Was in denver in which he said that america is better off today than it was five years ago. Were asking our viewers this morning if you agree with that assessment. Is your part of the country better off today than it was five years ago . Republicans can call it 2025853881. Democrats, 2025853880. Independence, 2025 the 853882. If youre outside the u. S. , 2025853883. You can catch up with us on your favorite social sites, twitter, facebook, or email us. A very good thursday morning to you. Want to start off with the president s comments on the economy yesterday in denver. It wasnt the first time that the president made this assessment, but he reaped yesterday that his assertion that the economy is better off today than it was five years ago. Heres the prefro president from yesterday. Theres a Cottage Industry in washington that counts on you just being cynical about stuff so you dont vote, you dont get involved. You get discouraged. You set a plague on both your houses, but you cant get
As mitt romney literally runs away from questions about mourdocks rrape remarks. Tonight, senator Barbara Boxer on the romney failure to lead. The daily beasts Michael Tumas kirks on the president s no m momentum and todays big endorsement. Plus another plutocrat is shaking down employees to vote for romney. And congressman Elijah Cummings on the right wing effort to true the vote by intimidating minority voters. Food good to have you with us tonight, folks. The latest comments about rape have the Republican Party scrambling and mitt romney going silent. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock out of indiana caused unwanted intention when he said pregnancies results from rape are a gift from god. The story is out there in the popular culture. Comedian tina fey took on mourdocks comments last night. I wish we could have an honest and respectful dialogue about these complicated issues, but it seems like we cant right now. And if i have to listen to one more grayfaced man with a 2 haircut expla
As mitt romney literally runs away from questions about mourdocks rape remarks. Tonight, senator Barbara Boxer on the romney failure to lead. The daily beasts Michael Tomasky on the president s momentum and todays big endorsement. Plus another plutocrat is shaking down employees to vote for romney. And congressman Elijah Cummings on the right wing effort to true the vote by intimidating minority voters. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. The latest comments about rape have the Republican Party scrambling and mitt romney going silent. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock out of indiana caused unwanted intention when he said pregnancies results from rape are a gift from god. The story is out there in the popular culture. Comedian tina fey took on mourdocks comments last night. I wish we could have an honest and respectful dialogue about these complicated issues, but it seems like we cant right now. And if i have to listen to one more grayfaced man with a 2 haircut explain to me what r
On the romney failure to lead. The daily beasts Michael Tomasky on the president s momentum and todays big endorsement. Plus another plutocrat is shaking down employees to vote for romney. And congressman Elijah Cummings on the right wing effort to true the vote by intimidating minority voters. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. The latest comments about rape have the Republican Party scrambling and mitt romney going silent. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock out of indiana caused unwanted intention when he said pregnancies results from rape are a gift from god. The story is out there in the popular culture. Comedian tina fey took on mourdocks comments last night. I wish we could have an honest and respectful dialogue about these complicated issues, but it seems like we cant right now. And if i have to listen to one more grayfaced man with a 2 haircut explain to me what rape is, im going to lose my mind. The comments were also a topic of conversation on the tonight show with jay l
Mr. Bittle, what should folks know . Why is this so significant to them, whats the most important thing folks should know about the budget . Guest well, i think there are a couple of things, but one of the most important is that nearly everyone who looks at the budget whether a liberal or conservative, in or out of government, tends to use the same word to describe it, which is unsustainable. Weve run consistent deficits, 31 out of the last 35 years. Were 9 trillion in debt. And we have huge expenses coming up as the baby boomers retire. Theyll need Social Security and medicare. And health care costs, in particular, are going to drive medicare so its a very serious problem. If nothings done, the gao projects that by 2040, there will be no money left in the budget for anything other than medicare, Social Security, and interest on the money weve already borrowed. Host phone numbers on the bottom of the screen for our guests in new york. We are talking about the federal budget and debt. W