but he is not making open-ended commitments. so why is president clinton now saying oh, it s the plus who are at fault when in fact he has differences with president obama. well, that happens in all parties. i think it s also true in the republic side but i think what the president said if you heard the end of that tape, he said the republic embrace of austerity will do more to reduce employment, slow job growth, increase the deficit than what the democrats are proposing. that s what he said. the reason why last summer when we did that deficit deal, right? remember the debt ceiling debate that took place. we did all gdp estimates were lowered. the economy started to slow because if you take that if you contract the economy belearned this in britain and europe if you contract the economy less jobs less growth. the republicans are proposing a strategy less jobs, less growth, more debt. the democrats are proposing more jobs, more growth and less debt. that s what this election is going
many republicans who have signed the pledge is it is just then a negotiating position? you mention it behind closed doors. there have been to varying degrees willingness on the side of republicans to raise taxes above where they are now in part of a large deficit deal. if it s overblown, what should people take of the fact that so many republicans have signed it? i m not sure. i don t think indiana, grover had any bearing in indiana. most of it was about repealing the affordable care act, not about taxes. it was about not spending money that we didn t have on things we don t absolutely need. what i would say is the reason we re stuck on senator isn t grover. the reason we re stuck on center is we haven t heard from the administration what they re willing to give in terms of entitlement reform, saving medicare, saving social security and what can we do to reform the
doors in simpson bowles there were varying degrees, willingness on the side of republicans, to raise taxes above where they currently are now in regards to the deficit deal. if it s overblown, what should people take of the fact that so many republicans have signed it? i m not sure. in the heat of a campaign, i would tell you i don t think indiana, grover had any bearing in indiana, most of it was about repealing the affordable care act, not about taxes. it was about not spending money that we didn t have on things we don t absolutely need. so what i would say is the reason we re stuck on senator isn t grover. the reason we re stuck on center is we haven t heard from the administration what they re willing to give in terms of entitlement reform, saving medicare, saving social security and what can we do to reform the tax code so the revenues to the government actually come up. they are historically too low, most people agree with that.
supply side economics and the belief that the bush administration was not doing enough to increase the deficit in the name of supply side economics. he opposed the bowles-simpson deficit deal, opposed the gang of six deficit deal. he s shown no inclination to support any compromise on these thing. this idea of him as the great compromiser, the great deficit cutter, again, it s just not connected in any way to anything he s done. new york magazine s jonathan chait. thank you for your time. read that article and make laminated cards with your favorite quotes. a british comedian releases a searing report about rupert murdoch s media. new information that mitt romney attended a surprise meeting in new york city. we ll tell you with whom, after the break.
nixon, and almost zero out all federal nondiscretionary funding by 2050. he we reject a deficit deal that features $10 of spending cuts to every new $1 of revenue. the experienced watcher will note that many are new or are repudiations of previous positions, but if you are looking at the real mitt romney, focus on what he s saying now, because the position the president pursues are far less a product of the person than they are of the party and the institutional structure that produces the nominee. remember when george w. bush said this during the 2000 campaign? our nation stands alone right now in the world in terms of power and that s why we ve got to be humble. well, whatever he said, the fact was that the foreign policy elite of the republican party was dominated by neo-conservatives and so they were the ones running the show whus humility be damned. we saw where that led.