republicans has gone something like this, threaten to do something extreme or to allow something extreme to happen, something that makes the political world say they wouldn t seriously do that, would they? and the prospect of a debt default is a perfect example of this. this isn t the first time we have been down this road, since republicans took back the house in 2011. and it isn t the first time because when they did try it for the first time, two summers ago, pretty much worked. president obama negotiated with republicans over the debt ceiling back then. and sent a message to them that they could dangle the prospect of a catastrophic default and extract real meaningful concessions by doing that. that same basic republican playbook has now led us into a government shutdown and once again to the brink of default. there are five days we are told now until the u.s. will no longer be able to pay its bills. that day is maybe not an exact date, there are some tricks that the treasury could
we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. in the run up for the election last year, we spent week after week bringing you a segment we called this week in voter suppression. we told you all about the laws that republican officials at the state level were trying to pass in the name of fighting voter fraud that were really about suppressing the vote, most often within the minority communities. after the elections we said if they tried it again, we would be back. well, they are back. only this time, they are taking aim at a different target, the electoral college. currently, electoral votes are allocated on a winner take all basis. but, if republican national chairman has his way, it will