republicans aren t going to get rid of the bush tax increases. okay, you got them. let s go do don t ask, don t tell. obama won by saying look, they ain t going to get that. deal with reality and get what we can get. if you appreciated that moment why didn t he come to this debate with that tone? he s trying to do something big in economic terms that was the right course for him politically, it s the right course. get it out so it s not an issue in the election. it s going to be front, center and all of the sidelines. the republicans are not gouk to give him a debt extension that goes into 2013. there s a problem here. i don t think it has to do with ideology because the one thing
republicans aren t going to get rid of the bush tax increases. okay, you got them. let s go do don t ask, don t tell. obama won by saying look, they ain t going to get that. deal with reality and get what we can get. if you appreciated that moment why didn t he come to this debate with that tone? he s trying to do something big in economic terms that was the right course for him politically, it s the right course. get it out so it s not an issue in the election. it s going to be front, center and all of the sidelines. the republicans are not gouk to give him a debt extension that goes into 2013. there s a problem here. i don t think it has to do with ideology because the one thing
to grover norquist. have you heard about this? i have. i was curious, though, what howard dean thought about this deal. democrats are upset, governor, that the president may be making a deal with john boehner that doesn t have the type of tax increases that they want. does it sail by the president or should he take the deal? we don t know what the deal is, joe. it s hard to opine about something that nobody knows what s in it. harry reid has a pretty good idea and so do democratic leaders in the house that there aren t increases in taxes along the lines that they wanted. the bush tax increases don t come into effect. well, again, joe, i mean, what does go into effect? look, the principle here is you got to have increase in revenues and also budget cuts. and that spreads the pain from people who make a million dollars all the way to people who are barely getting by which is what that s the core
perhaps some of the worst legislation in the history of this country. the senate is scheduled to stay in session this weekend to work on a deficit bill. the house, however, will not be in session. yesterday harry reid slammed house republicans for their decision to take the weekend off. we ll move on now, though, to grover norquist. have you heard about this? i have. i was curious, though, what howard dean thought about this deal. democrats are upset, governor, that the president may be making a deal with john boehner that doesn t have the type of tax increases that they want. does it sail by the president or should he take the deal? we don t know what the deal is, joe. it s hard to opine about something that nobody knows what s in it. harry reid has a pretty good idea and so do democratic leaders in the house that there aren t increases in taxes along the lines that they wanted. the bush tax increases don t come into effect.
house republicans for their position to take the weekend off. we ll move on to grover norquist. have you heard about this? i was curious what howard dean thought about this deal. democrats are upset the president may be making a deal with john boehner that doesn t have the type of tax increases they want. is it a sell-out by the president? should he take the deal? we don t know what s in the deal. it s hard to talk about a deal where nobody knows what is in it. harry reid has a good idea and leaders in the house, there aren t increases in taxes along the lines they wanted. the bush tax increases don t come into effect. well, again, joe, i mean, what does go into effect? the principle here is you have to have increase in revenues and also budget cuts. that spreads the pain from people who make $1 million to