gingrich has ascended. but his 15 minutes only lasted what, like four weeks, five weeks? that tells us it'senirely possible we could be on to the next republicany the time the iowa caucus is on january 3r and that could be newt gingrich. t i'm here to stay say that i think it will not be. >> iesent that you think we in the media have a short attention span. >> i...

this sunday, here we go again. this sunday here we go again, down to the wire on a debt deal as america's red ink tops $15 trillion this week, the so-called super committee, charged with tackling the deficit is on the brink of failure, and again, the issue is taxes. has anything changed in washington since the debt downgrade of the summer? >> the american people may have voted for divided government but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government. >> is it too late for a break-through now? what are the consequences of inaction, and is compromise on the big issues of taxes, enti...

massachusetts, democrat john kerry. kyl and kerry on the debt fight. then back to the campaign trail. newt gingrich is up in the polls, but battling his past. this time his high-priced work on behalf of mortgage giant freddie mac. herman cain stays in the top tier despite anotr foreign policy lapse. >> i did not agree -- that's a different point. >> and rick perry is looking for a comeback by getting personal with president obama. inside analysis this morning from our roundtable. republican strategist mike mphy and ed gillespie. plus former white house press secretary for president c...