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. ñ?pñ;z?z@;çpç
aisle, something rare in washington today. after all these years my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished but my desire to do so by serving in congress has waned. for some time i have had a growing conviction that congress is not operating as it should. there is too much partisanship. even at a time of enormous national challenge the people s business is not getting done. examples of this are legion, but two recent ones will suffice. two weeks ago the senate voted down a bipartisan commission to deal with one of the greatest threats facing our nation our exploding deficit and debt. the measure would have pass bud seven members who endorsed the idea, actually cosponsored the legislation instead voted no for short-term political reasons. just last week a major piece of legislation to create new jobs, our nation s top priority today,
we ve had private sector job growth now for 26 straight months. the president is the first person to say the economy is not as strong as any of us would like it to be. every election is a choice. mitt romney, when he was governor of massachusetts, had the worst economic record in the country. number one debt, 47th in job creation. so he s tried it there and it didn t work. we saw what happened in the last decade. falling income, exploding deficit. mitt romney and his congressional allies, by the way he s aspearing with speaker boehner today in ohio which is fitting because ultimately he s going to pick a vice president to run with. ultimately his running mate is the congressional republican agenda. he s adopted it hook, line and sinker. you want to go back to the policies where we exploded our debt, middle class falls farther behind, the only answer is tax cuts for the wealthy, short change things like education. we need to focus this is going to be a close election. that s that goin
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 wants in.
coons and it is an interesting show and a tv day. martha: i m sure, a very tough day, thanks for your coverage throughout and we ll look forward to seeing you this morning on fox news sunday. thank you, bret. bill: we re hearing from hospital in tucson that giffords is still unconscious and still in icu, critical condition and police will brief at noon eastern time out of tucson and the suspect is in court, 40 minutes from now and all of that is coming up this morning. gabrielle giffords was actually with us, friday, on america s newsroom. she was talking at the time about one of the most contentious issues in the country now, the exploding deficit and her proposal, on friday, about what she thought ways good idea for the country, you ll hear about that, martha? martha: what is the prognosis for gabrielle giffords? we ll talk to dr. isadore rosenfeld about the hopeful news we got from surgeons yesterday and what it may mean today. gabrielle giffords, her condition was optimisti