well, i keep saying we have to be a noisy so they hear us down here in washington. you know, many of you know that my wife and i have celebrated our 55th anniversary not too long ago in february. i have always had to be careful in february, especially for four years because she was born on february 29. she is having a birthday here tomorrow morning. [cheers and applause] [crowd singing happy birthday ] that is very important. but let s get serious now. i guess the revolution has arrived in virginia. i am delighted it is here. it is very appropriate that the state of virginia be involved in our revolution that is going on. our revolution is the american revolution. we had a pretty good start in this country a few years back. we have drifted away for many years now for nearly 100 years there has been a lot of forgetting about what the original intent was of the constitution. that is our goal, to restore the american public to the american people. to restore the american re
only send people to washington who you honestly believe that they really did read the constitution and that they understood it. and they will obey it. that is the kind of people that we need. [cheers and applause] how many wars have we been fighting since world war ii? 0. none have been declared. they were unnecessary. too many dollars spent. to many veterans suffering. it does not solve our problems. i thought we receiver. what we need is a new foreign policy based on non intervention. it is much better to talk to people than initiate war against them. they keep saying that they take nothing off the table when it has to deal with our enemy. why should we take off negotiations? why not diplomacy? should we take that off? i remember very well after being drafted in 1962 during the cuban crisis. it is dissipated rather rapidly because john kennedy said we have a problem here. they said we have a problem over here. they made a deal. we did the missiles out of turkey and a ticket
this is my niece. i had to think about it. she has been here day after day. she has a couple of kids. i have a nephew over here. i appreciate this. it makes a difference. i think people what someone who understands the economy. that is what i know. i understand how it works. i m running against a guy his here is an economic like way. does not know it takes to create real jobs. i do. i want to use that not to convince democrats to vote against me but to give them to vote for me. i would get that. done.get this thank you for your help. why is michigan more difficult than you expect? i was down 15 points. now and looks like to close to call. i do not think they know what will happen. i do not think we could be 100% sure. the fact that we made of 15 points in two weeks is extraordinary. i am please our debate went well. senator santorum said he was taking one for the team. we pointed out that this is different than the rhetoric you hear in a campaign. the american people want
here s where the debate is. the senate wants to punt the ball. they want to do a 60-day extension. house republicans, frankly, this is one of the few times we agree with the president. we want to extend it for a full year. that s what the american people ask for, it s what the president agreed for. kate bolduan is on capitol hill. kate, the question for most americans, right now, will my paycheck be smaller in two weeks than it is today? it is a very good question. a couple points on that. there is still time this tax cut does not lapse or expire until the end of the year, but i ll tell you for the first time there s beginning to be a question if they re going to reach agreement, if they re going to reach agreement in time. both sides, kyra, seem pretty dug in at this time. house republicans will not go along with a short-term extension and they don t think punting it down the road is a good idea. senate republicans and senate democrats, senate majority leader harry rei
1st, 160 million american workers will see their paychecks shrink. an average of $1,000 over the course of a whole year and no politician wants to take the blame for that. here s where the debate is. the senate wants to punt the ball. they want to do a 60-day extension. house republicans, frankly, this is one of the few times we agree with the president. we want to extend it for a full year. that s what the american people ask for, it s what the president agreed for. kate bolduan is on capitol hill. kate, the question for most americans, right now, will my paycheck be smaller in two weeks than it is today? it is a very good question. a couple points on that. there is still time this tax cut does not lapse or expire until the end of the year, but i ll tell you for the first time there s beginning to be a question if they re going to reach agreement, if they re going to reach agreement in time. both sides, kyra, seem pretty dug in at this time. house republicans will not