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And i believe we democrats would fight to take any piece of this -- of these sequestration cuts off the table because it would mean no deficit reduction at all. >> a lot of blame about why the super committee failed. you mentioned grover norquist who will be my guest in just a moment. >> yes. >> senator john kerry said, in effect, he was the 13th member of the committee, that his taxpayer protection pledge is a stranglehold on republicans and they don't dare defy him. is it a little easy to blame an anti-tax advocate in the failure of congress to do what it said it would do? >> well, he does h...

Other can sit back and say, i'm fine without the fear of sequestration, you lose it. so the president is right to offer the veto threat. and i believe we democrats would fight to take any piece of this -- of these sequestration cuts off the table because it would mean no deficit reduction at all. >> a lot of blame about why the super committee failed. you mentioned grover norquist who will be my guest in just a moment. >> yes. >> senator john kerry said, in effect, he was the 13th member of the committee, that his taxpayer protection pledge is a stranglehold on republicans and they don't dare ...

Iran. we need to understand that the world is not getting safer. we, even though we historically drawn down our militaryfter every conflict, this is the first time we have drawn it down while troops are fighting and they are outside the mission right now while we speak. carrying out patrols in afghanistan. >> of course, we would haven't to talk about the sequestration cuts if the super committee reached a deal. one of the sticking point was an issue of raising taxes or raising revenue. i want to point out something you said in september speaking before the american enterprise institute. if it ...

Iran. we need to understand that the world is not getting safer. we, even though we historically drawn down our military after every conflict, this is the first time we have drawn it down while troops are fighting and they are outside the mission right now while we speak. carrying out patrols in afghanistan. >> of course, we would haven't to talk about the sequestration cuts if the super committee reached a deal. one of the sticking point was an issue of raising taxes or raising revenue. i want to point out something you said in september speaking before the american enterprise institute. if i...

Children are protected to act. >> shannon: and while i have got you i have to ask your impression with what is playing out with the supercommittee. the deadline wednesday and report that's committee may be done, dead locked beyond repair at this point? >> well, that would be unfortunate. some of us have been advocates of not only hitting the $1.2 trillion mark but to actually have a much bigger $4 trillion mark and we believe that making ultimately decisions that are balanced that include spending cuts entitlement changes and revenue to that larger tune would put the path on to greater economi...