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A plan to block him even by washington standards. its pretty cynical, wouldnt you say? >> well, you know, at one point in the last few years, i thought maybe if president obama proposes a big tax cut for the rich, the republicans would turn around and raise taxes. maybe that would be the way we could solve the deficit problem. i mean, it was very clear right from the beginning that they were doing this. and i think they had a lot of success with this strategy. because by being so resolutely obst...

you can call me nuts, can you call me ching little, if you want. but the political battle being waged over extending the bush tax cuts is blowing those storm bands over our heads. look, you dont need me to tell you our economy is on the brink of weakening again. you feel it every day. latest cnn/orc polls just 27% of you say the economy is in good shape. 73% feel that conditions are pretty poor. and while rays of hope peek through the clouds from time to time, the u.s. economy is fra...

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remember that, tied to the train track, helpless, her only hope is that shes rescued before she is flattened, destroyed, ripped to bits, like a penny on the train track. makes me think of the aflac ad. the government added another $60 billion to the deficit in june. so the grand total on money that weve borrowed so far this fiscal year is $904 billion. the real headline, though, is that that number confirmed that we are on solid track to hit a $1 trillion deficit for the fourth year in...

the plane land asked the passengers were taken off. a bomb squad is spongd and a delta technician has been called in to try to figure out whether the wiring is indeed suspicious. we dont know how many passengers were on board the flight but it did land safely. >> all right. and at this point in time, not to put you on the spot. do we know who did this? >> it is unclear at this time. there is some conflicting information about that. so at this time they are saying it was discovered unti...

burnett. a damsel in distress. remember that, tied to the train track, helpless, her only hope is that shes rescued before she is flattened, destroyed, ripped to bits, like a penny on the train track. makes me think of the aflac ad. the government added another $60 billion to the deficit in june. so the grand total on money that weve borrowed so far this fiscal year is $904 billion. the real headline, though, is that that number confirmed that we are on solid track to hit a $1 trillion...

solutions, many of them, lie with congress. but there are causes and there are many of them. a simple answer would be the cleanest, the most convenient, out of control deficits or stimulus. its barack obama or george w. bush, but its not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, masked the underlying fact that lo...

solutions and right now, those solutions, many of them, lie with congress. but there are causes and there are many of them. a simple answer would be the cleanest, the most convenient, out of control deficits or stimulus. its barack obama or george w. bush, but its not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, mas...

Relitigation. how many times are we going to continue to fight about health care? they think the more republicans want to fight about health care, they can say, hey, they keep fighting about the past. whos looking out now? the other thing theyre counting on is mitt romney. can he come up with a viable alternative? i think thats going to be the challenge. lets say under richs scenario theres a president romney, a 50/50 republican senate with vice president say jindal today as the tiebreaking vote...

They think the more republicans want to fight about health care, they can say, hey, they keep fighting about the past. whos looking out now? the other thing theyre counting on is mitt romney. can he come up with a viable alternative? i think thats going to be the challenge. lets say under richs scenario theres a president romney, a 50/50 republican senate with vice president say jindal today as the tiebreaking vote since he was here and the republican house. theyre going to have to figure out ho...