to get their ideological way. i think for eric cantor to come out and say aha, we have another way of playing this same game, is not going to help with independent voters or people in those states who may need assistance. let me say, michael steele is exactly right. this is not the first thing that should come out of his mouth when people are still picking up the pieces. let me be fair to congressman cantor by sharing what his spokesman said. he went on the defense when asked about requesting aid back in 04. quote the national debt was at the time under $8 trillion and 8.67 try wrong which nancy pelosi became speaker. today the debt assistants at 14.625, mean that while democrats controlled the purse string, the national debt literally exploded. we have living in different times. so michael steele, his point is, you can ask for offsets because we find our selves in dire straits. this is where the rank-and-file republicans have a little rub.
right now. i don t think the president is either. after the debt ceiling, and numbers went down for each side and republicans looked like they were willing to blow things up to get their ideological way. i think for eric cantor to come out and say aha, we have another way of playing this same game, is not going to help with independent voters or people in those states who may need assistance. let me say, michael steele is exactly right. this is not the first thing that should come out of his mouth when people are still picking up the pieces. let me be fair to congressman cantor by sharing what his spokesman said. he went on the defense when asked about requesting aid back in 04. quote the national debt was at the time under $8 trillion and 8.67 try wrong which nancy pelosi became speaker. today the debt assistants at 14.625, mean that while democrats controlled the purse string, the national debt literally exploded. we have living in different times.
after the debt ceiling, the number went down for each side, and the republicans looked like they were willing to blow things up. i think for eric cantor to come out and say aha, we have another way of playing this same game, is not going to help with independent voters or people in those states who may need assistance. let me say, michael steele is exactly right. this is not the first thing that should come out of his mouth when people are stick picking up the pieces. let me be fair to congressman kantor by sharing what his spokesman said. he went on the defense when asked about requesting aid back in 04. quote the national debt was at the time under $8 trillion and 8.67 try wrong which nancy pelosi became speaker. today the debt assistants at 14.625, mean that while democrats controlled the purse string, the national debt literally exploded. we have living in different times.
more time around them. but, you know, mom is often doing other things and you know, mom may be checking e-mail while the kids are watching tv or the kids are playing by themselves or the kids are in school or napping. and the kids have their own lives, too. so when you look at how people actually spend their time, the numbers are not that different. for example, sleep, who sleeps more? men or women? we all think that men must be sleeping more because women have so many things on their plates these days. but the reality is if you look at two career couples, moms and dads both in the work force, young kids, dads actually sleep less than their wives. the startling stat to me was in general, americans sleep 8.67 hours per day. not me! that s probably not you. but yeah, that s a number people don t know. we all think that americans are increasingly sleep deprived. i mean, how often have you heard that? it s not true. we actually sleep quite a bit. all right. so in case people are