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To be the governor of new jersey and i love my job and love doing it. it is great to be asked and flattering but i know who i am. >>neil: what is the media obsession with you? >>guest: i don't know it is obsession but an interest, because i say things plainly based on the way i say things and the things we have accomplished. we have concrete accomplishments. 9 percent decrease in state spending. real dollar over dollar year over year spending. and cap on property taxes. vetoing a large income tax increase, in one year people see you are doing things to the economy and they are intrigued and i ...

33 past the hour. welcome back to "morning joe." a quick look at the news. security officials are warning major wall street banks that al qaeda terrorists in yemen may be trying to plan attacks against those institutions or their executives. according to intelligence officials, operatives have expressed a desire to mail package bombs or biological hazards to bankers. the banks have been told to be extra vigilant in screening their mail. new york governor andrew cuomo unveils his first budget plan this afternoon, giving him the opportunity to alter a process he has labeled as a sham. the demo...

>> the american people know we're at a critical juncture right now, but, it's not coming from the white house and not -- we're not seeing the leadership we need. this president, instead of just saying we'll freeze things for the next five years after increasing discretionary spending over 25%, should understand that we have to go back to the spending levels that we saw a few years ago and the house i think, the house republican leadership is providing aggressive efforts to reduce that deficit and have proposed going back to spending levels of 2007. or 2008. and i don't think there is one ameri...

If you do run for the white house this is what a lot of the voters will look to. they will look at your record. the last time i checked the minnesota has a $6 million deficit. how do you con vine people you are a deficit hawk and you will bring that number down so we are not looking at $14 trillion. >> i was governor for eight years. every two years our budget was balanced as it's required to be. as i leave office the balanced budget which end next summer is balanced. but for the two years after that there is a projected $6 billion deficit. but that projection assumes a $27% increase in state ...

Cigarette fees but take a look at the record it was trance for maigsal in reducing spending and taxes and performance pay for teachers and believing in exyampems in the country. and more kris let me pick up on that. the fact is that you, and i've looked at your record you were a budget boss. reducing annual increase in spending from 21% to 2% a year issuing 299 vetoes but... as you left office this year, your successor faced a $6 billion deficit a third more than you inherited. >> 48 or 49 of the 50 states have an upcoming deficit this, is not unique to minnesota. and two that project forward ...