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President. >> we are used to these verbal tantrums from the president. >> that was a verbal tantrum? >> i would think so. look at it this way. we propose to increase spending from $3.6 trillion a year to $4.9 trillion a year instead of the presidents $5 trillion. we are saying dont increase spending as fast as he is but bring it to a more sustainable level. we have a debt crisis coming. the people who get hurt the worst are those who need it the most. if we have a debt crisis, we have an ugly ep...

Its psychologically important. when you look at the other countries, greece, ice land, italy, ireland, do they sound familiar? they should. greece, ice land, ireland, italy, they all got bailed out and are dragging down europe. >> so i have this sinking suspicion that the candidates are going to jump all over this. >> what got it to this point, some of it is habit, too much spending, circumstance, the recession. when you look at what happened in the early part of the decade, they reduced revenue...

Somebody has to point out your record. >>y in, i think i have an opportunity to respond here. ive convinced a lot of people of it because my record is actually pretty darn good. i supported and voted official a balanced budget amendment, the line item veto. i used to keep track when i was in the united states senate of all the democratic amendments. and all amendments that increase spending. i put on the board something called a spendometer. if you look at my spending record and take a look at t...

Spending. theres only been a couple of appropriations bills ive voted for in the past 24, 26 years ive been in washington. so you are a big spender. thats all there is to it. you are a big government conservative. and you dont vote for right to work and these very important things, and thats what weakens the economy. so to say you are a conservative, i think is a stretch but youve convinced a lot of people of it. somebody has to point out your record. >>y in, i think i have an opportunity to res...

>> i have decided to sand aside. >> and now, everything is different. >> what do we need to do as a country to get back on the right track? >> can anyone overtake mitt romney as he tries to close in and seal the nomination. can rick santorum build on his stunning iowa success? is time running out for these candidates to catch the front-runner? save their campaigns? >> weve got some tough decisions to make. >> we are going to take america back. >> believe me, this moment sum going to co...

stunning iowa success? is time running out for these candidates to catch the front-runner? save their campaigns? >> weve got some tough decisions to make. >> we are going to take america back. >> believe me, this momentum is going to continue. >> the voting has begun. the stakes couldnt be any higher. n tonight, we put them all to the test. so whats next in this campaign season filled with so many dramatic surprises? this is the abc news republican presidential debate. your voice. your...

my son had a lot of friends back then. they all hang out together, hang out with jerry sandusky and i think you should talk to these other boys, too, not week in they would say. she pointed them in these boys direction. amir hekmati an ex-marine, born in arizona, raised in michigan. his family says the 28-year-old was arrested in august while visiting his grandmother and other relatives in iran. they say his reported confession, quote unquote, had to have been coerced. also in the ...

president obama in the polls as he warms to a jobs fight with republicans, the new numbers show big support nationwide when the president says this -- >> if you want construction workers back on the work site, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this jobs bill. >> but theres bad news for the president, too, and lots of it. for starters, democrats lose a new york congressional seat the party has held it for 90 years. and the republican winner predicts its ju...

america, "john king, usa" starts right now. >> good evening, everyone, tonight rare good news for president obama in the polls as he warms to a jobs fight with republicans, the new numbers show big support nationwide when the president says this -- >> if you want construction workers back on the work site, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this jobs bill. >> but theres bad news for the president, too, and lots of it. for starters, democrats lose a new yor...

And the american people in catastrophic terms unless you get your way. were tired of bullying. were tired of babies saying give it to us all or else were going to wreck the whole çhous. i dont think that is what the american government should be about. >> senator, i would to put up on the screen a chart of whats happened with the debt ceiling over the last decade from 2001 to 2008. its been raised several times. its had to have been raised. as i say as we talked about here, it doesnt in any wa...