optimistic very quickly, david. john is right in the big picture. because of gerrymandered districts, a lot of people individually are operating against the tide of history. and there s no incentive for any of them to change their ways. david corn, jonathan alter, thank you both. next, the boehner apologists. yes, they re out there. stay with us. look, bill, i mean, if he had a party and romney had a party, i d go to his party. i d go to romney s party because there would be better food at romney s party. much better catering. no. asional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues. with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips lady ] live the regular life. phillips .
mother or wife was killed. this is essentially a widow s and orphans payment to you from the u.s. government. you d think this would be one of the less partisan inflicted things we do as the government. right? the payment that we make to surviving spouses and children. from time to time that payment gets adjusted to reflect increases in the cost of living. right? that makes sense. one of the least controversial things you could possibly imagine the united states government agreeing to. well, a bill to adjust that payment for the cost of living was brought to the senate floor last thursday. it was expected to go ahead, no muss, no fuss. who is going to argue with that? but it was blocked by someone in governor romney s party. an unnamed republican senator has put a hold on the cost of living adjustment to the surviving spouse s and children s payment for soldiers killed in the war. the same hold is also affecting the disability payments to soldiers who are wounded in the war.
that soldier s family gets a payment, dependency and indemnity compensation, we re sorry, your husband, father, mother or wife was killed. you d think this would be one of the less partisan inflicted things we do as the government. from time to time that payment gets adjusted to reflect increases in the cost of living. right? that makes sense. one of the least controversial things you could possibly imagine the united states government agreeing to. well, a bill to adjust that payment for the cost of living was brought to the senate floor last thursday. it was expected to go ahead, no muss, no fuss. who is going to argue with that? but it was blocked by someone in governor romney s party. an unnamed republican senator has put a hold on the cost of living adjustment to the surviving children and spouse s. the same bill is holding up the wounded in the war.
last thursday. it was expected to go ahead, no mus, no fuss. who is going to argue with that? but it was blocked by someone in governor romney s party. an unnamed republican senator has put a hold on the cost of living adjustment to the surviving children and spouse s. the same bill is holding up the wounded in the war. governor romney, i realize you re having a hard time getting the training wheels off but here s an easy one, should someone from your own party lift that hold from those people, should the republican senator holding this up keep that hold in place or drop it. you re the leader of that party. do you have anything to say on this? 24 hours later it turns out governor romney does not have anything to say on this.
argue with that? it was blocked by someone in governor romney s party. an unnamed republican senator has put a hold on the cost of living adjustment to the surviving spouses and children s payment for soldiers killed in the war. the same hold is also affecting the disability payments to soldiers who are wounded in the war. some republican senator is blocking this. we don t know who. governor romney, here s a place to start. you are now the leader of the republican party. i realize you re having a hard time getting the training wheels off when it comes to national security, but here s an easy one. should that senator from your own party lift that hold on the cost of living adjustment to the payments to those people who we sort of owe it to? should a republican senator who s holding this up keep that hold in place or drop it? you re the leader of that party. do you have anything to say on this? here s another one. veterans jobs corps bill we