and he s proud of it. dad s in the tea party. dam right. he s been like this 35 years. that s why i approve this message. i still love you, dad. me too, son. now joining us from newton, massachusetts is carl sciortino. he is one of the democratic candidates of the state s fifth district. thank you for joining us. to start out. there are four other opponents in this race in this democratic primary race, you d say this is a district overwhelmingly democratic. the winner will almost get a seat in congress. let s be honest, you came to this race as the underdog. your opponent had more money, they had a gee graphic base, we seen what the ad has captured. a week into it. you can quantify for us what this ad has meant a to your campaign, what it s meant a for contribution, youb youtube hits, what it s meant a for your ability to pay for more ads, can you put some numbers on what this has done for your campaign?
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0 scarier still is the word from the republican voters themselves. 2/3 of whom a, want the debt bill defeated, and b know it will cause great harm to the economy. they know what the right is pushing will hurt the country and are still dead set on doing it. have we reached a point where one of the country s two major political parties are so mad that they want to bring down the house just to see president obama in the debris. democrats on the hill are out in full force, of course, warning the public about the calamities of a government shutdown or a government default. yesterday senate majority leader harry reid called them a bunch of anarchistings. and today nancy pelosi had this to say about the perils of a default. shutting down the government is one bad thing. you shut it down, you open it up again. not lifting the debt limit is unleashing a torrent, a river of no return. it is beyond cataclysmic. here s the scary thing. republicans out there in the country who are polled do
0 president. it s not the death of obama care. listen to the wording here. you know, most presidents refer to their bipartisan efforts to reduce the deficit as achievements. the president sees this quote, unquote as extortion. so while the president is happy to negotiate with vladimir putin, he won t engage with the congress on a plan that deals with the deficit that threatens our economy. let me be clear. a debt limit increase without any reforms to lower our deficit just isn t going to cut it. john feehery, you heard it there. without any reforms. it s not you got to kill obama care to get the debt ceiling through or the continuing resolution, the cr as you re calling it. but something. well, john boehner s absolutely right. that s a significant statement there. he s saying this isn t all about killing obama care. i don t disagree with that. i think it s significant. but i think it s consistent. boehner we got a deal last year that decreased spending. you have to kind of
party dad. he wants to go to congress, pick on the nra and the tea party. i won t give up on an assault weapons ban. or banning high capacity magazines. there s some things you don t stop fighting for. also the right to choose, equal pay for women, and equal rights for, well, everybody. he s been like this for 35 years. that s why i approve this message. and i still love you, dad. me, too, son. carl sciortino there, tomorrow, i ll be talking to the candidate, carl sciortino jr., and we re trying to get dad to come along as well. just in to us at cnn, we re learning capitol officers responding to the shootings monday at the washington navy yard were told to return to their positions. next, more on why they were told to go back.