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Do we get money from them? we give sugar farmers $14 million a year. we fund -- we have a presidential campaign fund of $775 million spread over 10 years. the list goes on and on. tightening the belt of government is not easy. stimulus doesn't work. >> what are you saying? >> what's the harm in having that presidential election fund so that presidents don't have to go pandering to every corporation. >> they're going to pander anyway. >> that's how -- >> hold on! >> pander in iowa. they already have to pander in iowa and when i look at the list that they profit here, there's a lot of things tha...

>> amanda, you talked about both the excitement as well as some of the disappointment. but what's your reaction when you see a poll of independents that were so critical of the president who say they would vote for any republican over the president. >> i think that's where some of the frustration comes is that are progressives not getting their message out enough? are conservatives being dishonest in some of their messaging, for example going out there and saying that the stimulus doesn't work, that it doesn't create any jobs, and then going out there to ribbon cutting and saying look at all t...

You have a lot more labor force that needs a job than you have jobs that can support them. so these are really designed to have the best possible impact. even david brooks says that if you want to start cutting the deficit this would be, and this is his word, an insane place to begin. >> there's been a great deal of analysis about the democrats' challenge in trying to rally their base for the midterms, but are republicans really intending to go into november on something that can either be thrown against them or they might even campaign this way, we voted against wall street reform, we voted a...

That needs a job than you have jobs that can support them. these are designed to have the best possible impact. even david brooks says if you want to start cutting the deficit this is his word, this would be an insane place to begin. >> there's been a great deal of analysis about the democrats' challenge in trying to rally their base for the mid terms but are republicans really intending to go into november on something that can either be thrown against them or might even campaign this way, we voted against wall street reform, voted against jobless benefits, and by the way more tax cuts for th...

That needs a job than you have jobs that can support them. these are designed to have the best possible impact. even david brooks says if you want to start cutting the deficit this is his word, this would be an insane place to begin. >> there's been a great deal of analysis about the democrats' challenge in trying to rally their base for the mid terms but are republicans really intending to go into november on something that can either be thrown against them or might even campaign this way, we voted against wall street reform, voted against jobless benefits, and by the way more tax cuts for th...