every january cowboy poetry festival had that program not been around the tens of thousands of people who come here every year would not exist martha: that s his argument, senator senate imagine ord leader harry reid calling republicans plans to but spending mean spirited, citing a festival of cowboy poetry that he says brings in a lot of jobs to the state, the gop s plan to slash $61 billion is, quote, reckless and irresponsible let s get reaction on all of that from indiana congressman mike pence who joins me now congressman, good morning to you good morning martha martha: everybody got a chuckle on the surface and he have walked right into it, when it comes with an easy sound bite to make fun of it, but he s saying government programs do help to bring in jobs and commerce to his area well, you know, i think senator harry reid s comments show just how out of touch senate democrats are with the
to face meeting that would take place along the illinois-wisconsin border. mike tobin is live in the state capitol of madison for us right now. so mike, i guess things are getting ugly. you know jon, for the first time we have seen some real emotion and frustration come out of governor scott walker and he directed his frustration at the senate minority leader, a guy named mark miller, the governor says through all of the meetings, all the communications, all the deals to bring the senate democrats back to madison, ultimately senator miller stood in the way, then yesterday sen senate imagine ord leader and governor received this letter from senator miller requesting the face 20 face to face meeting. that s why this letter is just absolutely ridiculous, because tile and time again we have met, the very person who wrote this letter to myself and senator fitzgerald, mark miller, is the person standing in the way of that progress and we need to have a change so that we can move this
he is born and we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. arthel: this is the first of three debates, kirk and giannnoulis face off later this month again in chicago. bill: new word in america s newsroom about a fresh development in one of the country was most closely watched races, president bill clinton goes to nevada to join senate imagine ord leader harry reid for a precampaign rally tomorrow, this comes as reid tries to fend off an upset from sharron angle, and the polls in nevada, it is neck and neck and too close to call right now. arthel: did you hear about this over the weekend? new reaction to controversial comments made by a man who wants to lead new york state, the republican gubernatorial candidate carl paladino making his feelings about homosexuality clear on a campaign stop. here is paladino addressing