funding these mini crs, we want to fund head start and fund you have not accrued the capital to be able to pull that oh, of course, the tea party caucus loves wic. come on! this is also people disconnecting from politics in certain ways. how can you not be cynical when a few days ago, people were saying, you can t default on the debt, you can t, no way, it s not possible. now we re in this chicken race with the president to try to figure out how we can resolve the problem. and the bottom line is really the economy. people are figuring out this is not good for the economy. although i said to myself this afternoon, some of these tea partyers don t even understand how the female reproductive system works, so asking them to understand the global economy is too much. but it is the economy. you don t pull back on government investment at a time when the economy s very weak. you talked about the new normal, don t you think there s an acceptance on the american people s part of this
government shutdown, is the point ryan grim made, and it s a point we re going to be making throughout the show, yes, i agree, i do not want us to reach the debt ceiling, it would be possibly catastrophic. but when wall street calls and says, don t do this, you answer the phone and don t do it. meanwhile, you ve got the parks shut down, people kicked off wic, it s not a very good image to put forth to the gop. i think you saw that in the polls. and one thing representative jenkins said after she came out of that meeting was, we know there s a lot of pain. they re hearing it from their constituents. i know it s not the entire government, it s part of the government, but the republican congressmen are getting a lot of grief back home about it. james pethokoukis from the american enterprise institute, thanks a lot. thank you. coming up a special place with me, being connected so heavy in ag, still farming some. when i go home, i don t get to do a lot of physical labor, but i m
caused, but the consequences from a debt default would be far worse and they would be global. so that is a very powerful argument. of course, the problem from a messaging standpoint now that to do this 180 and say, okay, let s get the debt ceiling out of our way and let s keep the government shutdown, is the point ryan grim made, and it s a point we re going to be making throughout the show, jyes, i agree, i do not want us to reach the debt ceiling, it would be possibly catastrophic. but when wall street calls and says, don t do this, you answer the phone and don t do it. meanwhile, you ve got the parks shut down, people kicked off wic, it s not a very good image to put forth to the gop. i think you saw that in the polls. and one thing representative jenkins said after she came out of that meeting was, we know there s a lot of pain. they re hearing it from their constituents. i know it s not the entire government, it s part of the government, but the republican congressmen are gett
saying, you can t default on the debt, you can t, no way, it s not possible. now we re in this chicken race with the president to try to figure out how we can resolve the problem. and the bottom line is really the economy. people are figuring out this is not good for the economy. although i said to myself this afternoon, some of these tea partyers don t even understand how the female reproductive system works, so asking them to understand the global economy is too much. but it is the economy. you don t pull back on government investment at a time when the economy s very weak. you talked about the new normal, don t you think there s an acceptance on the american people s part of this bad economy, that they re coming around to the idea that there s nothing better out there. let me just hang a lantern on that. that is a profound point and it plays in all sorts of bizarre ways. it always struck me in the 2012 election that mitt romney was doing best when he was critiquing the nature
this is also people disconnecting from politics in certain ways. how can you not be cynical when a few days ago, people were saying, you can t default on the debt, you can t, no way, it s not possible. now we re in this chicken race with the president to try to figure out how we can resolve the problem. and the bottom line is really the economy. people are figuring out this is not good for the economy. although i said to myself this afternoon, some of these tea partyers don t even understand how the female reproductive system works, so asking them to understand the global economy is too much. but it is the economy. you don t pull back on government investment at a time when the economy s very weak. you talked about the new normal, don t you think there s an acceptance on the american people s part of this bad economy, that they re coming around to the idea that there s nothing better out there. let me just hang a lantern on that. that is a profound point and it plays in all sor