people s government open and pay our bills on time. and always uphold the full faith and credit of the united states of america. krystal, i believe john boehner is sitting behind him at that moment thinking, he is exactly right, we shouldn t be tampering with this stuff. we will lose as a party, republicans in the house, if we do get caught tampering with this stuff again like we did on debt ceiling. but how does boehner try to keep control of his side on this? well, and that has been the big question. it is remarkable, actually, that we were able to avoid the fiscal cliff. i mean, we sort of went over it and we were able to keep that intact. and the republicans basically blinked, they realized on some level that they were becoming known as the party of manufacturing crisis. this was all they that they had to offer the country. if they go down that path too many times, their approval
not even marco rubio s. that is exactly right, and of course, marco rubio s response was written long before the speech was ever given. it was not really a response. but they re still married to attacking a straw man. they re not actually wanting to engage on the policy substance, because the substance on it, the policies, everything he advocated for which has been called liberal and aggressive, all of those things, is also very popular. are you going to be the one who says we don t support paycheck fairness or pre school for children? it is not the place where they want to be, so instead they have to say president obama just wants big government. he doesn t think that the pirate sector can do anything good. he is a socialist, mao and castro, as well. howard dean, what would you have advised the republicans to try to embrace in the president s speech, without sacrificing their principles? were there things you thought if the republicans would meet them
because i believe it is important that we establish the universal background checks, and the assault weapons ban, and an elimination of these guns that hold 30 rounds of ammunition that are designed for nothing other than weapons of war, designed to kill large numbers of people very quickly. it was fascinating to watch what republicans do not applaud for when the president is speaking. but there came that moment when the president was asking for a vote, repeatedly asking for a vote on this, that eventually john boehner as we just showed in the video, eventually stood and eventually clapped. what did you make of that? well, i glad that speaker boehner, something resonated
ratings are already at all-time lows. they can t sink any further in the public s estimation. and we re looking at sequester and continuing resolution. we re going to have another debt ceiling debate in the summer. now rather than the burden being on the democrats to figure out the problems, i really think the burden is on the republicans because if they have cause these crises time and time again, the american public sees what is going on and understands who is responsible. the president is offering them the chance to avoid the disaster. he is doing it with a combination of let s raise some revenue through tax loopholes on the rich. but he also made an offer on mower mar medicare last night. we ll rooster subsidies to prescription drug companies. and ask more from the wealt wealthiest. we ll bring down the costs by
reagan. this is a real distraction, obviously. it is not a significant blunder i don t think in any respect. ari s point, which is valid, rubio s speech, if you looked at it tried over platforms of the romney campaign, in addition to a little bit more moderation on immigration reform. and if you look at it s subtantively he talked about student loans, saying listen, i couldn t have gotten through college without student loans. there are not many republicans that can talk about that. at the same time, he is in the party that would cut student loans. he has a great bio and great story. nobody ever said that medicare doesn t go to republicans and student loans don t go to republicans. he has all of these facts that have no point. and so if your argument to the