58 percent of americans disapprove of the way the president is handling the budget decifit. but even more, 64 percent, give republicans in congress, which includes you , low marks. why is that? >> because we haven't finally imple mented what we promised to do, which is cutting spending and restoring fiscal discipline and certainty to funding for medicare, social security, and the federal government as a whole. right now, with standard & poor's saying that the future of u.s. debt is negative, it undermines the entire underpinnings of our world economic system and the future of the u.s. dollar. i think this summer, especially the fight on the most important legislation of the year, the debt limit extension, if we put in comprehensive antispending reforms, we will reassure markets, the economy will recover well, and even our allies overseas will be reassured. gregg: senator mark kirk,