house goes the way of the senate. where bill dies. every eager to cut spend balance the nation s books. voters kept the republicans in the minority for decades. only under the leadership of ronald reagan and jack kemp did republicans become a party in growth and growing the pie and shrinking the servings. voters have liked that better and while austerity is necessary, it is prosperity that voters want most. bret, how do you think they will get that prosperity. one piece of that is in place in the tax cut compromise that leaves the current tax rates in place instead of them going up sharply. will the second piece is the regulatory crack down that came in the aftermath of the
house goes the way of the senate. where bill dies. every eager to cut spend balance the nation s books. voters kept the republicans in the minority for decades. only under the leadership of ronald reagan and jack kemp did republicans become a party in growth and growing the pie and shrinking the servings. voters have liked that better and while austerity is necessary, it is prosperity that voters want most. bret, how do you think they will get that prosperity. one piece of that is in place in the tax cut compromise that leaves the current tax rates in place instead of them going up sharply. will the second piece is the regulatory crack down that
for working together. you have tea party lawmakers, interesting, tony, saying, you republicans let the tax cut compromise go without including an estate tax repeal. you compromise on the don t ask, don t tell repeal. you let s.t.a.r.t. pass. they just want to go in there and really deliver on their promises, but do you think some of coming to washington too idealistic what you can accomplish, if all you re willing to do is dig your heels in and hold the line? well, first of all, it s a pleasure to be here, as always, and the real conversation is what priscilla is talking about. the difference between governing and compromise. governing, doing what we ve asked to you do in congress, that s great. that is what we expect from you. it s the compromise that s nonsense. we, the tea party people, all across the country, are more interested in principle, not interested in party. when we send thru to end the massive amounts of spending, when we send thru to make sure
of the 25 seats we need to take the house back there are 61 of that have a democratic presence. second point the republicans at their historic high tide, happened four times in history have they reached the numbers they have now. each time they suffered an average 48-seat loss in the next cycle. why? buyer s remorse. i think that will happen again. some of the centrist democrats in the blue dog coalition like you, you re one of the last standing. bill clinton s reaction after the 94 tsunami was to move to the center and in his state of the union in 95 he did that. this president has a state of the union coming up in a couple of weeks. are you looking for a clinton-esque moment? do you want him to move to the center? i think what the president did on the tax cut compromise with the senate and republicans in the house is a model for what he should do moving forward. i know we have a difference of opinion among the democrats at this table on this issue, but i think given the results
did on the tax cut compromise with the senate and republicans in the house is a model for what he should do moving forward. we have a difference of opinion among the democrats at this table on that issue, but i think given the results of the election, we lost 63 seats. we lost middle america. we got shellacked in pennsylvania and in ohio and new york and illinois, in michigan. what does dough about that? we know that. what does he do? we have to look at the world as it is. the republicans have retaken control of the house and there s a threat they may overreach and make the same mistakes previous leaderships have made. congressman you didn t like the tax deal. i didn t like the tax deal but i m glad the president was able to achieve what he was able to achieve. the people in my district are happy about the fact that unemployment insurance has. they are happy about the fica reduction. so all of that is good. my point was i just think that what s going to happen is the republican