a lot of things still on it. confirming a fed chair. passing a farm bill. passing a defense bill. then the budget. they only have until mid january in order to avoid another shutdown. we will go to lz first. we know that the president is blamed. dem krts and republicans. are we due to this permanent paralysis in washington because taxpayers are getting fed up. this is what the taxpayers voted for. if you remember, congress was one of the most productive in u.s. history. they passed a lot of bills. what was the response? the tea party got in. you have 63 republicans take seats in 2010. since then we had this grinding halt. this is what the american people voted for. not sure if they knew this would be the buy product of it. but this is the chain. they had one of the most productive congresss. all democrats. voted in the tea party and this is what you have. amy, what about all the things that congress did spend time on.
policy. that true inside the city that has been run by dem krts for a very long time. but republicans at the state level and national level who disinvested in detroit and lot of other places over the last half century. and that goes to the the international factor as well. there are corruption standals that are democrats. i don t think anyone is seeking to pretend otherwise but the motion that because of nast why, a failure of liberalism, is concerning seems weird, obviously politicized. steven, let s talk about another piece of this has has a lot of attention. the idea to take culture yl heritage in the institute of art and sell it off to the highest bidder p. what do you make of that? it is just not the point after municipal buankruptcy. the whole scheme is to get the city through bankruptcy and restructure the death without stripping it for spare parts.
he goes in owing nobody and as far as how he moves ahead he will work with anyone. is this a different mark sanford or is he still, i guess the more strided conservative that his supporters would like to see? he does go in owing almost no one. he won this race by shimself. mark sanford was able to win by himself. so in some respects he could be a free agent. though i wouldn t expect him aligning with dem krts at all. but one thing that mark sanford has to look forward to is 2014. that s when he would be up for reelection. i wouldn t be surprised if he tries to if he gets a credible opponent on his right in a primary fight. just a quick follow-up mark, immigration reform, as i understand it, tomorrow we begin the mark-up of the bill. is that case? this is tamron. it ll be a long journey.
me because it is in your interest to pay me. but i want your answer and the money by noon tomorrow. senator, you can have my answer now, if you like. my offer is this nothing. okay. maybe that s not actually exclusive tape of the budget negotiations, but it is kind of the spirit of the thing. president obama s opening bid to the republicans goes like this. first democrats get a trillion dollars in tax revenue by letting the high-income bush tax expire. that hatch matches the spending cuts in the 2011 debt ceiling deal. a trillion for a trillion. then dem krts and republicans get 6 billion worth of stuff they want. democrats get 6 billion from tax reform and republicans get 600 billion in spending cuts of which 350 mill billon comes from medicare and other health problems and 250 billion comes from elsewhere. then we draw down wars in iraq
endorsement from the state s gop king maker. they fought wars over their borders. now a strange bit by pakistan s turning, once again fwloob a big tourist attraction. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. the first vote in 2012 presidential campaign is only eight days way. we re talking about the republican caucuses in iowa. and the latest poll there shows what amounts to be a dead heat. ron paul is on the rise. he s the current favorite of likely republican caucus goers. the arg poll shows him with 21%. mitt romney is next at 20%. and newt gingrich who s been slipping a bit lately is at 19%. there s a big drop off to rick perry at 9%. michele bachmann, 8%. jon huntsman at 6%. rick santorum who has been to every iowa county and there are 99 counties. he gets only 4% in this arg poll. with time running out, you would think the candidates would be pounding pavement in iowa but santorum on this date, is the only one on the campaign trail and he is getting a visit w