[ applause ] this government, our government, we will fight to continue to change so that we value our differences and we honor the strength of our diversity because we cannot fall victim to the attitude of washington, d.c. the attitude that says, i am always right and you are always wrong. the attitude that puts everyone into a box that they are not permitted to leave. the attitude that puts political victories ahead of policy agreements. the belief that compromise is a dirty word. you see as we saw in december regarding the dream act, we can put the future of our state ahead of the partisans who would rather demonize than compromise. as your governor, i will always
this government, our government, we will fight to continue to change so that we value our differences and we honor the strength of our diversity, because we cannot fall victim to the attitude of washington, d.c., the attitude that says i am always right and you are always wrong. the attitude that put everyone into a box that they are not permitted to leave. the attitude that puts political victories ahead of policy agreements. the belief that compromise is a dirty word. you see, as we saw in december regarding the dream act, we can put the future of our state ahead of the partisans who would rather demonize than compromise. as your governor, i will always be willing to listen, as long as
label of misconduct on something that maybe there were policy agreements or issues that these republicans may have with the administration and essentially hinting they are playing politics with this. no, i meaney on mean, any oe objectively look at what the attorney general said he made it clear he was not involved with anything involving prosecution of reporters. but in the affidavits they save they said he was a coconspirator in criminal con delawarconduct. that is a distinction without a difference and clearly eric holder was misleading congress. whether or not that rises to a criminal level chairman goodlatte committee should have a lot to say about that. no way eric holder should be proud in what he said in the testimony to congress. shannon: i don t know if you had a chance to see the piece
essentially saying okay, democrats, you raise the debt ceiling, we ll stay out of it. you keep the country from going into default and we ll deal with policy agreements through other means. do you think this is the way this is going to end? no, i think mitch mcconnell put his proposal forward because he s scared. he s scared because the business community is pushing him hard, you can t let this happen, mitch mcconnell. he simply doesn t know what to do, because he s got to find a way to extra cat himself and his party one, from this happening, and second from getting the blame. knowing mitch mcconnell he s probably more afraid of getting the blame than what this means for the country, but he s hearing from the business community that s very concerned, and he is, i believe, afraid for his own career and i assume for the country. i ll give him that, and i m hopeful he comes up with something else. this is coming out of how do we
we already have with this. do you think that a potential solution here is which mitch mcconnell is offering essentially saying okay, democrats, you raise the debt ceiling, we ll stay out of it. you keep the country from going into default and we ll deal with policy agreements through other means. do you think this is the way this is going to end? no, i think mitch mcconnell put his proposal forward because he s scared. he s scared because the business community is pushing him hard, you can t let this happen, mitch mcconnell. he simply doesn t know what to do, because he s got to find a way to extra cat himself and his party one, from this happening, and second from getting the blame. knowing mitch mcconnell he s probably more afraid of getting the blame than what this means for the country, but he s hearing from the business community that s very concerned, and he is, i believe, afraid for his own career and i assume for the country. i ll give him that, and i m hopeful he comes up wi