point of view, if many people would argue in a leadership position, he would say ok, congress, you screwed up. let s go back to erskine bowles. let s go back to the debt commission and what they recommended or here are my ideas tore $4 trillion worth of cuts. maybe that would be a good position of leadership but he s not going to do that because in essence now he can blame congress as he moves towards re-election. he wants to vote present. it could be a problem but right now, cnn poll shows that 42% of americans blame republicans. 32% blame democrats. and that does look better for his party. and your suggestion actually was with the washington post suggested today, too, go back to a bowles simpson and have the president offer that forward and say let s hit reset and see if some things in bowles-simpson you want to change, for the most part, leave it intact and push it forward. yesterday when the president of the united states addressed the nation talking about the super commi
facet of their philosophies and ideals? in the end i think they ll pick a candidate who they believe can beat president obama. are you suggesting the third party is viable this year when you said what is the c ? i think you have to wait and see. i think it s very possible. the people are very upset. there s absolutely no question about it. i can tell you there s been a number of elections in recent years where people said i ve got to vote for a or b ? this is all i ve got? who s c ? too early to tell. ron paul says he s not running as an independent. there may not be. but it s possible. especially given what happened yesterday. super failure. you sound almost hopeful that there might be a third. listen, it s darkest before the sun comes up. that s what passes for optimism from a budget fanatic, right? a nice way to round out the block. dave walker, thank you so much.
yeah. can t understand why. and the nypd busted occupy protester joshua fellows with an unregistered pistol and 32 rounds of ammo in his nearby rental truck and it looks like next year s planned opening of the september 11th museum at ground zero will likely be pushed back. the $800 million project is the latest pressure point in a series of funding disputes at the site where the redevelopment tab has reached more than $11 billion. now, let s talk a lot of money with mr. kilmeade and the super committee countdown. all right. it looks like the super committee is about to become a super failure. so who are the winners and losers if this debacle turns into a debacle and no last minute deal is cut. our washington insiders are joining us right now from washington, d.c., appropriately. gretchen hamel is here, executive director of public notice and the president of the committee for responsible federal budget is here. first, gretchen, for you.
twitter @nowwithalex. coming up on andrea mitchell reports senator jim webb will be here to talk about super failure. and we ll cover the fallout from that pepper spray attack at uc davis. new sanctions in iran and deadly clashes in egypt with richard engel. and the gingrich surge, is it for real? join us here in one minute for andrea mitchell reports. overs and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell s chunky it s amazing what soup can do. and here s what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country. . scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists. . adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy. we re at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses. . and giving us cleaner rides to work and school.
this pros he united in our belief the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. that statement, issued in congress. the super committee must not end. the president said if congress tries to get around the automatic cuts, called for in the law that created the super committee, he will veto it. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy off ramps on this one. we need to keep the pressure up to compromise. not turn off the pressure. the super committee s failure has important consequences. stocks fell sharply as investors added washington s gridlock over america s debt to an already long list of worries about economic growth at home and europe s financial crisis. plus, there are worries of a possible additional downgrade for the u.s. and the legislation that created that super committee calls for across