there is a vibe out there that says, you know, gee, president obama, maybe he s not as firmly in israel s catch as previous presidents have been. i don t thing that is the case, based on anything he has actually said or done if you parse it. but there is that vibe out there, and this will reinforce that vibe. so it could in that sense cost him cost him some support. i don t think this is a, you know, political disaster for him. pat buchanan, let me ask you the same question. if we all know around this table that and most people negotiating this deal know that we end up with pre- 67 borders with land swaps, why is it so jolting to supporters of israel, to israelis themselves when the president utters those words in a major middle east address? you know, maybe it s
good morning. it s 8:00 on the east coast as we take a live look at new york ci city, another rainy day. back with us on set, mike barnicle, harold ford, jr. and pallet bui pat buchanan in washington. you see the images on tv. by now we re almost immune to it. no. you see something like this and it stops you and jars you. mike barnicle, you were looking at the weather channel. i can t believe the scope of damage there. the weather channel last night. i watched it for about an hour. brian williams was on from joplin. the scenes we are looking at right now is incredible. there s a picture on the front of the new york times this morning. it is reminiscent of the shots from hiroshima and nag saukky. you talk to reporters down there, you can t capture on
i ll take reductions and pairings but don t radically change the program. americans are conservative and that conservative instinct says let s keep medicare. pat, you nailed it. they are small krj. coming up, i think politicians on both. this is about math. medicare s growing at 7% a year. it continues. et it brunts us. should we show the ad with the grandma? did i say that? what we ve been saying around this table since ryan s plan came out is thank you for putting medicare on the table. but we ve always been skeptical about changing the fundamental delivery of medicare. coming up next, we have the host of late night, jimmy fallon here with his hilarious new book.
any of them embraced ryan s plan? listen. again, you don t have to embrace ryan s plan. you can say that s a good starting point. yes. but that is not vanilla. what s not vanilla? pat was saying the candidates seem kind of vanilla, kind of boring. that conversation, this would help. here s the bottom line, mika. if you re going to go there, you ve got to go there. and i guess what they re saying about i ve told this story before. 1996 a lot of my friends got beat right after, you know, we won big in 94. and clinton did mediscare. cut medicare for tax cuts for rich and throw out peeled out in the streets. first day we got in, my opponent demagogued it. i spent the rest of the campaign in 08 talking about medicare
you. i find it hilarious, people saying, hey, we can balance the budget without touching entitlements. it s math. over the next 20 years, pat buchanan, this country is crippled if we don t take care of entitlements. and not entitlements for the poor, entitlements for the middle class. pat, paul, you were there in 1992. you saw what ross perot did with his little charts. i tell you. tell the simple truth. mountains can be moved. i do agree. the economic issue, the budget issue, deficit issue, that is number one, two and three, and if you get out there with passion and fire, thing you can do a tremendous job in the primaries. but, joe, look at the republican candidates to harold s point. romney, pawlenty, huntsman, have