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even now that you can make a deal with this president withth his views on trillions of dollars in spending, entitle ment s and taxes?ings a well, chris, i was bornh with the glass half full. i am the op tau optimist. abo it is about trying to findn common ground.yes,nd yes, i understand the president feels that we need a bigger government and more spending in washington. was i believe allowing theow t american people to keep more of that money is the best way to create jobs and grow ourrow r economy. but having said the fact that we are it is almost like we l come from two planets.fere my job on behalf of the country is to find as much to coon ground as we can to help move the country ahead.ryhd but democrats are saying, and you heard this implied by tim geithner just before you that you end up looking badyou with voters because you walked out of the talks twice and youot are willing to risk defaultt t because you want to cutre medicare and medicaid toct protect the tax cuts fo