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0 first, let me underline what chris said. in 2008 when the economy was about to melt down, it took the combined efforts of george bush and his administration, barack obama, the democratic nominee, the democratic and republican congressional leaderships of both houses to barely get that loan to the banks. i don t know where people think there is going to be this political demand to bail out any big bank. it is exactly the opposite. by the way, as chris pointed oud, every mechanism that was used, what the fed did with aig, et cetera, we abolished those and we made it illegal. but here s the confusion people are having. we do believe there is some institutions that are so big that their failure will require us to do something. but specifically not included among them is to keep the institution going. if a very large financial institution can t pay its debts that s what we re talking about and that threatens the rest of the economy because they can t pay people, then other people don ....
0 the filibuster threat getting a powerful ally, mitch mcconnell. the majority leader joining a growing list of gop senators who are vowing to stand in the way. people put their hands on a bible in the senate to have a debate and a discussion on these issues. that should be the minimum that we expect. i don t understand the idea of positioning the party, positioning the leadership, against an issue that is a 90% issue with voters out there. you know, at least pretend that you re interested in it. at least pretend that you give a damn about what happened. the volume of the voices calling for gun control is michael bloomberg s group, mayo mayors against illegal guns. a new ad features a father who lost his little boy on that deadly december day. i feel it s something i owe to my son, jesse, to speak up. i m his voice. i feel if i didn t, i would be letting jesse down. keeping up the intensity, vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder will hold a joint event on ....
at the top of the show, by tradition, we asked you, why are you awake? producer john tower has your answers. john. maddy writes, i m awake because my five cats woke me up. i d like to see the federal government try to take my tabbies away from me. this could go national. cat owners of the world beware, four-cat maximum. threatens all of our liberty. thank you, john. on morning joe coming up right now, the fiscal cliff. thanks for watching. the sum total of all the budget agreements we have reached so far proves that there is a path forward, that it is possible, if we focus not on our politics, but let s but on what s right for the country. and the one thing that i think hopefully in the new year we ll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little less brinksmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. this morning, a bill to avert the fiscal cliff awaits president obama s signature. around 11: ....
kara, religion matters. those of us who are evangelicals have a right to select a competent christian over a competent non-christian. and again, it s not the only issue, it s certainly one issue. good morning, it s monday, october 10th. welcome to morning joe. with us onset, we have the executive editor at random house and historian john meacham. also with us, msnbc political analyst, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. willie? yes, ma am. i m sorry. that was a sweet try, though, those boys. sweet. it was close for a while. then it wasn t. then it wasn t. actually, it was i m not going to bring it up. wasn t it fun to be in alabama? that s a beautiful campus, a beautiful stadium. and great people. thank you. it was a great time. really cool people. the football game was the smallest part of it, actually. we had an amazing weekend. and like you said, willie, the people were great down there. and they treated you great. one guy ....
have a right to select a competent christian over a competent non-christian. and again, it s not the only issue, it s certainly one issue. good morning, it s monday, october 10th. welcome to morning joe. with us onset, we have the executive editor at random house and historian john meacham. also with us, msnbc political analyst, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. willie? yes, ma am. i m sorry. that was a sweet try, though, those boys. sweet. it was close for a while. then it wasn t. then it wasn t. actually, it was i m not going to bring it up. wasn t it fun to be in alabama? that s a beautiful campus, a beautiful stadium. and great people. thank you. it was a great time. really cool people. the football game was the smallest part of it, actually. we had an amazing weekend. and like you said, willie, the people were great down there. and they treated you great. one guy came up to willie, actually, at the parade, the homecomi ....