the republicans say you can have some revenue. that s going to bring as i see it you and the rest of the democrats to a cross roads. you re going to have to make a decision. if there are tack cuts or excuse me, if there are tax increases on the table for the wealthy, will you still say no cuts to social security? i thought i just said no and hell no. i mean it. we have no right at this time or anytime in the future to harm those who are in social security. period, no. why can t the president say that? why does he have such an insatiable appetite to do a deal with the republicans? i don t know. i don t get it. frankly we veruined the message here. this is about jobs. it s about putting people back to work and somehow we ve gotten
that s going to bring as i see it you and the rest of the democrats to a cross roads. you re going to have to make a decision. if there are tack cuts or excuse me, if there are tax increases on the table for the wealthy, will you still say no cuts to social security? i thought i just said no and hell no. i mean it. we have no right at this time or anytime in the future to harm those who are in social security. period, no. why can t the president say that? why does he have such an insatiable appetite to do a deal with the republicans? i don t know. i don t get it. frankly we veruined the message here. this is about jobs. it s about putting people back
and the tea party breshmen continue to draw the attention of a deal of a lifetime. it s an all-or-nothing strategy. you re likely to end up with nothing. standing firm for your principle at the expense of achieving your goal is just wrong. weber says even just weaker deals with $1.5 trillion in cuts would be a huge accomplishment for the republicans. let s bring in the managing editor of the grio, joy ann reed and co-host of radio news amy holmes. amy, the tea partiers, are they still holding the kind of line that would stop a deal? is there any wiggle room at all there? i had a chance to talk to senator lee. he beat out the incumbent in that senate republican primary. and he says he wants to see a cut, cap and balance brought to
make it a nonnegotiable issue. now s not the time. morally, this isn t the time and it s not the right place to have this dpiegt. force the republicans to negotiate on your terms. mr. president, why didn t you tell us at grant park the night you won that in 30 months you would have cuts to the big three on the table? why didn t we get that part of the campaign speech snf because the campaign speech i remember was that you were going to protect all of that. that s who i voted for. that was the hope and change that i was looking at. now this is no the a hit commentary on president obama and i don t dislike president obama. i m being told time and time again as every other american is that we re in the 11th hour right now. well, if we re in the 11th hour, this is the time to speak up and speak with clarity across this country that we do not want these programs attacked by a radical group of politicians who want to give more breaks to the
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