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Durbin: Biden Would Not Let Up

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    Sen. Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), on the performance of the Vice President during the debate.

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All right we have Dick Durbin do and it's what's the powerful democratic senator from -- one of state of Illinois senator good to have you it's going to be elected.

Had -- good ones I like to.

Like the lives did you like this better than last week at this time.

I think we all took a lesson those -- debate politics from what Joseph Biden did tonight passionate convictions the facts they would let up.

You know he really helped pull ahead some of the things that he stood for had to explain it you really do want to privatize Social Security explained that.

You really do want to change Medicare as we know it explained that leads to noticing your who's not healthy and wealthy.

So when he said the Medicare rates and and when Paul Ryan would say well there's -- added that this is schemes -- to Democrats are using.

Medicare is a piggy bank to fund Obama care what you think of it.

I tell you that the one line that the Joseph Biden missed I wish you would have used.

Must say to Paul Ryan the so explain to me why you put the 716.

Billion dollars savings in your own budget.

If you consider this to be a raid on Medicaid so they both at the same thing well it it -- boil down to is that Ryan did it because it is a reduction.

In the money paid to insurance companies and providers in the future.

And trying to bring down the cost of Medicare and at what eight years of solvency for Medicare.

So if riots or -- -- to eliminate that they've just taken -- -- eight years of solvency of Medicare we're -- last for four years so -- gets.

Answers that they have two different questions well.

-- would appear to be.

At -- least a big stopped her from me.

Vice president -- they'd be there were no warnings from the -- Security officials about security threats did it in Libya particularly in the -- what -- that we just -- To today -- work for the I guess let me ask you is it.

-- debt many key and vice president -- -- -- very.

-- Expert on all things foreign affairs.

It in conflict with.

The administration's own security -- -- well the question is whether those concerns were communicated to his level.

And from what he's saying they weren't publicity thing that that that did.

Did those concerns were not relate to the administration.

Went effect security sites that -- work.

We're now investigating that we -- a briefing two weeks ago both democratic and Republican senators close classified briefing.

The FBI State Department -- -- in the process of trying to investigate but it was a terrible incident you know I think the point that he tried to make and made very effectively was.

Even before it was clear that investors lost his life Christine it's a wonderful person.

That this was becoming a political issue -- press conference by the Romney campaign.

It was extremely poor time he's been critics such forward I think you should he jumped into.

The very -- its rules and the question just even with the administration's impenetrable.

Let's let's get investigation completed and the president and the vice president has said the facts we brought the American people which is -- position.

Don't forget -- it was -- under president Ronald Reagan the person most conservative Republicans really respect.

We lost over 200 Marines in the -- -- barracks bombing.

I mean when it gets right down to -- these horrible terrible tragedies occur.

Don't get what I got an issue that's a dragon blows up and gets even though I think frankly -- and it is a tragedy.

What happened to -- -- American lives and let's be honest let it get to -- Senator what to call me maybe didn't enlightening.

When when Vice President Biden was talking about.

Wanting to raise taxes or at least let.

Those scope for the upper income right several times he mentioned those earning a million dollars or more.

This president -- -- many -- party of argue it's the 250000.

Dollar threshold.

Did the vice president just raise that tomorrow.

He said if he said he referred to both because they've both been debated picked -- vote -- voted on the senate.

But the position of the administration which Biden -- clearly turning to -- and why won't you let at least let us preserve.

The middle class tax cuts for those making under 250000.

Dollars worth mentioning a million -- is is that -- -- strategy it was several illustrations -- Much different illustrations and that's something was telegraphing to change -- appointed minister I don't think so.

I didn't see it that -- because I've heard both sides argued in the Democratic Caucus we quoted portable plants the most recent.

Preserve the tax cuts for those making 250000.

Less political candidacy that's -- rover goes so it's not a million and over 250000.

And he still -- and -- I still do I think that's right thing but the Republican filibuster in the senate.

Stop this from preserving these middle class tax cuts I think that's unfortunate.

-- point that was made by the vice president but.

Senator thank you very very much thank you.

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