their soundbite is cut spending, cut taxes. and we held our ground and we did what we said we were going to do. exactly. and we will do more of it. that our prescription for getting the economy going in and making it grow and returning to government to its proper size. you know, there s a whole elaboration of that bumper sticker. but and on the progressive side, the elaboration is there. you know, we have to plan for the future. we are compassionate nation. we take care of the elderly and the poor. this is a social compact that we have made. and we have to prepare ourselves to be competitive in the 21st century. that doesn t fit on a bumper sticker. that s right. they don t have the bumper sticker. that why i thought your column was effective.
feathered by the process. speak to me about romney s sigh len. i think it is strategic. if romney takes an honest position, folks we have it raise the debt ceiling. and it is so why needlessly andres galarraga antagonize the tea party wing. so he will just fade in the background and keep quiet and let this thing play out. it might be smart politics. they had the worst week since last summer. the economy, the strong suit. i don t know that he can remain silent for much longer. no, he can t. but he want this to be over i suspect. like by tuesday. by the 2nd come to some solution. then he can come out and talk about the economy and start talking about, complain to his strong suit. and essentially saying look at all of the other folks messed it up.
no democrats voted yes only 22 republicans voted no. what happens next? the senate takes the weekend for possible late night votes. we will get the latest in just a moment. plus how far will tea party republicans go to get what they want? is it really a conservative proposition to risk default? we have two tea partiers here tonight. is anyone winning politically in president obama is trying it position himself as the adult in the room but the economy tarvegs doesn t his prospect tanks with it? have you had enough yet? if people are fed up with dem krts an republicans is there a third way? a group called americans elect says yes and it may have the money and know-how to get a third ticket on the ballot in all 50 states. finally, we start with the house vote tonight an what happens next? chuck todd is white house correspondent and political corps respondeders.
strags struck a deal with u.s. auto makers to more than double fuel efficiency standards it 54.5 gal miles a gallon by the year 2055. a dismal week on wall street as washington wrestled with the debt ceiling debit and new reports showed anemic economic reports over the last six months. now back it hardball. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. watching the battle on capitol hill these past few weeks. outside interest groups have also been eager to throw stones at their opponents in this debt fight. millions of dollars spent on ad buys attacking the president, but if the country defaults and the economy suffers, don t the president s re-election chances suffer as well?
no democrats voted yes only 22 republicans voted no. what happens next? the senate takes the weekend for possible late night votes. we will get the latest in just a moment. plus how far will tea party republicans go to get what they want? is it really a conservative proposition to risk default? we have two tea partiers here tonight. is anyone winning politically in president obama is trying it position himself as the adult in the room but the economy tarvegs doesn t his prospect tanks with it? have you had enough yet? if people are fed up with dem krts an republicans is there a third way? a group called americans elect says yes and it may have the money and know-how to get a third ticket on the ballot in all 50 states. finally, we start with the house vote tonight an what happens next? chuck todd is white house correspondent and political corps respondeders.