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People in this country. 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 oppo...

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...

incredible pictures oust philippines. entire villages may have been wipe out by flash floods caused by a tropical storm. just look at the force of that storm. more than 400 people are confirmed dead now. hundreds more are missing. an estimated 100,000 people have been displaced. you can see them walking in the water in. according to witnesses, residents were in their beds when the deluge struck and water rose so quickly, people had to scrumble on to their roofs to keep from being swept away. cnn spoke with the philippines red cross about the disaster. here it is. >> this is one quick...

>> that's usually older voters and folks concerned or scared about something. you know, obama's voters won their election. they got the president they wanted. now the voters are out there most concerned thinking washington's spending too much, taxing too much, not listening to those. those are not democrats. those are independents and republican whose look pretty much alike. the president who inspired those younger voters, wolf, those latinos, women, that was inspirational of obama. yes, we can. remember the campaign? since then he's been a very divisive president. you know, goldman-sachs, ins...

Enclave that the president was making some big sacrifice for the country? i'm thinking washington, crossing the delaware on a bitter christmas night 1776 before going on to defeat the british in two major battles, that's sacrifice. i, for one, never understood how in good conscious any of these politicians would think about leaving town with so much riding on this cliff hanger? shouldn't they get their work done before they leave town for a break? that's what's expected for most working americans but then again washington politicians have rules of their own. people whose salaries that we pay a...