then there s the have it both ways crowd. mike huckabee, bobby jindal, it depends on who they re with at the time. and finally there are the serious republicans who don t feel like a nut and worry that birtherism are take the whole party down. a perfect example, donald trump. karl rove says he needs to stop the madness. sarah palin winks that he s on to something. on to what? plus hypocrisy watch. what percentage of the balance the budget tea party types do you suppose are against cutting any of the big spending causes in the government? a big piece of the deficit. medicare or medicaid. you think 10%, 20%, 30%? try 70% against. 70% of tea partiers don t want to touch medicare or medicaid spending. when are they going to get serious about taking cuts in the actual government deficit? and finally even charlie sheen
president barack obama unveils his budget plan this week. i m alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. with so much attention on the exploding deficit in the u.s., president obama is expecting to cut many of the programs he supports like community development and conservation. the big question is whether he ll offer cuts to three huge entitlement programs, medicare, medica medicaid, and social security. the president is also expected to call for a five-year freeze in non-security defense spending saving $4 billion over ten years. many in congress are calling for much more steeper cuts that the president is expected to propose. retail numbers are expected to come out. they re expected to be higher. later we ll get a reading on inflation, housing starts and index of indicators. topping the industry is dell and comcast and japanese car
gabrielle gifford was about as pleasant person she would come on our program all the time. she worked and served the swing district. mccape won in 2008 and you had to arrive in the middle of the road. she voted for healthcare, but she was on a show on friday. her big deal now is cutting salaries for the house and senate. she was worried about the exploding deficit. i said, we are you can talking about immigration and healthcare. so now you are saying the biggest deficit is debt and deficit. i said you sound like a conservative. she said i used to be a republican. it was arizona. yoing i don t think it has to be the reason it happened. but you have to look at the fact, but you said the voting
faces. a war in afghanistan unpopular with his party. my sense is, he will have republican support on that and will try to go forward with that. that will appeal to the right. he has to deal with exploding deficit. the public s preoccupies with this is stronger than i ve seen it re ed in the midterm elections. those two issues that will tend to drive him to his right. bill: very interesting, thank you. ahead, the far left still fighting to tax the rich. the latest on the movement. but, bernie goldberg says, give the rich a break, in every way. upcoming. [ male announcer ] this is james.
faces. a war in afghanistan unpopular with his party. my sense is, he will have republican support on that and will try to go forward with that. that will appeal to the right. he has to deal with exploding deficit. the public s preoccupies with this is stronger than i ve seen it re ed in the midterm elections. those two issues that will tend to drive him to his right. bill: very interesting, thank you. ahead, the far left still fighting to tax the rich. the latest on the movement. but, bernie goldberg says, give the rich a break, in every way. upcoming. at can i get ya? i d like one of those desserts and some coffee. sure, decaf or regular? - regular. - cake or pie? - pie. - apple or cherry? cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream?