to repeal and replace the plan that is falling apart. mitch mcconnell did not want his gop colleagues to go over this recess. concerned that spending time with their brothers at home would only we can support not strength and support to repeal and replace. how much trouble to republicans and now? i think the bill is in trouble and will need to be revised. if it can be revised to the point where he can gather majority in the senate is a question. what is troubling about this is that at the heart of these repeal and replace efforts is the form of medicaid. not to cut spending but reduce the spiraling rate of growth. if the republican cannot do this on this matter, signals that retirement reform which rebuts to terry reasons and for the national economy needs to happen, cannot happen. that, in my mind is alarming, disturbing, very worrisome.
chris christie, you have to understand, you can t count him out. he is tenacious fighter. he believes in what he says. what did we talk about before this segment greece failing on the collapsing entitlement system. who is the only republican candidate talking meaningfully about retirement reform. he will bring a meaningfully aspect to this public policy debates. do voters in new jersey likes him? ted cruz calling out the liberal and mainstream media accusing them being obsessed with sex. hmmm. in an interview with fox news s howard kurtz over the weekend, senator cruz claimed some reporters used stories like the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage, to try and quote, trap gop candidates. it was apparently the only issue this reporter wanted to talk about. i was happy to answer it and answer it again and again. kept on asking it, what is it about the left that i include
the program in a decade and what have the americans gone the for it. these are the two players who will be big today on these issues. palm ryan made the case, if you look at the percentage of people in poverty, since the war on poverty started it s not gone down that much. that will be the battle line. remember the president is saying the economy is on the upswing and at the same time saying so many people are in poverty and republicans saying this is the president s second term, not second term. bill: but the president is asking for new spending. where do you get that money? the whole issue as you know, bill, the grand bargain, retirement reform, big tax deal, that s not happening. so this is money that is not going to be allocated.
part-b, the drug bill, the federal government gives you $108 billion a month subsidy. that is ridiculous. i should pay the $108 a month f you do that under the population as a whole, that save as lot money that is way to get wealthy people to contribute. i would plat flatten the tax code, eliminate deductions and buy down the tax rate and pay off debt if he does retirement reform. this is a question to our people on the left, if you don t embrace reform on social security and medicare, they will die on the vine and everybody is going to lose. martha: let s look at the immigration plan. what we re hearing that the eight people who are getting together to try to make this immigration reform happen want to come up with something that is so ironclad that all eight of you would agree that no changes could be made to it. right. martha: now that s sounds like you will not let the rest of the folks on capitol hill have any part in this? that would be news to me. i don t know how you could
they embraced my views on job creation, economic development. should you not campaign on it as much or do you disagree with john mccain? he said my position is my position, but he seemed to be hinting that shouldn t be one of the everybody knows that both courts and legislatures are going to determine what the policies are with regard to life and family and marriage and all these social issues that define who we are with the people. obviously we re focusing in virginia is on the things that re really matter, the kitchen table issues. debt retucks, retirement reform, these are the things people are going to vote on but the republican party will remain a pro-life party. you say those issues in virginia, i thought it was interesting that you put out a statement on gaza. i did. last week. yes. and the first thing i thought was, this is a man who might be thinking about something else besides running wishing he could run for governor in the state of virginia. i would lov