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Do you see president obama working with him? >> well, the real test is going to be when you have to raise the debt ceiling. that is going to come in a couple months from now and the speaker -- >> not health care, which is their number one. >> look, we know, this is theater. theyre going to pass the repeal of health care and everyone knows its not going anywhere. the rubber meets the road when you have to meet the debt ceiling. the tea party and new members that dont want to meet the debt sooetin...

Constitution the person blamed will be the person whose name americans know and that is the president of the united states. so it cant happen. now, happily, it wont. and i dont know why he is allowing his people to raise that prospect. that the correct answer is the debt, interest on the debt will be paid, period. >> in terms of -- final question here -- in terms of sort of who is going to bear the blame for this as we come down to the showdown, i agree with you. i think were in agreement fundam...

Senator and governor and picks up two electoral college vote s, that would be 29 off the total. he would be 67 below what he needs to remain in the white house. he has a lot of targets that are show iing weakness for democrats. >> who is the nominee on the republican side? >> i have ten. barbour, daniels, gingrich, huckabee, gypped jind, palin, tim pawlenty, pence, romney, thune. i am sure there will be others. there is no clear front runner. in 2008, mccain came in second. republicans genetical...

Its sure not smaller. >> sean: i would tend to agree. i found one interesting story that i wanted to ask you about. actually, your name was off the list. it appears that the democratic national committee has formally asked the pentagon for any correspondence between military agencies and nine potential 2012, presidential candidates. you are not on the list. sarah palin, mitt romney, huckabee, gingrich, thune and engine . im thinking, wait a minute theres got to be something wrong with this -- by...

Americans, 47% think president obama signed the troubled asset relief program, t.a.r.p., into law, only 34% know it was actually, shh, president bush who did it. and now as promised, "countdown" exclusive, the man singled out by former speaker gingrich because he, in gingrichs words, admits he turned down more than a dozen offers because the salary would have been less than he made on welfare, mike hatchell joining us from his home in lumberton, north carolina, along with his wife, sarah. 11-yea...

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To embrace the stimulus, most republicans seem to have forgotten that it was their party, not president obamas, that bailed out wall street banks. a new poll finding that more americans, 47% think president obama signed the troubled asset relief program, t.a.r.p., into law, only 34% know it was actually, shh, president bush who did it. and now as promised, "countdown" exclusive, the man singled out by former speaker gingrich, because he in gingrichs words, admits he turned down more than a dozen...

Some 25 or 26 weeks. its tough. its tough in the south, as we would say. >> last question, mike. is there anything else you would like to say to mr. gingrich or the other republicans who say that the unemployed stay that way for the benefits, that theyre spoiled or lazy and should take those lower-paying jobs and get off the public dime? >> keith, i think its no surprise to us that, as it has been for quite some time, that our politicians are going to use that word, are not in touch with the ame...

I just think that its -- you know, washingtons not in touch with the actual people, im afraid. thats nothing new. its been that way since i was a young child. i wish it was different, but its not. >> mike and sarah hatchell. i think well take the common sense wisdom of mike the mechanic over joe the plumber any day. we thank you for your time and for your willingness to come forward and obviously our best wishes to you and the family. thank you much. >> thank you, keith. >> thank you, keith, ver...

Former house speaker newt gingrich writing yesterday, quote, the extension of unemployment benefits has given people a perverse incentive to stay on unemployment rather than accept a job. he continued,ç "the wall stree journal" quotes an engineer who admits he turned down more than a dozen offers because the salary would have been less than he made on welfare. this story encapsulates the problem of the long-term unemployed, the depth and length of this recession is at risk of creating a perman...