what will happen in washington. well, john heilemann, we ve got a guy down in washington, d.c. that i m sure when you mention 1992 will get a big toothy grin on his face. because see, look at that. there he goes. and he knows where i m going, because george h.w. bush in 1988 said, read my lips, no new taxes. just like these freshman that got elected, not only in washington, but across all america, signed pledges. over 1,000 republican candidates signed pledges in what we know 2010 happened to be, the biggest nationwide landslide on state and national level, i think in u.s. history. and they re sitting there going, wait a second, it s not like we didn t promise voters that this was going to be the core of our message if we got elected. so what if they decide to go with boehner. have they not set themselves up
to right now say six months, here is the problem. it s not up to you or me or boehner or the president. if we don t do a deal with some substance to it and a small kick the can down the road, this creature, the credit markets could say forget it, interest rates go up, not just for the government, that increases the debt by a large amount, they go up for homeowners, credit card holders and the economy goes down the drain. let s go to host of the daily rundown chuck todd. hi, chuck. how you doing, sir? is the senate going to put their own bill through first or make the house go first in this case? the only way this works is if there s an agreement both houses pass. to do the posturing, you do the
pat. i would roll over any republican in the primary that tried to say i was for raising taxes. pat buchanan, meet me in northwest florida. i m talking tax fairness, you better i went to a latin mass yesterday for an hour and a half. after it was over the deacon said you are not for raising that debt ceiling, are you? listen friends, they are out there. i think all boehner can do is get the debt ceiling raised with cuts. anything else, forget it. wow. you are too negative. by the way, his church by the way looks like one of those things out of harry potter. bats flying around. cobwebs everywhere. definition of political leadership to take on parts of your base and look at a
hold a news conference this morning to discuss the deficit reduction efforts. deficit negotiations hit reset. visions on spending cuts and tax increases remain. the journal and others report last night, president obama urged leaders to strive for the largest package problem. saturday night, john boehner said he will seek a smaller deal and a larger agreement will not work because of differences on tax revenue. speaking on meet the press yesterday, tim giter said even less $2 trillion deal will require a lot of sacrifice. small deals are very tough, too. it requires very difficult reforms, savings and cuts in things people depend on that matter. it s hard to do a small deal,
because he extended them. give us two more weeks, we ll get you the revenue, you give us medicare, medicaid. we can t afford it and the deal is done. and we ll go out golfing. it s not dead. it s not dead. number one, medicare, medicaid social security cuts will not go through the senate and the tax revenue increases split the republican caucus in the house and boehner will be out. you ought to be more like tiger. i would go to northwest florida right now. right now, i could campaign in northwest florida and make my entire campaign about making sure people that work their tails off and pay 25% in taxes should not pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett or exxon mobile or bp and i could get 85% in a very conservative district,