cliff with serious consequences to follow if they don t make the deal. if they don t and the politics won t let the bigger deal come together now, what will change in six months that let it come together then and we could end up rolling for cliff to cliff with no end in sight. i know that makes you guys happy. no. end the suspense for me and steve and crystal and alleviate trey s boredom and tell us how the story will end. i wish i knew the answer. my wife thinks i m an optimist and thinks it s higher is serotonin. think about the politics and so many moving pieces. all this conversation now about the deals that we are talking about and the boundaries are so narrow and nowhere equal to what we need to do. we top the keep america solvent and the advanced government
the scorched earth partisan politics in washington could push america over a fiscal cliff and quite possibly into a recession if congress doesn t act. economists now say that the so-called fiscal cliff has now overtaken europe as the biggest threat to the u.s. economy. in other words, our home-grown storm has a bigger chance of causing a hurricane here than the actual hurricane that s blowing our way from europe. i ve been berating congress on this show to pass legislation now to head off a series of tax increases and spending cuts mandated to take effect on january 1st. because congress couldn t come up with a better deal to raise the nation s debt limit last year. i am not alone in my calls. the federal reserve chairman and the international monetary fund are warning congress to act before it s too late. if you get hit by another recession, you ll join me in pointing my finger directly at the political partisanship that sr. has poisoned your path to economic stability and t
politics in washington could push america over a fiscal cliff and quite possibly into a recession if congress doesn t act. economists now say that the so-called fiscal cliff has now overtaken europe as the biggest threat to the u.s. economy. in other words, our homegrown storm has a bigger chance of causing a hurricane here than the actual hurricane that s blowing our way from europe. now i ve been bee rat berating on this show to head off a series of tax increases and spending cuts mandated to take effect on january 1st. congress couldn t come up with a better deal to raise the nation s debt limit last year. i am not alone in my calls. the federal reserve chairman and the international monetary fund are warning congress to act before it s too late. if you get hit by another recession, you ll join me in pointing my finger directly at the political partisanship that is poisoned your path to economic stability and prosperity. now if i were a politician, i would not want to be p
party movement. and i am one of those. amy kramer is director of grassroots and coalitions for the tea party express. and joins us from atlanta. great to see you. can michelle bachmann as the head of the tea party caucus in congress, can she expect tea party support? well, you know, andrea the campaign is just getting started. i don t even think all the players are on the field yet. you have sarah palin going to iowa with the debut of her movie undefeated. rick perry has mentioned he might get in in august. i don t think all the players are on the field. michelle bachmann has been a strong voice for us on the front lines for a long time. she s been out beating that drum longer than anyone. she definitely has support. but we want to see all the players on the field. we want to see who has the ideas and the sluices that can turn this economy around and make america solvent again. that s what we want to hear. we want to hear it from all the
deal. they ve been crying. we ve been trying to do this for years. if you re so proud of it, then why are you ashamed? they feel like it s obama shutting health care down people s throats. what did you say, nora? those on the left would say that the term means it s obama shoving health care down people s throat or businesses throat whereas before they would rather it be that it s a right for people to have this and that would be the argument. let me just say, mika, if i came up with a plan to cut social security, medicare, pentagon spending, domestic spending, in a way that would make america solvent and they wanted to call it the scarborough plan, i d embrace it. scarborough care. yes! seriously, this says something very bad about what they think