deficit, but congress should have to reauthorize and up the debt ceiling. did he take seriously enough what republicans were saying, which is, no, there s got to be a direct link here, and therefore, making it too late and pushing us to the brink? first of all, the president created the fiscal commission last year but he didn t accept their recommendations. but no republicans would vote for any piece of it on the commission, okay? so, he set that process in place. after that failed, he then began a process in the spring with the republican leadership. he put forward a brought the leaders in. vice president biden put a process together, congressman cantor, senator kyl, representatives, all the leaders. they went for two months. they dealt with serious discussions on cuts, real cuts. when they got to the revenue section, the republican leadership said, nope, we re out of here, sorry, that s the end of that. we ll deal with cuts or we won t even stay around for the discussion
has become a terrible word, i believe, in this caucus. is there need for accountability on the part of the president? you say the president s been way out in front on this. he s certainly taken a lot of criticism for not being way out in front. even in april, secretary geithner said we can have a parallel conversation about the debt ceiling excuse me, a parallel conversation about reducing the debt and the deficit, but congress should have to reauthorize and up the debt ceiling. did he take seriously enough what republicans were saying, which is, no, there s got to be a direct link here, and therefore, making it too late and pushing us to the brink? first of all, the president created the fiscal commission last year but he didn t accept their recommendations. but no republicans would vote for any piece of it on the commission, okay? so, he set that process in place. after that failed, he then began a process in the spring with the republican leadership. he put forward a b
function, and compromise, which is the way things move forward, has become a terrible word, i believe, in this caucus. is there need for accountability on the part of the president? you say the president s been way out in front on this. he s certainly taken a lot of criticism for not being way out in front. even in april, secretary geithner said we can have a parallel conversation about the debt ceiling excuse me, a parallel conversation about reducing the debt and the deficit, but congress should have to reauthorize and up the debt ceiling. did he take seriously enough what republicans were saying, which is, no, there s got to be a direct link here, and therefore, making it too late and pushing us to the brink? first of all, the president created the fiscal commission last year but he didn t accept their recommendations. but no republicans would vote for any piece of it on the commission, okay? so, he set that process in place. after that failed, he then began a process in
making phone calls to conservative activists in iowa and new hampshire and if he gets in, he has a ability to capture the tea party message and say that somebody like mitt romney governs like a liberal and i govern like a conservative. what is taking him so long? well, opening up the field, and people like mitt daniels and haley barbour did not run and newt gingrich s campaign implosion allowed a lot of of rick pey s former staffers who were working with gingrich to join up with perry. and sarah palin says that coming soon at the end of the summer, she will make a decision. well, the odds on favorite is that she is probably not going to run. to be able to run for president, you have to be able to raise that campaign dough, andhe actie endorsements, and she has not done that. she dips her toes into the presidential waters, but quickly removes them. and rudy giuliani?
people, and that is reaction to the iowa group having candidates sign that marriage vow. and we had a segment on the forbes magazine top boom cities in the struggling economy and someone said to me, before you are pumped up about the home state of texas, take a closer look. rick perry is a fraud and he can t win home. so rick perry has not officially announced he is running for president, but as we pointed out, many believe he could perhaps use some of the successes that he is claiming exists in the state of texas if he does plan to run. join the newsnation on dot-com as well as twitter and facebook. and secretary of treasury tim geithner says now is the time to get a deal done. and now firefighters in washington, d.c. has an extra duty, fighting crime. it has ems crews in high crime neighborhoods, because several members of the summer youth