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i know my friend, connie mack has pushed the penny plan. don't see the president supporting that one, which would balance the budget in 8 years. but the president says your plan is for dirtier air, dirtier water and you are passing frivolous legislation. your reaction? >> don't forget regulatory reform, tax reform, drilling for oil, gas in our own country, we are stacking up bills in the senate that are going nowhere. this is a 918th day, today that the senate has want passed a budget. it's been 918 days since the senate bothered to try to pass a budget. if you want to get things done and have economic policy, fiscal policy, have you to pass a budget. they haven't done anything for 918 days. we are passing our bills, we are passing our reforms. the president is pushing for another round of stimulus, same policies only half as large, those proved not to work, unemployment went up to 10% after stimulus plan passed, not the 8% they promised. and the president's campaigning and impugning the motives of your political adversaries, if you think t

the next best plan is connie mack's plan that would completely cut the deficit in seven years if we freezepending and drop it 1% a year. neither of those is acceptable to the democrats. meanwhile, our debt is just going up and up and up. it will pass gdp next week. so, we absolutely have to get to the a place where we can go truly big. we need to cowboy up and get to the point where we have a plan that is so big and comprehensive and inclusive that no one can resist voting against it. jenna: cowboy up, that gets people riled up, hearing that. if we go big, let's go big and get something done here with the deficit. for those of our viewers who don't know you that well, just for a little background. you're from wyoming of course. you were state treasurer there. you know something about budgets as well. you were elected in 2008. you are tea party backed. when you say things like open up for compromise raids revenue looking attacks through loopholes or raising taxes what kind of reaction do you get and how do you react from the reaction to your constituents? >> you know, we absolutely need to

i know connie mack just threw his hat into the ring. >> it's an interesting race that continues to develop, and i'm not going to get involved in the primary. ultimately, my hope is to help the republican nominee because i want us to get a majority in the united states senate. i think we can do a lot more if we were in the majority. but i don't intend to get involved in the primary. we're blessed to have people like that to offer themselves up for public service, and we'll see how it plays out. >> you're unique in this room, you're both an autobiographer and a biographee. >> good luck to the people writing a book and to me as well. i think as far as writing a book, it's not something -- people are interest inside by background and how it helped me arrive at certain political conclusions. i have something i want to say as well about some of the issues facing our country and kind of -- one of the questions i get all the time is what is it like, you know, what have you, what

you've got connie mack running in florida. we will see how that plays with bill nelson.re difficult elections up and down the ballot. we need to hold three -- we need to keep losses to three or fewer. and told the senate and that will be tough. host: mississippi, republican line. oxford, mississippi, republican line. caller: can i explain was going to happen in this election? first of all, mr. romney will be the next president of the united states, and the reason he will be is because of the electoral college. 173 electoral votes in 22 states went to mccain, but in this election, those same 22 states will represent 179. all 22 states will go to the republican candidate. of course, the 179 electoral votes -- not one of those 22 states will go to mr. obama. there were eight states that are battleground states that it is impossible for mr. obama to win. florida. all republicans. the house, the senate, the governor. north carolina has a democratic governor, a woman who will lose the next election by a very large margin. 15 electoral votes. virginia just switched their senate

can you tell me if you're intending to weigh in on the senate race in florida 6789 i know that connie mack through his hat into the ring. what do you think about the race? >> it's an interesting race that continues to develop. i'm not getting involved in the primary. i hope to help the republican nominee to get a majority in the united states senate. i think we can do more if we were in the majority. i don't intend to get involved. there's a lot of good candidates runs and blessed to have those people offer themselves for service. we'll see. >> you're unique in the room, one of the few people -- you're an autobiographer and biography. what's going on with your book? >> i don't know, first people have to want to read it. there's people interested in my background and what it means and how it helps me to arrive to conclusions, but i have something to say not just with the 2010 elections, but the issues facing our country, and kind of, you know, one of the questions i get is what have you -- what have you -- what surpriseds you or concerns you? my answer is you have to read the book. that's w