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More expansive government, and you have a republican president coming to office and offers you, hey, no -- medicare, you know, part d, no child left behind, you're going to work a little bit because you're getting a little bit what you want. >> the republicans from their base perspective, they were sent there to do things like stop spending, and stop obama care and things like that. so if their voters are telling them the first thing they want them to do is stop, either on spending side or program side, that's what -- that's what they're doing. amazingly enough, when newt gingrich took over in...

Around would be to use cash. mean green. >> yes. this is something that i did when i was on a really strict budget. every sunday i would go to the atm and take out what i could spend for the week and put it in my wallet. you can literally see how much you have left. you feel pain as you're spending, those last dollars, and when you're done, when your wallet is empty, stop spending. >> that's right. so easy to just swipe, swipe. that's a better idea. >> leave the credit cards at home and that way you don't have the option. >> very good. so then you also suggest that we should lower those monthl...

You. in asking a very fair question to mr. cantor. we know there are a lot of town halls, packets, everybody is ready to go. but are they prepared it hear that kind of frustration from their own people? >> you know, i don't know. because remember, a lot of folks, particularly the ones in the house, they come from districts. particularly the freshman. they come from districts with voters who sent them to washington to stop things. repeal obama care. stop spending. cut the spending. do the sequester. so for a lot of those folks, going home an saying, look i voted 40 times to repeal obama care, t...

Other national issues than it did with the government shutdown. i don't think it's as toxic as republicans fear it's going to. they're going to have to deal with the media who's certainly going to spin it in that direction, but the truth is americans want the government under control, they want debt brought under control. they want the deficit under control, stop spending. jon: very quickly, look at detroit. detroit declared bankruptcy in part because it has so many mandates to fund pensions and so forth that it cannot afford to pay -- >> right. jon: same kind of thing the federal government i...

Concerned. as you see here, just less than 30% believe they're going to evaluate president obama with a clean fresh slate. 64% will evaluate him based on past feelings. and here, a continuation of a trend we saw throughout the first term. very similar to what ronald reagan dealt with during his eight years. personally, the public really likes president obama. 74%. but his policies, again, more people disapprove of the policies. 49%, than approve of them there, at 47%. so what about the next four years? sort of a mixed optimism, if you will. i go back to the idea of pragmatic hope. 43% optimist...