jenna: well that was quick. we heard from john boehner, speaker john boehner earlier today saying he had a plan b for the fiscal cliff compromise. he would put forward legislation so that anyone earning less than a million dollars would not see their taxes go up at the end of the year. well the white house came out and officially said no to plan b. we were hering from jay carney. of course the press secretary for the president saying the speaker s plan b approach doesn t meet this test of a balanced approach because it can t pass the senate and therefore will not protect the middle class. goes on in the statement to say basically, game on. as ed henry told us come on plan-c, right? that s what we re looking for. plan a is not working out so well because negotiations are not making a lot of progress, baby steps. plan b speaker put forward today, rejected by the white house. so maybe plan-c, jon, plan-c.
budget committee. democrat iic congressman chris n holl hollen. and then re-opening the search with david axelrod and ed gillespie on why his candidate gambled on a wonk who is wanting to overhaul medicare. and then risk/reward with jessica yellen. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. no surprise, president obama s campaign and other democrats are wasting no time attacking the new romney/ryan presidential ticket. descriptions we ve heard thrown around so far, wrong, harsh and extreme. joining me now, former new hampshire governor and romney campaign adviser john sununu. welcome, governor, and good morning to you. nice to be on, candy. happy sunday. so let me ask you, this is certainly comes as a surprise to the romney campaign. they certainly knew ahead of time how this would taken. how do they move against what clearly is going to be an attempt to say, this is a man who wants to fundamentally change medicare and social security and going back to his rec
disagreement on that point. first of all, let s remember there are many, many areas of common ground between the democrats and the republicans. the president, as you mentioned, at the beginning is incorporating even more republican ideas into his proposal. but yes, there is a fundamental difference about whether consumers have basic rights, holding the insurance companies accountable, basic choices of empowerment in the face of insurance companies. the president believes consumers should be able to know what s in their plan, should have a basic level of benefits so you know if you re covered and don t find out after you go to the hospital that you re really not, that it should be between the patient and the patient s doctor, if she needs to stay in the hospital a little bit longer after she s had a c-section. it s all about, in our view, making sure that the consumer has the power, not the insurance companies. the republicans approach doesn t really address that question. so yes it s