handle this matter about the debt ceiling. what do you think? one of the things congress has got to do is stop spending before they raise the debt ceiling. the republicans have a great opportunity to force the president and administration s hand on this, and most importantly, they have his own words from 2006, where he said we ve got to just not raise the debt ceiling. that s back when president bush was president. and he was adamant that it was irresponsible and it was a lack of leadership. so play that over and over and remind him that without conduct spending, i m not talking just a few billion dollars, but some significant cuts in the way we budget and spend federal money, the republicans should say no, we re not going to raise the debt ceiling. jenna: the white house says don t play chicken with this. of course they re saying that. jenna: where would you suggest the republicans say this is the cut, these are the significant cuts we want to make now? there are several things