On December 14th, a Democratic controlled Senate Appropriations Committee bundled together all 11 appropriations bills... Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, said, and I'm quoting him here. He said, 'I am actively working to…

The Democrats say look, we've been arguing about abortion for 40 years in America, and the Hyde Amendment... already says that no federal funding can go to abortion and the Planned Parenthood money goes to non-abortion women's health.

They're so hell bent on this, apparently this Planned Parenthood thing that they're willing to shut the entire government down over it.

The Republican's priority is to get rid of Medicare and to fund tax breaks for oil companies and other wealthy elites.

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.

Speaker Boehner has a terrible choice. Either he takes the position of the Republican base... or he tries to find a bipartisan solution.

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.

$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.

I wanted a plan, a practical plan. And he seemed to give us that.

He was more specific about the deficit than Congresswoman Bachmann and Congressman Ryan combined.