came to talk to us. what we got yesterday is the opposite of what he said is necessary to fix this problem. bret: wonder how it s shaping up. bring in the panel. steve hayes, weekly standard. karen tomoltee, political correspondent for washington post. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? well, it s a great day for america today, the fact that house of representatives overwhelmingly voted for the first serious plan to deal with american debt in decades. it s a risk. the par city jumping off a party is jumping off a cliff and it will depend on wisdom and seriousness of republicans when they vote next november. that will be the verdict to the wisdom of this. i think it s very important if they are going to win this debate, which i think they should, i think they have the arguments is to get ahead of the mean that the president
what we got yesterday is the opposite of what he said is necessary to fix this problem. bret: wonder how it s shaping up. bring in the panel. steve hayes, weekly standard. karen tomoltee, political correspondent for washington post. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? well, it s a great day for america today, the fact that house of representatives overwhelmingly voted for the first serious plan to deal with american debt in decades. it s a risk. the par city jumping off a party is jumping off a cliff and it will depend on wisdom and seriousness of republicans when they vote next november. that will be the verdict to the wisdom of this. i think it s very important if they are going to win this debate, which i think they should, i think they have the arguments is to get ahead of the mean that the president