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The president used to say we need a balanced plan that includes taxes and spending. And now they're saying we can't talk about spending until we have taxes.

The Tea Party does make it more difficult for the speaker. On the other hand, the Tea Party are the ones who woke the Republican Party up to the fact that we're a nation going broke and we really do have to take it on.

At the end of the day it's the job of the president to split from the liberal base of his party and it's the job of the Republicans to split, in some way, from the most vociferous base of the conservative party -- conservative movement if…

Well, look, John Boehner also today put the idea of taxes on the table. And he has caught the flack for that.

The Tea Party is really the ones who have woken us up to it and made us think this is the nation's number one problem and it must be tackled.

At the end of the day, it's the job of both the president to split from the liberal base of his party and it's the job of the Republicans to split in some ways from the most vociferous base of the conservative party.

I think we have to get things done in Washington.

I like the economic conservatism of the Tea Party. They are the ones reminding America that we are going broke.

The future of the party is through economic growth and economic ideas. Our number one problem remains, debt, and that still is something that Republicans have got to lead the way in solving.

The cultural divides are turning the Republican Party, and this is the red state/blue state issue, into essentially an older party, that is a more churchgoing party of married families and children.

If you want people to vote for you, you have to be more comfortable talking to people.

This is what it comes down to. And this is why it is so real that there's a path to 270 for Mitt Romney. It's because of that decline in enthusiasm compared to four years ago.

Yes, and the best way to know who's going to win is the enthusiasm. There's no question that's what we have to measure on Tuesday night. It's down for the president. The question is how much.

Romney can't get to 270. And he can't get there without Ohio.

The president deserves a mulligan on this one. It's the last day...

Seniors is a very shifting group.

The Democrats have gained in the last several years among minorities and their turnout is up.

I think that's the best way to figure these things out. In the last three polls in Ohio, all three of which came out yesterday, the president was at 49, 48 and 47.

If that holds up, he'll take Ohio.

The movement is definitely toward Mitt Romney. I think the previous Colorado poll, Mitt Romney was down by five and in this poll, it's got him dead even.

On the apology tour, if you are trying to make a literal definition about the word apology, I don't think that makes this ad invalid. What Mitt Romney's point is, is that the president goes abroad and speaks derisively about America.

In the last three polls in Ohio, all three of which came out yesterday, the president was at 49, 48 and 47. Any time an incumbent is below 50, it's a sign of trouble.

In Ohio, independents are going for Mitt Romney. In 15 of the last polls, Mitt Romney has a virtual double-digit lead in the state of Ohio among independents. That's a huge issue in that state.

This is an administration that has a serious Israel problem. There is an Israel gap. And Barack Obama has brought it on.