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He's on the b-team but he is. >> and not to hate, but i think i've heard sympathetic voices, five different diplomatic ways to refer to the fact that terry mcauliffe is not the most popular democrat around. and we have talked about the numbers, which are more unfavorable than favorable at this point. although he does look -- again, we don't know yet, but looks like he could win this thing, even with in that unfavorable and that i think goes to your point and the larger dynamic here, which sits not personalities alone. particularly with an electorate like virginia that is close to washington, t...

Infrastructure development and certainly easing some of the domestic spending cuts that will otherwise take place. >> can you guarantee sir, with these negotiations we're not going to be in the very same place we were before the extreme wing of your party picked up with the obama care fight? there senator ted cruz have a big voice. >> look, i think the president would have been a lot better off today if he would have done the one thing we asked which was delay obama care for a year. i don't think that was an extreme request. given the debacle of the rollout, i think they probably should have h...

Taxes when they didn't cut? there's never been entitlement reform. it's a one-way street all the time. >> nancy pelosi said this, that revenue needs to be on the table in relation to discussions to soften the sequester cuts. >> of course. >> so the democrats are trying to soften those automatic spending cuts, and at the same time raise taxes. they don't cut spending as much and raise taxes. it's crazy. >> the last time we had a serious consideration of entitlement reform was simpson-bowles. and president obama turned the other way. >> adam talked about a business analogy. a business doesn't sa...

A greater opportunity to try to repeal obama care overall. >> look, they control the united states senate. the president has got a vote toe and he's going to be in office for three more years plus. so i've never thought repeal was very likely thing. it was an unrealistic goal for those who set it. but the president's in a strong position. now we have passed seven pieces of legislation that the president agreed to, democrats in the senate that have saved $62 billion. there's probably other areas we can agree on. we should work down that path. again, i don't see that fight as one that needs to b...

But he is playing a traditional role here. there are republicans for decades who owe their very, they were fiscal tighttightwads. they believed in social programs helping the poor. bob dole very much like that. i've remember talking recent leap during the sequester cuts to felt low who runs meals on whemz in texas. he said, listen, republicans used to be our best friend. they would love meals on wheels. i can't get them to return our calls. what kasich is doing, how far, the party, conservatives, all conservative movement has moved off to the right. the worst thing to be is a compassion nl con...