and what legislation is brought up and the members decide. it sounds good but it is like herding cats. you need control. it is hard and speaker boehner made it harder because as an idealist he eliminated earmarks so you could no long say, i will get you three progresses for are your district so all of the things the speakers like thomas tip o neill used and i used, a lot of those tools are gone. you have to confront the example members have to have a sense if they win an election they can bring the views of their voters and they have an honest opportunity to offer an amendment. they would lose the amendment. committee chairman hate this idea, they like to bring bills to the floor that no one gets to amend and that maximizes the chairman s power but in the long run it builds resentment among the members who think they won an election, too. you are one of the big
and do not fold on everything but if we are going to see higher taxes on the rich whether it is limits deductions or what have you, i do think the very least republicans can expect and should expect of democrats is, give us your pound of flesh. the ratio was thought to be when this was done a year ago, we would see $3 in cut for $1 in tax hikes but now it is the opposite. it has been inverted. things could change, but i am told behind closed doors it is not happening. what do you make of that? guest: i have said this before about a sense of history and why so many conservatives see the 3-1, or whatever the ratio is, to be phony, that is how they played out in past history. under the reagan administration when he was dealing with thomas tip o neill and under the
senator durbin but he thinks social security should be last alone. social security does not add one penny to our debt. it is a separate funded operation and we can do things and i believe we should, now, played out long term that gives it solvency. peter: congressman king says no one will get what he wants but in president reagan and thomas tip o neill could make a deal, so, too, should speaker boehner and president obama. gregg: and now the top people responsible for our defense, first, general petraeus resigning as head the c.i.a. amid scandal. there could also be big changes at the pentagon. as well at state department. whoever the president chooses, it could impact, for example, the use of armed drones taking out al qaeda overseas. and lots of other security matters. and now, a fox news contributeor
in whole or in part. it involves making real changes to the financial structure of entitlement programs and reforming our tax code to curb special interest loopholes and deductions. by working together and creating a fairer, simpler, cleaner tax code, we can give our country a stronger and healthier economy, a stronger economy means more revenue, which is what the president seeks. because the american people expect us to find common ground we willing to accept additional revenues by tax reform. there is a form for economic growth happening in 1986 with a democrat house run by thomas tip o neill and a republican president named ronald reagan. in 1986, there were skeptics would doubted the economic benefits of tax reform. those skeptics were wrong. as stanford economist and former treasury secretary put it, george shultz said the 1986 reform is a sort of unsung hero
best politics is good policy. you practice good policy that is the best politics so you do not have toking vigorous in the campaign but you have something to hold up. neil: but ronald reagan and thomas tip o neill wanted to take a bow, he benefited, too, he didn t care. governor huckabee: if you have a divided government, i experienced that if my state you have to give the legislation for sponsorship to people in the other party and when it passes do not cut them out of the photo op tell everyone what wonderful statesmen they are, they helped you get it done. give them credit. no one loses but in this case the american people losing $10 billion. neil: and whispers on the trail, and the latest you probably have heard, who would make a great running mate, mike