it would be irresponsible for us not to look at backup strategies to solve this problem. at the end of the day, we have a pons isability to ability. and the tea party breshmen continue to draw the attention of a deal of a lifetime. it s an all-or-nothing strategy. you re likely to end up with nothing. standing firm for your principle at the expense of achieving your goal is just wrong. weber says even just weaker deals with $1.5 trillion in cuts would be a huge accomplishment for the republicans. let s bring in the managing editor of the grio, joy ann reed
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just say no. tell them to just say no. that s all you have to do. congressional leaders, just say no. in business, no is only the begins of negotiations. republicans basically have steam rolled the democrats for a long time. and president obama as well into throwing away their principles to appease a group of people who have acted like they have no care whatsoever for the economically challenged and nose who live on a fixed ko eed inco this country. listen to what tom coburn, the gang of six has to say. i m willing to go out across this country, even if the polls are 70% against what we re doing. the fact is you can t solve our problem unless you do what cut, cap and balance wants to do. it doesn t matter what the polls are. we ve got to fix our country. that s a theory. that is a theory that they re peddling. that we just have to go after
that. put a clean, clean, lift the debt limit and let s get on with dealing with the problems of america. the republicans say you can have some revenue. that s going to bring as i see it you and the rest of the democrats to a cross roads. you re going to have to make a decision. if there are tack cuts or excuse me, if there are tax increases on the table for the wealthy, will you still say no cuts to social security? i thought i just said no and hell no. i mean it. we have no right at this time or anytime in the future to harm those who are in social security. period, no.