argument. even if there is one, him going to it sends that same signal to the markets and to the rest of the world that something really weird is going on in america, that this particular issue of american debt has a cloud over it, has a question mark around it, and that could have a very, very bad effect on markets and interest rates, and that, in turn, comes home to hit americans in their pocketbooks. every time i have heard you talk about this issue, and whatever i have talked to you about other issues, you have always seemed to me like a very pragmatic and grounded kind of senator. that s part of the reason i wanted to talk to you about this. because of that and because you re on the budget committee, i have to ask you what it is like to try to negotiate and talk to your colleagues across the aisle about this when so many, seems like increasing numbers of republicans, even in the senate, even senators who you think would be the experience to know better, are just saying this woul
that the president has, even if there is one, just set that question aside for the sake of argument. even if there is one, him going to it sends that same signal to the markets and to the rest of the world that something really weird is going on in america, that this particular issue of american debt has a cloud over it, has a question mark around it, and that could have a very, very bad effect on markets and interest rates, and that, in turn, comes home to hit americans in their pocketbooks. every time i have heard you talk about this issue, and whenever i talked to you about other issues, you have always seemed to me like a very pragmatic and grounded kind of senator. that s part of the reason i wanted to talk to you about this. because of that and because you re on the budget committee, i have to ask you what it is like to try to negotiate and talk to your colleagues across the aisle about this when so many, seems like increasing numbers of republicans, even in the senate, even se
that the president has, even if there is one, just set that question aside for the sake of argument. even if there is one, him going to it sends that same signal to the markets and to the rest of the world that something really weird is going on in america, that this particular issue of american debt has a cloud over it, has a question mark around it, and that could have a very, very bad effect on markets and interest rates, and that, in turn, comes home to hit americans in their pocketbooks. every time i have heard you talk about this issue, and whatever i have talked to you about other issues, you have always seemed to me like a very pragmatic and grounded kind of senator. that s part of the reason i wanted to talk to you about this. because of that and because you re on the budget committee, i have to ask you what it is like to try to negotiate and talk to your colleagues across the aisle about this when so many, seems like increasing numbers of republicans, even in the senate, ev
deficits made us add $12 billion extra dollars to the debt for no purpose. for nothing in return. you would have been better offsetting that cash on fire. at least then it could keep you warm. in this case, it was for nothing. so, today we are three days away from the debt ceiling. we are due to hit it on thursday. and aside from fukushima, there s no ongoing nuclear meltdown to distract us from this one. the white house today announced that it was asking the top democrat and the top republican from both the house and the senate to come personally to the white house to talk to president obama and vice president biden face to face, just the six of them to try to work this thing out once and for all. that was due to happen at 3:00 eastern today, but at the very last minute, that meeting was scrapped. senate democrats and republicans said that their own discussions were going well enough that they thought it would be worth putting off the white house meeting to see if they could get a lit
invasion, they ve been doing this a long time and for the first time mr. obama, in the form of mr. donlan named them as the main perpetrator of cyber warfare against the united states. we re going to have to review and have a dramatic reappraisal of our entire policy engaging with the china. sean: pat. and the trade they carry an awful lot of american debt. they carry a trillion dollars worth of american debt and we re giving them 300 billion in trade every year and ask our questions, is it a wise policy basically to let them cart off part of the american market for all the stuff that that s what we ve done a slap on the wrist and call them out, we yiidentify them and don t do anything with the russians. i think the world has decided with all of these actions between russia, china, north korea, tell me that i m wrong. i think they ve decided they see a weak president that