budget control act, which is not a resolution, it is a law, was put in place last year. that set the budget for this year and next. set ten years of spending caps and said if you don t get an agreement on reform, you are going to face another $1.2 trillion of spending cuts. i have to leave it there. i wish i couldn t. i want to get you back. i feel like we need to talk about it more. senator kent conrad, i always learn something when i have you on the show. thank you, sir. you bet. what is in store for wall street? we ll get a preview, next. plus, a new member of the long-range missile club. first, a trivia question. we are doing it in the 100,000 pyramid style today. a tribute to dick clark. the clue is bob dole, jack kemp. ed musky, sergeant striver.
i m not going to cross those bridges. you traveled on his behalf without him to colorado over the weekend. things like that. are we not supposed to look at that as a quote unquote audition? i m trying to help the team however i can. i want to see a new president. that s my objective to work with to solve the fundamental problems we face as a nation. i think i can do it from the united states senate. fair enough. senator john thune always good to talk to you. you, too. up next, the man at the center of the budget storm. ken conrad will be here. with us, reversal on the budget vote and partisan gridlock, the culture of washington he plans to leave behind. plus, a battleground map shake up. why florida and ohio might not be the be all, end all swing states this time around.
good morning, it s thursday, april 19th, 2012. mitt romney is spending his week on a tour of the battleground state that is will be crucial to this election. the message summed up. the fall election to be a referendum on what he calls the president s failing economic policy. hees the guy to right the ship. even if you like barack obama, we can t afford barack obama. it s time to get someone that will get the economy going and put the american people back to work. in north carolina, romney offered what the campaign said was a prebuttle that won t happen until september in charlotte. delivering a point-by-point rebuttal on promises obama made to revive the economy. what you won t hear at that convention is that for the last 38 months unemployment has been above 8%. there have been 50,000 more jobs lost this year in north carolina. more than twice that fit in that stadium. romney is trying to capitalize on polling. the cbs poll had a third of voters saying the economy is
even if you like barack obama, we can t afford barack obama. it s time to get someone that will get the economy going and put the american people back to work. in north carolina, romney offered what the campaign said was a prebuttle that won t happen until september in charlotte. delivering a point-by-point rebuttal on promises obama made to revive the economy. what you won t hear at that convention is that for the last 38 months unemployment has been above 8%. there have been 50,000 more jobs lost this year in north carolina. more than twice that fit in that stadium. romney is trying to capitalize on polling. the cbs poll had a third of voters saying the economy is improving. many are falling behind financially and concerned about paying their mortgages. half say the next generation will be worse off. our poll will be released tonight. we have detail ons a number of points. the republican talking point has been the white house failed to deliver on holding unemploymen
greta: is the senate finally doing its job? it s been almost three years since the senate passed a budget. but tomorrow, the senate budget committee will take up a 2013 budget proposal. but do not celebrate, not yet. senate majority leader harry reid insists he has no intention of bringing the budget to the floor. today, ken conrad saying a vote on the budget will probably not happen until after the election. is this all a waste of time? brit hume joins us. is this a waste of time? exercise in futility? yes, in a word it is. it s not the worst thing that happened. they will bring the simpson-bowles committee recommendation to the committee. but the budget committee is not going to act on them. so it s, it doesn t mean much. certainly not a substitute for what the law requires, out theed now for the third year