but there is no plan . the american people have pushed hard to say wait, we want a plan. you make sure there is a plan to cut or make sure we stay within their means. what would the plan be if they don t raise the debt ceiling. how can the republicans make a proposal of what would happen be reasonable. number one. we must remember, remember the most important word in the englirn language. it was not just about november. rand pauls have to push. hold on, remember what you were elected to do and spend as we go. if you can t take the money that you have got and use as you go, you shouldn t extend beyond that. the republicans have the fortitude to cut across the board. entitlements and defense as well as earmarks you know, they don t need a saw.
my own contacts with him have been limited. my experiences are not unique this respect. the president had a program. i think he and his followers determined that there were not republican votes to get cloture. to push, at this time last year, as the health bill was being pushed, right up to christmas eve. so as a result, there wasn t much reaching or stretching or what have you. now, i think since the election, my understanding is that the meetings that the president has had have certainly had an element of reaching out. and i think that has been appreciated. and as i indicated earlier, i think that perhaps senator mcconnell, our republican leader, and the president, may see more eye to eye on how we ought to wind up this lame-duck session then maybe do others in this situation. so what you re saying is, senator mcconnell, the republican leader, is dealing with sort of rebellious
being dragged back to washington, and in the fight of their lives to preserve their seats come november, bill. bill: shannon, what are republicans saying they ll fight back on this? so, you what is their strategy, come early next week? reporter: first of all, we got reaction right away when we heard the house will come back from the top republicans, first of all, senator mitch mcconnell, the top republican says, quoted, a last-minute effort by democrats to funnel money to the public employees union before an election and the top republican in the house, john boehner says, democrats should be listening to their constituents, asking where are the jobs instead of scampering back to washington to push through special interest bailouts and job killing tax hikes and they ll make hay of why it will not work and we understand since they ll be back here next week, house members, representative tom price, a republican out of georgia says, hey, if you are making us come back i offer a resolut
decision between the activist progressive community and progressives in the country. i think it the job of progressives here in washington to push. that s what you do, push as far as you can. i do think though if you talk to progressives in the country, sure, there are things they re disappointed about. but given the choice whether it be mccain or bush, of course they re happy with obama and he has done a lot. i want to throw something else at you. sort of the godfather of this net roots nation. one of the things i ve noticed about him sometimes supposed to a split with some others in the progressive blogosphere is he will be more pragmatic when it comes to elections and say you re not going to get asรง liberal as you can get. that doesn t mean he hasn t gotten involved in primaries like arkansas. that isn t always the case. i know that was a topic today out in net roots nation. i m interested in trying to
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