they got a lot. what the president got was a longer term deal than was originally offered. so, luke, logistically, we re hearing remarks from john boehner who says, by the way, that this isn t the deal he wanted, but maybe not the greatest deal in the world. but it s still pretty good and he s recommending it. and he wants to bring it to a vote as soon as possible. what does that mean? what s as soon as possible? well, it all depends on what exactly the senate would take this vote and whether or not they would use expedited procedure. remember, the senate, if anyone objects, it can essentially hold up a bill. you need unanimous consent to move things forward. it s presumed from talking to the folks who ordinarily disrupt things like this, like jim demint or sanders of vermont.
going to sell this vote, the best way to settle it is, well, i m a deficit hawk and that s why i m supporting this deal. and apparently, andrea, the best way to sell it as a republican on the house side is to put together a power point presentation with talking points to give your members a chance to go home, who may be on the fence and say, look. look at all the things we got. and they did get a lot. let s face it. they got some very deep cuts up front and for a promise of further cuts down the road. no guarantee at all that those revenue measures will be considered even though the congressional super committee will have the option of considering revenue measures. and those wouldn t kick in until 2013. they got a lot. what the president got was a longer term deal than was originally offered. so, luke, logistically, we re hearing remarks from john boehner who says, by the way, that this isn t the deal he wanted, but maybe not the greatest deal in the world. but it s still pretty
and they did get a lot. let s face it. they got some very deep cuts up front and for a promise of further cuts down the road. no guarantee at all that those revenue measures will be considered even though the congressional super committee will have the option of considering revenue measures. and those wouldn t kick in until 2013. they got a lot. what the president got was a longer term deal than was originally offered. so, luke, logistically, we re hearing remarks from john boehner who says, by the way, that this isn t the deal he wanted, but maybe not the greatest deal in the world. but it s still pretty good and he s recommending it. and he wants to bring it to a vote as soon as possible. what does that mean? what s as soon as possible? well, it all depends on what exactly the senate would take this vote and whether or not they would use expedited procedure. remember, the senate, if anyone objects, it can essentially hold up a bill. you need unanimous consent to move things for
bargaining which plays into a bigger picture across the country. it s an attack on organized labor. except for the unions that contributed to his campaign. that s true. the governor in a very cagey political fashion went out and gave some security to the fire fighters saying, look, i m not going to go after your pension. this is what i ll do if you stay out of the fray. the fire fighters didn t do that. there is solidarity here. this isn t going to be hitting them in wisconsin, but they are here in madison. harold shakeburger and all of the local representatives of the fire fighters of the state of wisconsin came and south me out in the green room last night which was way back from the live shot that we were doing, and they said, ed, you need to know this, that we are here and that we are going to stand with our brothers and sisters here and that the governor did cut a deal, and we re not this isn t the deal that we planned on. this is way radical legislation
sleepwalking, i don t know. okay. so here s the deal. i am normally a very nice person, very kind, but since moving to new york city and driving in new york city i have found moments of pure anger. i mean, this is a place that would lead you in the direction of road rage. now i m told there s an app for that, and my friend at cnbc phil lebeau has been exploring it. is this something that could solve my problem in the car. i mean, you should say the sailor s language that now comes out of my mouth because of driving in this city. i m not sure if we can help you completely, contessa. there are a couple of smartphone apps that are out there now and they work like this. if you re driving along, somebody cuts you off or you see somebody driving erratically, take their license plate number down and hit the app and read in the phone what the complaint is and pull over and file a citizen s citation. doesn t have any legal bearing. here s one of the apps. drive me crazy is the name of the a