worlds. they get the tax position that they want, they get spending cuts that they can basically live with, and obama is capable of managing the economic fallout of it. that s another reason why i think it s important that geithner is the front man here, that geithner is the type of guy who can talk to the street in a way that s very assuring. the street, not the streets. yeah. also if they if we go over the cliff, i mean, the republicans then look like they let it happen all for the 2% as michael was saying because that s what this becomes about. that s not something they want. it doesn t put them in a good position. to some degree this is a choreographed dance that has to happen. they cannot come to a deal without a humongous fight. this is also the white house i think has managed the optics well on this and dubbed it the great reasonableness tour of 2012. it s not a coincidence that the president was golfing with bill clinton this sudden.
class, that decision will be ok, they got to decide whether they re going to vote on it and they re they can t decide when they re going to decide on when there s going to be a vote on the tax cuts. the bush tax cuts. here s an example of what we learned yesterday. it is a possibility to and me it s the surest way to send america into the second dip of a recession. you know what it gets down to is we can cut and we know we don t have 60 votes for our tax position. they ve got time to bring a comedian. but don t have time to figure out what to do about the taxes. as you go into the voting booth come the first tuesday in november, americans according to what we ve heard so far will not know what sort of taxes or tax hikes they re going to fix next year and that s one of the problems people say the uncertainty is killing people. why can t we know what we re going to pay in taxes next year? because once again, politics
the adults, my dad, they were afraid they were going to lose their job. they were angry. they have a right to be angry. they are focusing on us. if it s a referendum of the state of the nation we re in trouble but it s a choice. all elections are a choice. the choice between what the republicans are offering as pete sessions, congressman, a good guy, smart guy said, when asked if republicans took control of the house, what would they do, he said, we d go back to the same exact agenda. we have to make it clear what we ve done and what we re offering to do, planning to do from here and what they have done to get us in this mess and what they are offering. that is not a choice that s not a referendum, that s a choice. if we do that, we re going to be just fine. mr. vice president, the democrat s tax position is to allow the current tax rates, bush tax rates, to stay in place
failure, senator dick durbin on what he sees as simple math. i can count, and i know you can, too. we have 59 democrats and not a single republican in the senate supports our position that we need to do something that s responsible to reduce our deficit but also to help middle income families bring us out of this recession. why will that be different after the election? well, i hope it will be different. occasionally one republican will break ranks and help us. what it gets down to, we can count, and we know we don t have 60 votes for our tax position. we want to basically say after the election when we still face a deadline by the end of the year we ll take up all these tax issues. however, immediately after the election, the terms of three appointed senators expire from the states of illinois, west virginia, and delaware. if republicans win any of those seats and are seated immediately as expected, the republican filibuster would be harder to overcome. and there is another is
meantime, regarding the senate s failure, senator dick durbin on what he sees as simple math. i can count, and i know you can, too. we have 59 democrats and not a single republican in the senate supports our position that we need to do something that s responsible to reduce our deficit but also to help middle income families bring us out of this recession. why will that be different after the election? well, i hope it will be different. occasionally one republican will break ranks and help us. what it gets down to, we can count, and we know we don t have 60 votes for our tax position. we want to basically say after the election when we still face a deadline by the end of the year we ll take up all these tax issues. however, immediately after the election, the terms of three appointed senators expire from the states of illinois, west virginia, and delaware. if republicans win any of those seats and are seated immediately as expected, the republican filibuster would be harder to