republican party has won the day. i mean, it is forcing this fight over cutting government spending, and now both sides, the president has embraced that as well. so, can you just make this about what republicans want to do with seniors? well, david, i think that if you look at what the midterm elections said, they sent a very clear message to washington, that they wanted both sides to work together for results and for solutions. it was interesting to me on the night of the election that the republican leadership went out and said, no, we re not claiming a mandate. we got the message, people want us to work together. and the next day, they claimed a mandate to come in here and dismantle entitlements and start radically cut spending. people wanted a mandate to cut spending, that s what they said. well, they actually said the night of the election they understood there was no mandate except to get to work on the nation s problems. the next day they said there was a mandate to cut sp
accept is inaction in the energy debate, and yet, that s where we are. well, he joins a long list of presidents who have failed at this. but i just think the natural gas point is an essential point. wherever you go around the country, western pennsylvania, oklahoma, texas i ve been a lot of places where we re finding new natural gas deposits here. it seems to be the future, even though it s the fuel of the president. the problem is, we don t have the infrastructure to really exploit it, and i think this is an area where we have to get over our aversion to fossil fuels and our fantasy that we re going to live off solar and wind, which we re not. that s an intellectual leap that the political class has to make. anita, how much does this hurt, gas prices? from talking to white house advisers, even more than jobs right now, they know his approval is tied to gas prices. gas prices when they go up, hurt any president. we saw this with bush. we ve seen it for a long time. i think to d
voted to end medicare and its guaranteed health care benefits. ryan wants to use that money to give millionaires a $200,000 tax break, ending medicare so millionaires can get another tax break? really? call congressman ryan and ask what were you thinking? what are they thinking politically? one thing we ve learned in washington over these years is just because one side loses doesn t mean the other side wins. i think we re in a situation where everyone loses politically in this debate. certainly, republicans are being hurt. campaign 2012 has started. we ve seen the evidence. but you know, democrats also lose, too. look, this is what everybody has to do, step up to the plate and put something on the table about getting a hold of the deficit and the debt. both sides are going to pay a political price. republicans are cold and cruel and irresponsible, but democrats are also irresponsible on the debt on not cutting anything. it s going to hurt both sides. and look, anita dunn, we saw
accept is inaction in the energy debate, and yet, that s where we are. well, he joins a long list of presidents who have failed at this. but i just think the natural gas point is an essential point. wherever you go around the country, western pennsylvania, oklahoma, texas i ve been a lot of places where we re finding new natural gas deposits here. it seems to be the future, even though it s the fuel of the president. the problem is, we don t have the infrastructure to really exploit it, and i think this is an area where we have to get over our aversion to fossil fuels and our fantasy that we re going to live off solar and wind, which we re not. that s an intellectual leap that the political class has to make. anita, how much does this hurt, gas prices? from talking to white house advisers, even more than jobs right now, they know his approval is tied to gas prices. gas prices when they go up, hurt any president. we saw this with bush. we ve seen it for a long time. i think to d
young man, but on april 15th, he voted to end medicare and its guaranteed health care benefits. ryan wants to use that money to give millionaires a $200,000 tax break, ending medicare so millionaires can get another tax break? really? call congressman ryan and ask what were you thinking? what are they thinking politically? one thing we ve learned in washington over these years is just because one side loses doesn t mean the other side wins. i think we re in a situation where everyone loses politically in this debate. certainly, republicans are being hurt. campaign 2012 has started. we ve seen the evidence. but you know, democrats also lose, too. look, this is what everybody has to do, step up to the plate and put something on the table about getting a hold of the deficit and the debt. both sides are going to pay a political price. republicans are cold and cruel and irresponsible, but democrats are also irresponsible on the debt on not cutting anything. it s going to hurt both sides