ultimately the senate? yeah, well, i mean, obviously, you know, family is always a big consideration, and it certainly was in getting in the race here tonight. this was not something where i am 53 years old and have been in public life for 16 years, and most of my working career i was in the senate and to get back into that after being out for five years and having a lot more freedom and opportunity and a lot more time to be with my wife and family, and i coached little league for three years and was doing more stuff where in a public life you don t have time for, and it was a hard decision for us. we prayed about it a lot, and we sought if it was the right path for us, and particularly because of the issue of obamacare and government control of peoples lives, and i felt like it was a game changer for america, and we have a special needs little girl, and that weighed both ways, and i want to be home with her because her life is fragile,
public life and your sense of purpose getting into the race and running for congress and ultimately the senate? yeah, well, i mean, obviously, you know, family is always a big consideration, and it certainly was in getting in the race here tonight. this was not something where i am 53 years old and have been in public life for 16 years, and most of my working career i was in the senate and to get back into that after being out for five years and having a lot more freedom and opportunity and a lot more time to be with my wife and family, and i coached little league for three years and was doing more stuff where in a public life you don t have time for, and it was a hard decision for us. we prayed about it a lot, and we sought if it was the right path for us, and particularly because of the issue of obamacare and government control of peoples lives, and i felt like it was a game changer for america, and we have a special needs little
calling governor romney a liar. no, i m not. i m saying in this case he didn t say what was the truth. but to go one step further and say the person is a liar is too far. and that was the case with respect to president obama and that comment. you know, she s a very good governor for me. she makes sure that i try to keep things in perspective. what about the broader influences on you, as people size you up and get to know you better, what we re who would you say is the biggest influence on you in the full range of your public life and your sense of purpose, getting into the race and running for congress and ultimately the senate? yeah. obviously family is a big consideration. karen and i, this i m 53 years old. i ve been in public life 16 years. most of my working career i was in the senate.
look, last friday night we got to 11:04 p.m literally matter of hours before the government was going to shut down. the administration said don t worry, it s all clear. why is that going to solve our deficit problem? it doesn t. there is a strong argument that the deficit increased in the time we debated this greater than the amount of money we were able to cut. even in the period of time with the calendar of debate we lost ground on the deficit. we have to be more bold. we ve got to be able to bring a budget that will get us to a balance in some time that we can actually hold accounting for. i had an individual yesterday who spoke at breakfast who said i have a 30-year-old son. i don t know how i tell him, he can work his entire working life and be prepared for retirement, before we get the budget to balance. what a depressing thing to think if you are starting your working career or professional level of the working career
people out there are going look, last friday night we got to 11:04 p.m literally matter of hours before the government was going to shut down. the administration said don t worry, it s all clear. why is that going to solve our deficit problem? it doesn t. there is a strong argument that the deficit increased in the time we debated this greater than the amount of money we were able to cut. even in the period of time with the calendar of debate we lost ground on the deficit. we have to be more bold. we ve got to be able to bring a budget that will get us to a balance in some time that we can actually hold accounting for. i had an individual yesterday who spoke at breakfast who said i have a 30-year-old son. i don t know how i tell him, he can work his entire working life and be prepared for retirement, before we get the budget to balance. what a depressing thing to think if you are starting your working career or professional level of the working career