gamesmanship, but the fact is the republicans have also backed the president into a corner, even if they re doing it in a way that s not popular. i want you to analyze these two possibilities, one the president could give away more of the store, more spending cuts, maybe enough to get us thus this increase. which would make the redhots happy. no tax increase at all. the other possibility is to marry what boehner wants right now with what mcconned was talking about next year, where next year it can be are can be raised by the president, only the house would have to come back with a two thirds veto, so it seems there is a possibility for compromise, but the easiest thing is for the president to throw the whole bomb game, say, you win this year, not next year. i don t think he can do i don t think he can do that, chris. when you get to a number that
gamesmanship, but the fact is the republicans have also backed the president into a corner, even if they re doing it in a way that s not popular. i want you to analyze these two possibilities, one the president could give away more of the store, more spending cuts, maybe enough to get us thus this increase. which would make the redhots happy. no tax increase at all. the other possibility is to marry what boehner wants right now with what mcconned was talking about next year, where next year it can be are can be raised by the president, only the house would have to come back with a two thirds veto, so it seems there is a possibility for compromise, but the easiest thing is for the president to throw the whole bomb game, say, you win this year, not next year. i don t think he can do i don t think he can do that, chris. when you get to a number that
talking about next year, where next year it can be are can be raised by the president, only the house would have to come back with a two thirds veto, so it seems there is a possibility for compromise, but the easiest thing is for the president to throw the whole bomb game, say, you win this year, not next year. i don t think he can do thatç chris. when you get to a number that big, to an increase in the debt ceiling that that s large, you re inevitably going to have to cut pretty deeply into medicaid, medicare, and entitlement programs in a way that the president has born not to do. he s already got enough problems with his own base. that s the reason why he won t go farther. that s the reason he was trying to add revenue in the big grand discussions with boehner, et cetera, et cetera. i don t think that s an option to go in one tranche. what about my second idea,