The Republicans are passing a long-term budget, which they have already passed through the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives, which according to 'The Wall Street Journal' -- will essentially end Medicare.
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Speaker Boehner has a terrible choice. Either he takes the position of the Republican base... or he tries to find a bipartisan solution.
The Republican's priority is to get rid of Medicare and to fund tax breaks for oil companies and other wealthy elites.
I think David Gergen is right in the earlier segment, this is just the warm-up bout. The Republicans are passing a long-term budget... which will essentially end Medicare.
They're so hell bent on this, apparently this Planned Parenthood thing that they're willing to shut the entire government down over it.
He was more specific about the deficit than Congresswoman Bachmann and Congressman Ryan combined.
$81.5 billion of that deal went straight to the wealthiest two percent Americans, straight to people who make over $250,000 right to fat cats like Fleischer sitting there by you. It makes Democrats really angry -- make Democrats really…
I think they're going to like it, I do. There was this or that that was certainly calibrated to tack for the center or so forth. But you know, mostly progressives love this President. They want him to succeed.
So, it hammers the middle class, creams the poor, and helps the rich. That's the Ryan plan.
Let me tell you, I know -- I will have to actually be covering it, I suppose, and analyzing it for CNN, so I can't do it, but I want a drinking game where, every time he says the word jobs, I get to have a beer.





