neil: both parties have done this, right? barack obama wasn t keen on raising the debt ceiling and joe biden. they all do it, right? to be sure. that s no reason for continuing to do it. particularly at this time. we got important things to do. screwing around with the debt limit is not one of them. so not surprisingly, mcconnell capitulated. but what are we doing here? a country to run. a world to deal with. we have great opportunities in my opinion under joe biden. it s time we did it. neil: i m curious what you make of the fact that moderates and progressives in your party are at odds how far to go with joe biden and that wish list saying it s too much. joe manchin has been saying $3.5
yet, washington fiddles. it s hard to keep up. you wake up every day and there s a new country on the list. yesterday was italy. ireland, again, getting another bail out. after the first bail out. that s why the process in washington has been depressing. there s no long view taken at all. boehner and mcconnell capitulated here. it was a moment that we could do something big about the problem. what happens if germany says no we re not bailing europe out? pat buchanan? look, this is in the back of mitch mcconnell s mind. this helps us on fire in europe. it s gone from one room to another. if that house goes down, we want to be outside the door with no responsibility, no accou accountabili accountability. it is barack obama s problem to deal with.