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Who she so admires. >> one of the things her camp is saying that that it's not. it's not a ripoff. it's not supposed to be a ripoff. >> what lady gaga does is representative of madonna. >> a little creative license. >> madonna was the first. she was the original. >> i think they're playing with all of us a little bit. >> just imagine all of the press she's getting. we're all talking about all this. it's not bad for themselves. >> fun to watch. thanks so much, lisa. president obama releases his budget, but critics say it does not go far enough to address the deficit. who's going to make the t...

About saving entitlement programs and being more aggressive on pentagon cuts? >> i think you have to look at where we are over the next ten years. when we came into office, the deficit was climbing to over 10% of the economy. we have a plan that would bring it down to 3%. that is the most rapid reduction in the deficit in history. it is what we have to do to be able to say we're paying our bills and not adding the the debt. that's the first step -- >> you guys have added to the debt tremendously over the past two years with spending programs. >> when the president took office, the economy was ...

Talked about health care, raising taxes on the wealthy. >> jobs. >> spending programs. 4. >> yep and he also -- >> it was not a conservative speech. >> it was not. he also said to the republicans, i get the deficit but we'll have to do this together. one of the things that is important for democrats to hear, we're not going to give tax breaks to a million dollars a year while we're cutting things like social security. that was important. he said what he had to say. said it in a bipartisan way and the room was set up so it was a lot more civil than it's been in 15 years. i thought that was grea...

Whether he will in fact become less of a lefty i think remains to be seen. >> chris: mara, what is the apes? >> i think he has become less of a lefty. i don't think there is any doubt about that. he will not be presenting any new big spending programs. targeted small investments in things like education infrastructure and science and technology and research and he will bear the republicans to fight him on those grounds as opposed to big abstract calls for lower spending that is a debate where the president is not on such firm ground. the other thing about bruce reid is not only was he all the ...

Whether he will in fact become less of a lefty i think remains to be seen. >> chris: mara, what is the apes? >> i think he has become less of a lefty. i don't think there is any doubt about that. he will not be presenting any new big spending programs. targeted small investments in things like education infrastructure and science and technology and research and he will bear the republicans to fight him on those grounds as opposed to big abstract calls for lower spending that is a debate where the president is not on such firm ground. the other thing about bruce reid is not only was he all the ...