it was before the election. it was before they realized helping them politically would be the here s what people need to know. that is that we were told, and i believe this to be true, that they could have gone to the appropriations committee, which put this bill together, and said, take mine out. none of them did. their argument now is, well, we re going to vote against it anyway. but perception is everything when it comes to this. here s what makes people i think hate washington, shall i say, or dislike washington. hate s a strong world, especially in the holiday season. republican senator john cornyn of texas. he s very mad he has a point, the democrats just sprung this bill on them yesterday. they want them to vote in a few days. it s a lot of money. he s outraged. i can t think of any other action that would show such profound disrespect for the american people and what they said on november the 2nd, than to try to jam through this omnibus appropriation bill that we sa
so how, then, if you want what you want, and you want all the tax cuts to stay in place, how is that paid for? well, i think, as i said at the detroit economic club monday, i think the first order of business and the first message that the american people sent to washington, d.c. on november the 2nd is that we need to put our fiscal house in order. and we need to put everything on the table. all domestic spending, entitlements, we even need to look at defense procurement, look for deficiencies there. we ve got to put our fiscal house in order through restraint and reform. and that s job one. do you think, mike, you can find the $700 billion needed to pay for these tax cuts, to extend them out a decade? oh, i have no doubt about that at all. for heaven s sake, if we just reduced domestic spending to 2008 levels, i think that would save $100 billion in the first year and more than that amount, joe, over ten. you know, it s interesting you bring up something that some
definitely stood by her side and gave her a ringing endorsement and fired up the crowd, and remember, he is an established republican, not unlike hardly any other and the former presidential nominee, has been in congress for years and certainly gave her campaign a shot in the arm, going into the time leg of the race. and, sharron angle told her supporters, be prepared for a very big prize, on tuesday. we know that the most important day of this election is not necessarily november the 2nd, but november the 3rd. because, we know there is going to be shock and awe in washington, d.c. [cheers and applause]. reporter: and, sharron angle has had problems on the campaign trail, recently, here in las vegas, and yesterday she got caught up at the airport, she got caught by surprise, by a couple of reporters, from some of the local stations, here, and they fielded questions about national security, unemployment and she didn t want to answer
surprise on election day. we know the most important day of the election is not necessarily november the 2nd, but november the 3rd because we know there s going to be shock and awe in washington d.c. reporter: meanwhile, her opponent, senate majority leader harry reid has been visible on the campaign trail this week. we saw him at a get out the vote rally and he commented on two democratic senators side to be quietly working behind the scenes to take reed s job if he loses. i don t have two better friends than vector and chuck schumer, they have been so helpful to me on this race and financially, durbin has been out here campaigning and i talked to chuck schumer virtually every day because he s the man that helps me with the other races around the country i don t have time to do because of this. the white house obviously a little bit concerned that reid
everything, maybe they were weaker than the other candidates in delaware, but the tea party is the best thing that happened to the republican party. if you told me in january of 2009, with the disspirited party, a obama sweeping to victory if you told me republicans and conservatives would be in such good shape at least for now i would not have believed it. it s not due with all due respect to mitch mcconnell or john boehner although i think they ve been good leaders it s due to the tea party activists who reenergized the party and brought in fresh ideas and bold thinking. governing after november the 2nd when they are in charge of the house and maybe with the senate, how to deal with the president, how to confront the president, what policies to advance that is the real challenge. known should minimize that. in terms of the last year and a half the tea parties have been a huge asset to the republican party and to the cause of