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one of the most conservative members of the senate, jim demint, joins us. let s go outfront. tonight, this. this is a letter from president barack obama. he just sent it to house speaker john boehner. it says, quote, further borrowing is required because the debt is limit to is right now close to, well, 11 zeros and a one. that means we need more money. the president s asking congress to raise the debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion. we knew this was coming because this was part of the deal congress and the president signed in august. okay. that doesn t mean it s going to happen without a lot of noise, fur fury. jim demint has led the charge against the nation s debt problem. his new book is now or never and he is outfront tonight. so, this letter comes. dr. mr. speaker pursuant to section i hear by certify that the debt to limit and further borrowing is required. how does it make you feel? like we said, we knew it was coming. strange that the so-called deficit redu ....
is state of the union. there was a boxing match here in washington last night, but the real punches were thrown in des moines. let s be candid. the only reason you didn t become a career politician is you lost to tedty kennedy in 1994. the last thing he needs to have is not just a person who is an historian but also someone who is running for president of the united states stand up and say things that create extraordinary timult in his neighborhood. if you want a difference, michele bachmann is the difference. if freddie mac is bailed out by a bailout, so i tink, newt, you got some of our taxpayer money. if you will cheat on your wife, if you will cheat on your spouse, then why wouldn t you cheat on your business partner or why wouldn t you cheat on anybody for that matter. back in 1984, newt, i was running for the united states senate andy not support an individual mandate and i was a conservative. you strayed on that issue as you have on others. the re ....
budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then there s the democrat-controlled senate. we shouldn t be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is common ground. today republican risk, reward and rhetoric with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and paul ryan, chairman of the house budget committee. then presidential politics as the field expands with clinton, press secretary joe lockhart and bush speech writer michael gerson. and challenges in the middle east and libya, dennis blair and john negroponte. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. despite fears a debt crisis will undermine the u.s. economic recovery and rattle the world, just 19% of americans told gallup pollsters they want cong ....