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On friday. the sequester may be here to stay perhaps in the short term. the senate top republican mitch mcconnell says sequestration won't do the kinds of extreme harm people claimed. he defends the dire need to cut spending. >> i think the american people need to know that we have a spending addiction in washington. we are exploding our spending. we have added $6 trillion to the national debt in just four years. >> meanwhile president obama's top economic advisor blaming republicans for refusing to compromise saying there should be no reason why any one in the gop would ever let cuts like the...

Our way out of this deficit problem. we are going to need more revenues. in order to do that that start with higher rates for the folk at the top. the reasonien, the reason i say that is not to punish success or go after folk just because they are wealthy. it's a simple proposition that you can't raise enough revenue and if you don't raise enough revenue through closing loopholes abductions, it's going to be middle class families that make up the difference. bill: john boehner will speak later this hour. we'll see how he responds to that comment. if washington can't get a deep, automatic tax i...

But under this current election, we haven't had redistricting take effect. that will be the case though this fall, that a new district will be drawn, and it is supposed to be a more democratic district once those lines are redrawn and that takes effect this fall. jon: so whoever wins the seat today, if, say ron barber wins it today he has a better shot probably next time around, first of all because of the power of incumbency and also redistricting giving him more democratic residents in that district? >> that's absolutely right. he does. jon: we'll con to watch arizona where gabrielle gifford...

>> are there more people working today or fewer people working today than on inauguration day of 2009? >> i believe the answer to that is there are fewer people, congressman. >> in 2013, cbo estimates unemployment even higher at 9.2%. republicans worry about deficits, but one democrat railed against those who focused on cutting spending. >> people here that want to destroy the government that, it has no responsibility and it can't live up to the obligations. >> one of the factors that will expand future deficits is the entitlements such as medicare, which will explode as the baby boomers retir...

At election time. >> are there more people working today or fewer people working today than on inauguration day of 2009? >> i believe the answer to that is there are fewer people, congressman. >> in 2013, cbo estimates unemployment even higher at 9.2%. republicans worry about deficits, but one democrat railed against those who focused on cutting spending. >> people here that want to destroy the government that, it has no responsibility and it can't live up to the obligations. >> one of the factors that will expand future deficits is the entitlements such as medicare, which will explode as the ...