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There are all over talk radio today, there were theories about why the super committee didn t get anything done. the theories are that the democrats don t want to get anything done so they can blame the republicans for the recession. and on the other side, that the republicans don t want to get anything done so they can blame president obama for a chaotic government. do you buy into either of those positions? not really. look, i think this battle is right along the fault line of the deepest divide in american politics. you have the you have to understand how deeply democrats believe in the entitlement spending, which is the big driver of the deficits. they these really are in their view the crown jewels of what they have done to make america a more just society. bill: let me stop you there. you are saying the democratic party is willing to see the entire country collapse economically because you can t sustain a 15 trillion-dollar debt growing at $4 billion a day. no, i m not ....
There are all over talk radio today, there were theories about why the super committee didn t get anything done. the theories are that the democrats don t want to get anything done so they can blame the republicans for the recession. and on the other side, that the republicans don t want to get anything done so they can blame president obama for a chaotic government. do you buy into either of those positions? not really. look, i think this battle is right along the fault line of the deepest divide in american politics. you have the you have to understand how deeply democrats believe in the entitlement spending, which is the big driver of the deficits. they these really are in their view the crown jewels of what they have done to make america a more just society. bill: let me stop you there. you are saying the democratic party is willing to see the entire country collapse economically because you can t sustain a 15 trillion-dollar debt growing at $4 billion a day. no, i m not ....
Nuclear arsenal. that would not concern them? they are not going to attack us. no need to worry about it. that s the way he looks at it bill, i m not here to defend his views. bill: based upon iran s actions in the past, and their fostering of terrorism all over the world to make a statement like that just seems so incon grew ant that it snaps my head back. some people are. look at the polling. one poll in iowa, one of three current polls in iowa i believe that has him at 19%. the other two have him at about 10 or 11. i think 10 or 11 is about right. sort of at the upper edge. nationally the polling average is out to about 8 points and he is not in double digits in any national poll. he commands a loyalty of a certain relatively small slice of the republic electorate and that s about it. bill: okay. there are all over talk radio today, there were theories about why the super committee didn t get anything done. ....
out front tonight we re live from washington as ee get ready for the big debate tomorrow night. there s a super failure tonight. such failure that the leaders of the super committee didn t even face the press. they issued a statement. which read in part, despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed. they didn t say by someone else. but they kind of did. they agreed on one thing that they who had the mandate to do a deal with a simple majority would all kick the can down the road. even though we are in a crisis. that is pretty audacious. super committee, you had the power as they say, if not you then who? if not now, then when? the super committee was told to cut 2.6% of the budget over ten years. that s it. 2.6%. and they couldn t do it. the president did approach a camera to say he would veto what john mccain had suggested, which was to halt the auto ....
his first bomb. his targets, veterans, police and the post office. let s go out front. i m erin burnett. out front tonight we re live from washington as ee get ready for the big debate tomorrow night. there s a super failure tonight. such failure that the leaders of the super committee didn t even face the press. they issued a statement. which read in part, despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed. they didn t say by someone else. but they kind of did. they agreed on one thing that they who had the mandate to do a deal with a simple majority would all kick the can down the road. even though we are in a crisis. that is pretty audacious. super committee, you had the power as they say, if not you then who? if not now, then when? they were told to cut 2.6% of the budget over ten years. they couldn t do it. the president did approach a camera to sa ....