to win the white house and kick barack obama out. cheering them on, their powerful allies and fierce critics. the grassroots movement putting a bold stamp on this election. the tea party. tonight s players i love america. i ll fight for america. mitt romney. the early front-runner. obama care. focused on attacking the president. now, turning his attention to a more immediate opponent. i m going to be a pro business president. and i m not going to make any apologies about it. rick perry, the newcomer. he got a late start, then surged to the front of the pack. with a conservative voice, folksy and brash. michele bachmann. the firebrand. we re here to win. she aced an early test in iowa. proving she s a top tier contender. as well as a lightning rod. ron paul! herman cain! the rest of the field in search of a breakthrough. jon huntsman. the diplomat. carving a more moderate path to try to defeat his exboss, the president. ron paul, the libertarian. billin
dollar amount, it is rough. but the rough math for the republican plan is trillion dollar increase carries you through the end of the year. the democratic plan led by harry reid now backed by the president 2.7 trillion carries you through the end of next year. democrats would rather this be our republicans would prefer before next year s election. where do we stand on the likelihood of getting this done before getting this extended before the election? i think the likelihood is pretty . pretty good if you look before this ed over the weekend. we had senator reid sitting down with senator mcconnell agreeing to a multi-step approach. house republicans kind of they were a little confused at first. house republicans said we are not going to accept that plan. they never said they would vote no.
neil: we should explain when we try to time how long an extension is based on the dollar amount, it is rough. but the rough math for the republican plan is trillion dollar increase carries you through the end of the year. the democratic plan led by harry reid now backed by the president 2.7 trillion carries you through the end of next year. democrats would rather this be our republicans would prefer before next year s election. where do we stand on the likelihood of getting this done before getting this extended before the election? i think the likelihood is pretty . pretty good if you look before this ed over the weekend. we had senator reid sitting down with senator mcconnell agreeing to a multi-step approach. house republicans kind of they were a little confused at first.
government. now, like i said yesterday it s causing conservative congressmen a lot of trouble, a lot of trouble. but you even had mitt romney yesterday come out and say i have said what scott lofter said, what richard burr said, what one conservative after another said which is the shutting down the government is built on a fantasy. commentary talked about marco rubio s folly. it is a folly built on a fantasy that doing this is going to get the approval of the senate and barack obama. it is never going to happen. so you are going to shut down the government for no reason. yesterday mitt romney weighed in on it. the former presidential candidate told a group of donors that the plan led by
possible santorum can make it a contest. mark, thanks for waking up a little early. today republican leaders in the house will unveil their 2013 budget proposal aimed in part at drawing a contrast with president obama s fiscal blueprint. the republican plan led by paul ryan would make dramatic changes to the tax code, tax grakt brakts would be dropped from six to two with lower earners paying a 10% marginal rate and higher earners paying 25%. the alternative minimum tax would be eliminated under the plan. and the current 35% tax rate on corporations would be lowered to 25%. the plan also would nearly eliminate u.s. taxes on corporate earnings brought home from operations overseas. congressman ryan previewed today s proposal in a video he posted on youtube. make no mistake, years of empty promises from both political parties got us in this mess today. but, when it comes to the