brothers endorsement for any republican candidate? it s critically important. we have this disgusting situation, ed, where hundreds of millions of dollars are going to flow from the koch brothers in an effort to buy the election, buy democracy, to try to convince people to buy their right wing philosophy. romney, like all the others is out there with his tin cup, hat in hand saying, please, put your $100 million in my cup. who is more likely to win koch brothers support, herman cain or mitt romney in your opinion? well, i think it s an interesting question, because of course, romney is the, quote, practical choice. herman cain, we saw the response he got today, has all kinds of enthusiasm. look, the thing about the koch brothers, they re going to spend their hundreds of millions of dollars across many candidates, across many issues, think tanks, americans for prosperity. they re smart enough, ed, to know don t just fund one candidate. fund the issue, fund the pundits, and spread
big consensus and you need to try and unify and reach out to people. that s what i hope that our party would do. if the goal isesults and not just scoring points, and not just the emotional satisfaction of zinging somebody or not even just the very partial victory of winning an election, if we re going to save this country, we re going to redeem the amecan dream, then we re going to have to gather together people. once again, we are in th together. the dangers we face are of equal, i think, threat to every one of us. and i just hope that we will find a vocabulary first as a party then as a nation for saying so. recently at the republican debate the candidates were asked whether they would accept a deal in which there were $10 of spending cuts for every $1 of tax hikes. and every single candidate raised their hand saying, they would not take such a deal. my question to you is, is this
party would do. if the goal isesults and not just scoring points, and not just the emotional satisfaction of zinging somebody or not even just the very partial victory of winning an election, if we re going to save this country, we re going to redeem the amecan dream, then we re going to have to gather together people. once again, we are in th together. the dangers we face are of equal, i think, threat to every one of us. and i just hope that we will find a vocabulary first as a party then as a nation for saying so. recently at the republican debate the candidates were asked whether they would accept a deal in which there were $10 of spending cuts for every $1 of tax hikes. and every single candidate raised their hand saying, they would not take such a deal. my question to you is, is this tenable? you a former adviser director. you know the deficit problem better than anybody else. does that convey a sense that
equal, i think, threat to every one of us. and i just hope that we will find a vocabulary first as a party then as a nation for saying so. recently at the republican debate the candidates were asked whether they would accept a deal in which there were $10 of spending cuts for every $1 of tax hikes. and every single candidate raised their hand saying, they would not take such a deal. my question to you is, is this tenable? you re a former budget director. you know the deficit problem better than anybody else. does that convey a sense that republicans are so intransigent on this issue that this problem they profess to care about, i.e. the deficit, can t be solved? first, there s tons of intransigents on the other side that democrats have been utterly i d say not only stubborn, but cynical in their protestations
i llties there was a time when people thought the to have 70s and 80s there was a time when people thought the soviet union was catching up with us. china s economy is only a third as large as ours is. if they continue to grow at a 10, 11% pace and we are in this ditch within 12 years china will catch the united states. i that i is something i that i is something to worry about. greta: the thing that sticks we with me is the fact they are holding all our debt and he are beholding to them it is hard to go with hat in hand saying can you help us with north korea, iran and other countries when it is sort of pathetic that they own you. that s right. it puts us at a real disadvantage. unfortunately, china is doing a lot of right things and we are doing a lot of wrong things. china is obsessed with becoming number one in almost