the single biggest issue we have right now is the massive, massive debt hanging over the heads of our children and grandchildren. we need to address it, and the american people elected divided government. they expect us to deal with the problems, even though they are hard to deal with when you have different points of view. republican leader mitch mcconnell there trying to put the fiscal cliff in his rear view mirror but some on the right may not let him. mcconnell is now one of several republicans being targeted by tea party groups who say they are ready to take on the establish nntment again in 2014. with me is amy creamer, head of the tea party express. good to see you. president for the americans with prosperity, tim phillips said in part, quote, lawmakers will not be judged solely on how they voted on the fiscal cliff, but it is a big vote to get wrong. obviously he s referring to republicans that supported the legislation. that includes 85 house
republicans, 33 republican senators. should all of them consider themselves on notice from the tea party, amy? well, look, i think that every member in congress, both chambers, should be watching what they are doing, because at the end of the day they work for us, we, the people, and we ve sent these people there to cut the spending, and all they do is spend and spend some more. and that s really the problem is that the cuts never come. they never came with reagan. they never came with bush 41, and now even the sequester that s supposed to be automatic spending cuts, that s been pushed off for another two months. the cuts never come, and it s unacceptable when you have this amount of deficit spending. why don t you think the cuts come? because i think that they don t have the courage to do it. it s not easy, and, i mean, we know that, that it s not going to be easy to cut some of this stuff, but they get up there. i think they go there with good intentions, and then they get ther
this. they think that this seat belongs to them and other seats across the country and it doesn t. this seat, the presidency of the united states represents every person across this country and we have a say in the matter. we re not going to continue to sit back and accept what the republican party and the establishment continues to dish out. we re simply not. so, amy, if mitt romney is the nominee, will members of the tea party express support him, turn out and vote for him? you know, i think whoever wins the nomination, they re going to have to do it with the support of the tea party movement. we cannot defeat barack obama without the support of the movement. we need the passion, the fire in the belly and the boots on the ground. whoever wins the nomination it going to have the support of the tea party express. because we are going to work to defeat barack obama. that s what we re focused on and taking back the u.s. senate. okay. chairman of the tea party express party. amy cre