sean: all eyes on washington tonight as we inch closer to the so-called looming debt ceiling deadline but as politicians on both sides of the aisle try to hammer out some last minute deal what do the constituents think about of of the negotiations? joining me with reaction the president of luntz global, frank luntz. you dialed this ad junky. tell us about that. it works both among republicans and democrats. done for an independent organization that doesn t align with either political party and you can see the red line the gop line shoot up and the democratic line as well. let s take a look. america could learn a lot from a drug addict. even though this country is $14 trillion in debt washington raised the debt ceiling ten
and what they are saying is it is time for washington to get its act in gear to shoot straight with the american people, be honest, look them in the eyes and tell them we understand the problem and we can fix it and one way is with the penny plan by taking one penny out of every federal dollar. sean: tell marco rubio that i signed up before he did. i ll make sure to tell him. sean: i got to tell you this is a great idea and i hope you can advance this. i hope maybe we can get a vote on it because i think it will be good for the country and i think americans can wrap their arms around it because they have had to cut more than a penny out of every dollar that they take in because of the bad economic situation that congress has now put on them over the years. you re absolutely right, sean. sean: good to see you. and we will prove that the country wants this to happen. when we come back, frank luntz with an amazing poll that tells us what you think about the
sean: all eyes on washington tonight as we inch closer to the so-called looming debt ceiling deadline but as politicians on both sides of the aisle try to hammer out some last minute deal what do the constituents think about of of the negotiations? joining me with reaction the president of luntz global, frank luntz. you dialed this ad junky. tell us about that. it works both among republicans and democrats. done for an independent organization that doesn t align with either political party and you can see the red line the gop line shoot up and the democratic line as well. let s take a look. america could learn a lot from a drug addict. even though this country is $14 trillion in debt washington raised the debt ceiling ten times in the last four years. each time it is like a spending
in the specifics here. sean: washington speak. bret: washington speak but means $200 billion less of savings that they said was in the reid bill from the beginning and, of course, there is the controversy over the $1 trillion they say are in savings from pulling back from surge levels in afghanistan and iraq. a lot of concerns about the reid bill that they could never get 60 votes. what really will happen is a negotiation, a compromise that we will likely see tomorrow and it will be put on the shell of the boehner bill that still is a lie that that is tabled but still there and then somehow manage to get 60 votes on that one would think and send it back to the house in that form. sean: what is interesting about that when they send it back to the house i would assume because it was so difficult to get the republicans onboard the boehner bill, took the extra day, creating more savings and then,
sacrifice but what the public is saying is don t put it off. don t wait too years, five years, ten years down the road. if we do it now we can get it done. sean, what the don t understand and the challenge the republicans in terms of communication is that the american people believe they spend too much and waste too much. what they really want is cut, control and in still accountability in washington and the numbers are clear on that. sean: ran only mitt romney against president obama and he won 54-46 and you saw the gallup poll today. the president s approval rating lowest number so far. 40. he is in the 30s and 20s on economic issues. the american people are saying enough is enough. in fact, i think that word enough with an exclamation point is going to be the word for 2012. and the public says i m fed up, i had it, either listen to me and do what i m asking of you