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 medicare last night. we ll rooster subsidies to prescription drug companies. and ask more from the wealthiest. we ll bring down the costs by changing the way the government pays for medicare. because our bills shouldn t be based on the number of tests or days spent in the hospital.
night live is doing in their dress rehearsal that doesn t even make it to the show. the stuff everybody knows is a joke. the anti-defamation league and jews everywhere should be worried about what they re doing on an enemy s list, and why the authors of the enemy s list have so much power in congress. abe foxman has served his community and the world honorably for almost 50 years at the anti-defamation league. he is deservedly well respected by democrats and republicans in washington, far more so than wayne lapierre could ever dream of. no one has done more to fight anti-semitism than abe foxman. it has been virtually purged from our life. most of them know they have to keep their views private unless they are writing the public
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 ratings are already at all-time lows. they can t sink any further in the public s estimation.
try to embrace in the president s speech, without sacrificing their principles? were there things you thought if the republicans would meet them half way, on some of the things? sure, that, i m going to pay the president the highest compliment you can pay, i think, which is this is the first speech i saw him give was brilliant. it was brilliant in terms of his politics. all of those things he mentioned had been tested in the 60s and 70s. i shouldn t say that, he mentioned five or six things that the public really wants and then the republicans fell right into the trap. they looked like mitch mcconnell always looks like he ate quints before he goes on the air. they talk about things that lost them the last election. and rush limbaugh is the biggest favor that ever happened to us. i m just in shock. i thought the president did a
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 public is we just ran on gutting medicare, and everything i m saying tonight when you look at the details in the approach to our budget and the fiscal health is about under cutting programs, and then telling us your parents were on medicare. that doesn t do anything for us. everybody knows unless your parents are rich, when they re old they will probably use medicare. the real speech started beforehand, regarding the violence against women act. you can cast those votes, probably more well-oriented than any speech you can give.