media is reporting that 300 organizations are affected so this does appear to be broad and wide ranging. does he think this is because his father is a cabinet secretary. good question. he doesn t believe his father s job made him a target. he said there is no question that it s hard for his dad, his mom and other families waiting for news. and tonight nothing suggests the egyptian investigation is rapping. concerned for my own safety as well as the family members of everyone else who works for the republic institute and other institutions. it s a little bit scary for us to be facing these very serious allegations. also for our egyptian police who work for these associations. sam lahood wouldn t discuss any contingency plans. go to the ambassador s residence today as far as we know that didn t happen. shepard: catherine herridge in washington tonight. here at home, holiday shoppers helped give the economy a
values voters seems to be driven by voters with an eye on economy a and electability, and in that he quest to find something that different exist, the perfect conservative candidate, i think this year the eyes are on the bigger prize with especially with the fact they see an opportunity to unseat a vulnerable incumbent democrat president. congressman frost, though, you just had the leaders there in your state, texas, saying, santorum is our man, and that is a big deal and, clearly, they are not all settled. they being the republicans, are not all settled on who the main person should be and who could take on the president, come november. but, it is still, nonetheless, mitt romney is in the lead right now, in terms of the voters, and we ll see but it has been a long road for him. why do you think now appears to be his time and moving forward,
are right. we shouldn t raise taxes in a recession. democrats are right that we should not cut spending in a recession. what is the eugene robinson plan to make everything normal? not make the economy worse, first of all, because we re trying to get out of the recession and it seems to be insane to make the economy worse, which i think cutting spending the way the republicans want to do will make the economy a lot worse. raising taxes like the democrats want to do might make the economy a little worse, so let s not do it now. what they need to do is agree on some deficit caps down the road, in 2013, the deficit will be capped at x% of gdp, and in twaen 14, it will be a smaller percentage, and it goes on and on. then you won t have to have a fight over how you get to that
plan to make everybody get along here? well, not make the economy worse, first of all, because we are trying to get out of a recession. it seems to me insane to make the economy worse, which i think, you know, cutting spending the way the republicans want to do would make the economy a lot worse. raising taxes like the democrats would do might make the economy a little worse. who wants to make it any worse? let s not do it now. what they need to do is agree on some deficit caps down the road, in the year 2013, the deficit will be capped at x percent of gdp, and in 2014 a slightly smaller percentage. it will decrease as time goes on. and now what that means is that then we ll have to have a fight over how you get to that figure. what combination of spending cuts and tax increases will get us to that figure. but that s a fight we need to have, because that s really a fight over what kind of government do we want to have, how much do we want to pay for
recession. democrats are right we should not cut spending in a recession. so what is the eugene robinson plan to make everybody get along here? well, not make the economy worse, first of all, because we are trying to get out of a recession. it seems to me insane to make the economy worse, which i think, you know, cutting spending the way the republicans want to do would make the economy a lot worse. raising taxes like the democrats would do might make the economy a little worse. who wants to make it any worse? let s not do it now. what they need to do is agree on some deficit caps down the road, in the year 2013, the deficit will be capped at x percent of gdp, and in 2014 a slightly smaller percentage. it will decrease as time goes on. and now what that means is that then we ll have to have a fight over how you get to that figure. what combination of spending cuts and tax increases will get us to that figure. but that s a fight we need to