think there will be a deal, this will get done? i m convignced that they ll e a deal, because at any point in the negotiations, people say we can t get the deal done by august 2nd, let s continue the negotiations. you know a lot of these people and your companies are based outside of washington, d.c., who will blink first? i don t think it really matters who blinks first. i think the fact is that somebody is going to say that guy is crazy. i m not going to be as crazy as he is and i ll sign a deal to it. and if they don t, then they re both crazy, so somebody s going to stand up and say, it may not be what i want, but i m going to take what is reasonable, rational, and in the best interests of the nation. that party, that person will be a statesman. huh? well, that s a good point, too. but what does seem reasonable and rational to you in settling this? how would you go about it? well, first of all, you assume everybody is acting in good faith, that the republicans clearly wan
who are talking about impeaching the president if he were to do this, i want to see that speech on the floor of the house, that i want you to vote for impeachment of this president because he refused to let this country go into default. i would sure love to see that speech. congressman jim clyburn, always good to see you. thank you for coming on. th:,nayou. house speaker john boehner is expected to hold a news conference along with other gop leaders at 1:30 eastern time and msnbc will bring you his comments live. the risks of not getting a deal to raise the debt ceiling, what default would mean for business? we re going to hear from b.e.t. founder and billionaire robert johnson in just about ten minutes. game show host alex trebek found himself in serious jeopardy when police say an intruder broke into his san francisco hotel room tuesday evening. adidi roy joins us from los angeles with the story. the bad puns aside, what exactly
same thing that worries every businessperson is the absolute absurdity and uncertainty of this process. in any kind of business negotiation if you don t seem like you re going to get a deal on the day you want to get a deal, you extend the negotiations, because you believe there are rational people in the room. evidently in washington there are no rational people. you think that folks there are now acting irrationally? absolutely they are acting irrationally, because they?fmy consequences of mutually assured destruction for the economy if two people it s almost like two soldiers in a foxhole and they both got grenades. they can t get out without either one of them pulling theiç grenades, so they sit there ticking with the grenade in their hand waiting to see what happens. well, they ll kill each other if they don t solve the problem, but more importantly, they ll kill the economy, and this is something that i can t imagine a rational elected official, whether they re in the whit
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