senator. finally coming to the table on the debt ceiling. some of his former senators have been critical. ted cruz, lindsey graham openly questioning. do you see his power as waning? no. this speaks to what politics has deinvolved to. they were threatening to crash the economy, plunge this country into a depression almost without a doubt and for purely partisan reasons that have nothing to do with getting the budget under control. even if there were some kind of rational behind this. we are talking about approving money already spent. already allocated by republican-led majorities. they ran up the bill. to now act as if it is an acceptable partisan maneuver to