brutal election cycles in memory, and here we go. they want to get out of this thing. the most important thing, whether it s for the 12 members of the super committee themselves, or harry reid and john boehner getting ready to huddle on this issue for the leadership and both parties is to get over with this. get done with this. it s not about the size of the cuts. long ago people gave up hopes that we would see some sort of huge deal that would change the fiscal trajectory of the country. the goal here is now is get out of the jail that they built for themselves when they skipped out on half the work from the debt ceiling deal in august and put it on the super committee. jenna: what is the likelihood? are they going to raise taxes? are they going to cut spending? reporter: well, remember we haven t yet cut spending. we ve cut the rate of increase in future spending. that is not the same as cutting spending. jenna: i m still going to go to sach s but i m not going to get the jimmy cho
$14,979,610,349,742, and don t forget the 69-cents. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politicsed tore. politics editor. over in washington they are looking at a 1.2 trillion in shavings, irwon t even call it savings. what do we know? do we believe they are going to come up with a deal? now they are saying it s not so much going to be a success as a partial failure which then they can call it a success. reporter: i ve got the 69-cents right here. you guys will have tow handle the other 14 trillion. jenna: you re too kind. reporter: partial success, partial failure, in washington definition success is getting reelected and that really is what this all comes down to. these guys are all trying to save their jobs. we are facing what is going to be one of the most caustic, brutal election cycles in memory, and here we go. they want to get out of this thing. the most important thing, whether it s for the 12 members of the super committee themselves, or harry reid and john
$14,979,610,349,742, and don t forget the 69-cents. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politicsed tore. politics editor. over in washington they are looking at a 1.2 trillion in shavings, irwon t even call it savings. what do we know? do we believe they are going to come up with a deal? now they are saying it s not so much going to be a success as a partial failure which then they can call it a success. reporter: i ve got the 69-cents right here. you guys will have tow handle the other 14 trillion. jenna: you re too kind. reporter: partial success, partial failure, in washington definition success is getting reelected and that really is what this all comes down to. these guys are all trying to save their jobs. we are facing what is going to be one of the most caustic, brutal election cycles in memory, and here we go. they want to get out of this thing. the most important thing, whether it s for the 12 members of the super committee themselves, or harry reid and john