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Not easy to defeat a sitting president. what do you think the biggest failures, and where do you think he has gone wrong, is it his ideology, does he listen to other people, is he lazy as he says, or where has he gone i don't know. >> he's gone wrong for thinking washington is the source of our answers and the source of our strength. he follows a long tradition of people who go go to washington, spend their time there and think they have the answers for america's needs. what america needs is not a president who wants to expand washington but instead a president that wants to dramatically recon...

Confronting another individual will be able to take them to the cleaners. >> you were reminded it was two days ago three years past, it was in february of '09 when he first became president he said if i don't fix this it's going to be a one-term proposition. you said he with are here to collect. >> absolutely. he has been a failure. no question about that. he has failed internationally. i know we will talk about that in a moment. but his failures around the world are really breathtaking. and domestically we've seen record numbers of people fall into poverty. you have 25 million people out of w...

In medicare, medicaid, social security. not changing it for current retirees but for young people coming along we have to make sure the promises we make are promises we can keep. and i will also get rid of programs immediately. eliminate programs. that will save money immediately, and down the road as thoset( programs aren't goi, we get ourselves to a balanced budget. this has to happen. america is on a pathway to becoming greece or italy or spain or france -- >> bankrupt. >> bankrupt. and the consequence for us and for the world is hard to imagine. it's catastrophic. we have to take dramatic...

The excesses in future payments in medicare, medicaid, social security. not changing it for current retirees but for young people coming along we have to make sure the promises we make are promises we can keep. and i will also get rid of programs immediately. eliminate programs. that will save money immediately, and down the road as thoset( programs aren't goi, we get ourselves to a balanced budget. this has to happen. america is on a pathway to becoming greece or italy or spain or france -- >> bankrupt. >> bankrupt. and the consequence for us and for the world is hard to imagine. it's catast...

How do you convince them that you need to cut a trillion dollars in spending to balance the budget in washington, that that's a good thing for people? that it's better that you go out and work and participate in society? it's going to be -- is that a difficult sell to people who say, wait a minute, government is taking care of me right now. >> that's why i call it a battle for the soul of america. we have to decide who we are as americans. are we going to become a nation with declining incomes, with increasing weakness around the world or will we remain the land of opportunity, will we be the ...