in general. you think cruz can be the nominee of your party? he could be even though everybody in washington hates him. if that is the case say hello to hillary clinton as president. i do think he can definitely be one of the last men standing. to see him as the nominee is really beyond my comprehension. he has a broadening base. there is a good chance. at least not new hampshire but possibly iowa and possibly south carolina. remember your politics a beautiful poster for obama. remember hope. is this going to be nope? is this going to be what the party does? i will say the final two are trump versus cruz. the establishment might very well everybody hear that? trump could be the establishment figure against a guy as unpleasant as cruz.
leadership, you mentioned revenue being on the table. at least from the outside looking in, tough to know what is happening within the super-committee was a line that wasn t going to be crossed by republicans. no new taxes, no revenue-raising of any sort. seems like a there is little bit of a different tune. i m curious what specifically you would support when it comes to revenue being part of a debt deal of any type? jenna, that is one of the issues that actually scared off some of the republicans from signing the letter that believe this is the right thing to do. in fact i think an overwhelming number of members of congress know this is the right thing to do. there is no credible plan out there, i sacredable plan to addressing this, that gets us to the 4 trillion dollar mark without including revenue. some people think that means increasing tax rates. i don t think that is necessary. i think that you can actually get additional revenue by decreasing tax rates and eliminating exempt