now to the other big story, the political battle raging across the country. one key race is now over. and i d like to say it s over with grace. steve kornacki. we have got to talk about arizona. it was a brutal bali between n sinema and mcsally, brutal, but in the end gros, gracious. very striking to see that from mcsally. there s still votes to come. mcsally conceding. one of the theories that s out there about why mcsally might have had extra incentive to do that is it looks like jon kyl in that other seat, appointed a couple months ago, has made it clear he wants to move early next year, it looks like that seat will be open soon.
did paul ryan strip him of his committee today? yes, he did. when democrats retake the house, one of the major thematic points was culture of corruption. and the whole mark foley scandal fed into that and gave sex scandals, it was gros. it was all comprehensive and it was gros. and i think and to some degree a lot of democratic strategists think they can rerun that play book. the truth is you need to actually put out an actual contractor formula. a set of principles you want to apply to washington, d.c. and one of the things you can do with relation to chris collins is you re allowed to serve on a board of a company if you re a member of congress. you take no compensation. amazing. you are allowed to do these types of tratdes, provide you don t do insider information. there are dubious things that could target legislation,
hurting stocks. day do there are winners and losers. the winners, the american consumer. 13 states, people are paying at some gas stations two dollars or less, and that s alabama, arizona, colorado, indiana. the whole list here, missouri, nebraska, ohio, oklahoma, texas, very long list of states. but i think we ll have momentarily. but they re loser and that what the stock market is concern about. have to ask yourself questions, there are hedge fund managers who bet against the move-didn t think it would have and stand to lose money now? entire parts of the world enough destabilized. middle east, which relies on money from oil to pay people who live in that country essentially welfare payments, the soviet union, their gros completely down the tooks now. russia. but yes. but i feel you. they ve been acting like it lately. airline prices are not going down, which is no way surprising to me because i learned all i need to know about the airlines. they love themselves and don t lov
you can t for instance, you made a terrific easter cake for the kid. you couldn t use equal because it breaks down. and tastes gros. what tases good? sugar. what tases really good in alcohol alcohol. actual alcohol. you may have a point but they have to be careful. one thing i would guess in a lot of businesses are going to play because you re not going to be able to make people pay high presses when you sneak your drug in it s a drug. here s the good news. not everyone is my mom. not everyone is trying to game the system, trying to anymore the popcorn in. a few people do that but by and large people want to enjoy the social atmosphere and the glass of champagne. the airplane bottles in the theater around the corner here, only some people. what you do on your own time, as long as it doesn t affect my viewing of the performance.
family and friends and today expected to attend a memorial service for the late senator daniel inouye. he will be back in washington after the holiday for fiscal cliff talks. this panda club had a blast with the new toy during the latest health exam. zoo keepers gave the panda the ball to test coordination. you know he the number, $16 trillion in debt and counting. as the number grows larger the country gros closer to toppling over the fiscal cliff. joining us is julian epstein and ford o connell a former advisor to senator john mccain s presidential campaign. thanks to both of you. good to see you. thank you for having us on, doug. good to see you. good morning. julian, let s start with you. do you think president obama wants us to go over the fiscal cliff? nobody wants us to go over the fiscal cliff. the estimates show that if we go over the fiscal cliff it