no democrats voted yes only 22 republicans voted no. what happens next? the senate takes the weekend for possible late night votes. we will get the latest in just a moment. plus how far will tea party republicans go to get what they want? is it really a conservative proposition to risk default? we have two tea partiers here tonight. is anyone winning politically in president obama is trying it position himself as the adult in the room but the economy tarvegs doesn t his prospect tanks with it? have you had enough yet? if people are fed up with dem krts an republicans is there a third way? a group called americans elect says yes and it may have the money and know-how to get a third ticket on the ballot in all 50 states. finally, we start with the house vote tonight an what happens next? chuck todd is white house correspondent and political corps respondeders.
blaming us and telling us we can t say yes. we have said yes twice now and sent this over to the senate. this is high-time the senate dem krts and administration get on board. in order to address the problem that the american people regardless ever their party affiliation are demanding. that is to get our physical house in order. i read somewhere sir that it was in response it a request that put forth that balanced budget amendment was included to pass this in the house. is that drew troou? look, i was part of a group voting no for this bill. of course i don t like it take no for an answer. i don t like can t. so i ve been working constantly to try to find a solution. i m not interested in making deals. i m interested in finding solutions. yes i was up very late last night, in the whip s office in a group of 20 or so members ever congress trying to hammer out a way where we could get to voting for this bill and it would have a solution to our crisis here.
agree on anything. dem krts and republicans are waiting for the other side it blink on raising the debt ceiling and the mere prospect of result has real life implications for the rest of us. interest rates and economic recovery. are the two parties really willing to play roulette with the u.s. and global economy? if the u.s. even come close, it could open the door to a serious run by an independent. not since ross perot have we seen anything like it. so on this independence day we ask, could we see a real run by a third party candidate. plus, did mitt rommy put on the plip flip-flops again? romney said, i didn t say that things are worse, except that he did just days earlier. quite a few times. we have it all on tape. we put it together in an independence day panel of experts to look ahead at the republican field, all those
senators. senator stennis and mcclellan, two democratic senators. the reason they pulled the plug is they said, roger, they don t know they are being duped thp they don t realize that this is a white house-run operation. and the damage that could be done if they find out is too much for us to bear. so they tried to recruit the dem krts under a false cover. that s awesome. that s awesome. that s fox news 101. they dupe democrats that could be on there when they don t realize it is republican tv. they are like, what? i didn t know that. right? so i mean he has an you got to give him credit. not just in, coming up with strategy which is in a lot of ways brilliant. but let me give one thing from your own report which is amazing. you talk about how carefully they manipulated the media pl ails writes a memo about, hey, let s pick up this kid during tree lighting. hole him up and push the button
if there is nothing there, dem krts and president are not putting out anything specific, to stimulate and boost, what are youing going to have this sn that vacuum will be filled by republicans who say cut taxes, cut spending, the old republican play book, nothing has ever to do with job cuts. secretary, they say, leave that to me. tim geithner is the worst. he is a former republican. they have ideas. he s never been a democrat, never claimed to be a democrat and he is pushing all these incredibly conservative ideas to the great detrimental of the president and of the country. i think that s a huge part of the problem. i think the president s biggest mistake is listening to tim geithner all along on every front. but my views are clear. you have the more