as some kind of extreme, radical agenda. this is very simple. washington spends more money than it takes in. we have to stop doing that. it s as simple as that. chris said something interesting. talking about the president s original proposal to increase the debt ceiling back in january. he is right. it had no spending cuts in it. it had no entitlement reform in it. it means that is what the president wanted to do. let s just spend more money. let s not address any of the issues. lack at history let s look at history for a second. we need to get spending under control and increase revenue to have a balanced budget. unfortunately, the debt ceiling talk is not the time to do it. bush increased the debt ceiling seven times. reagan, 17 times. where were the republican outcries then? now in an economic crisis of proportions close to that of the great depression, we have the republicans threatening
back in january. a clean bill, with no tax cuts, and no cuts in spending. they want to have talks about spending cuts down the road, it will happen. this cut, cap and balance charade they are putting out there would never get done by august 2. it would take years to amend the constitution. i m really happy we live in a republic where you have extremists that get lechted in one election they can t take the country and drive it off a cliff the way marco rubio and his colleagues in the senate and many colleagues in the house have tried to do. eric: there is a vote in the house that will probably pass since republicans are in control to require balanced budget amendment to constitution. todd, you just heard him call one of your bosses an extremists who wants to drive the country off the cliff. only in washington would the idea of not spending more than you take in but viewed
spending cuts down the road, it will happen. this cut, cap and balance charade they are putting out there would never get done by august 2. it would take years to amend the constitution. i m really happy we live in a republic where you have extremists that get lechted in one election they can t take the country and drive it off a cliff the way marco rubio and his colleagues in the senate and many colleagues in the house have tried to do. eric: there is a vote in the house that will probably pass since republicans are in control to require balanced budget amendment to constitution. todd, you just heard him call one of your bosses an extremists who wants to drive the country off the cliff. only in washington would the idea of not spending more than you take in but viewed as some kind of extreme, radical agenda. this is very simple. washington spends more money than it takes in. we have to stop doing that.
he joins us tonight from tampa, florida. governor, thank you for joining us. you know, i thought a man like yourself somewhere in the political middle would have a lot of appeal this year. is this a year without any middle? i don t think it is. you can see it in polling. if you look at the polling recently brought to bear in the past month or so, a majority of floridians are not for the tea party candidate, marco rubio. he unfortunately has an extreme right-wing, radical agenda. if he wants to overturn roe vs. wade, believes that, you know, things ought to be on the table regarding social security, such as raising the age of eligibility, privatization, things in a state like florida just don t work. and so i think those things are problematic and what i need to do in the next two weeks is just continue to tell the truth to the people of florida, appeal to their common sense, instead of nonsense and make sure that we have a candidate that they can vote for on november 2nd that can bot
saying drill, baby, drill. i never said drill, baby, drill. you were clapping. governor crist is the man in the middle politically down there he took the lead with just can he take the lead with just two weeks to go? he joins us tonight from tampa, florida. governor, thank you for joining us. you know, i thought a man like yourself somewhere in the political middle would have an appeal this year s this a year without any middle? i don t think it is. you can see it in polling. if you look at the polling recently brought to bear in the past month or so a majority of floridians are not for the tea party candidate, marco rube yoechl he unfortunately has an extreme right-wing, radical agenda. if he wants to overturn roe vs. wade, believes that, you know, things ought to be on the table regarding social security, such as raising the age of eligibility, privatization, things in a state like florida just don t work. and so i think those things are problematic and what i need to do in