i m chris he s here with the mayor of atlanta, democrat, kaseem reed. and dylan glen and kevin alexander grey of counterpunch.org. not times you get a former staffer and a writer from counterpunch.org at the table. no big deal. power here. that s right. mayor, i want to talk to you about we re talking about tim scott who is an african-american congressman recently appointed to fill jim demint s senate seat in south carolina and it s a big deal, largely because how require african-american senators are and that it is south carolina, a state whose history is as acutely colored by racial politics as any state in the union i would argue. you re the maier of atlanta. yes. georgia is a place that whose demographics in politics are changing in a way that a lot of people think it might be the next state. we have virginia and neither
about measuring their inflation adjustments for income or consumer products. we really should be looking at the inflation of health care which is way above consumer products and which is where they re spending most of their money. this is the experimental index? dylan, here s the issue the republicans have politically. we re talking about internal dynamics. this is polling on republicans. okay? not the house caucus but actual we had a bill poll. but here s the polling meaning republican voters. if you say to them, do you want the deficit reduced? sure. then you give them options, raise the medicare age. cut medicaid spending. eliminate meaning interest tax deductions. cut medicare spending. cut medicare spending, 68% of republicans are opposed. i m sure the numbers where on the democrats side. i think the point is this requires leadership. hard things require leadership which means, the president of united states and leadership on the hill have to come together
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0 good morning from thork. i m chris he s. egypt s new constitution appears headed towards the approval despite objections from opposition groups official ru89s are expect on monday. and ted kennedy jr. is considering a run for the senate seat that will become vacant if senator john kerry is confirmed as the next secretary of state. i m joined by former democratic governor of new jersey, james florio. and heidi moore. finance and editor of the guardian newspapers. and dean baker, author of the end of loser liberalism, making markets progressive. codirector of the center for economic and policy research. so, after at least after a dozen different public offers, countless press conferences and weeks of closed car door talks lawmakers in washington left town for the holidays on friday without an agreement to avert what we re calling the fiscal curb. a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts to take affect a week from now. a moment this week, the two sides seemed on the