do about these cuts. to stu s point of what it does to the credit worthiness of the united states, that s an ongoing factor that we have seen we have beening the same discussion since december of 2010 when the president and the minority leader mitch mcconnell agreed to kick the can on the bush tax cuts until after the election. we ll continue to see this play out in every facet and discussion we have until we have an election to settle this hash. megyn: our capitol hill producer said max baucus, democrat on the committee said, we are still working. somebody else said we are still work and baucus said that s because we are trying to quote find a solution. do we believe this stuff, chris? on this one here is what i
president obama we all watched and we debated it. he was very hand none the healthcare debate and there is a lot you can do from the oval office using the power of that microphone. he did not do as much on super committee negotiations. some are seeing the contrast in that particular instance as evidence that the president wasn t invested in seeing the super committee do well. it s very simple. healthcare was passed and democrats had both the house and the senate. now they don t have the house. so for him john boehner can t convince the majority of the republicans in his own party to go-in his direction. who the hell believes they will listen to president obama. you have got a right-wing extreme position in the house with these tea party people that won t pass they have become a convenient
he owes $117,000 to his wife for child support. so his idea of talking about bums and all these people, the way they talk, like they re not clean on that point. they re all irresponsible and trying to live off somebody else, which is what they re trying to tar them with. and it seems to me that the occupy wall street movement is very american. america is supposed to be about opportunity for all, galtarianism. and that s what occupy wall street is protesting for. okay, thank you so much. ron, we have to go right now. i ll get you next time. we ve got the president of the united states. fair enough. even you have to step aside for the president. here he comes, the president of the united states on the failure of the super committee. good afternoon. as you all know, last summer i signed a law that will cut nearly $1 trillion of spending over the next ten years. part of that law also required congress to reduce the deficit by an additional $1.2 trillion by the end of this year.
these negotiations to an actual bill. it s his responsibility. megyn: it not just brad who feels that way. west virginia senator joe man joe manchin said we want to see him take leaderships and question be where the leadership was when it comes to this super committee. does joe manchin have a point? this committee isn t the end of it. president obama supported a comprehensive bill that would have this committee do things by deadlines or a 20% cut will take place on domestic and military programs. you know they are not going ahead with those cuts. brad, the republicans have
the majority of the house. the cuts go into effect unless the republicans agree they shouldn t go into effect. and you have control of the senate. tom coburn, a respected conservative senator points out there were $21 billion in tax writeoffs for gambling losses. and yet we can t get anybody republican on that super committee to agree to do away with that $21 billion writeoff. the problem is the democrats never wanted this committee to be successful. so that the president megyn: let s talk about that. i want to ask you about it. the grover-norquist wing of the republican party says no tax increase and no loopholes. megyn: let me jump in please.