machine mcconnell added another wrinkle to this after our deals in the wall street journal he said he wanted structural entitlement reform to both medicare and social security like the president was offering back during those big debt talks in august of 2011. but the president and democrats seem in no move to revisit those kind of big structural entitlement reforms. i think you are correct and mcconnell is correct. if you don t get them at this point in time and commitment to go do it, it s not going to happen. the one thing we do know, if we go over the cliff it s not going to help our economy. it will probably dump us back in another recession and i don t think anybody wants that. at this point in time, though, for the long-term structural changes that need to be made, now is the time to do it. which is why i think they need to sit down and negotiate this team as opposed to yelling and screaming back and forth. this is relatively short term. whatever the president is going to do, i
facility? you don t think the president would make a mistake taking on this fight? he s on a dilemma here. if he doesn t nominate her he looks weak and if he does, he has a fight on his hands and a polar rising secretary of state nominee. ed? i m not a big rice fan but i think if the president wants to hut her as secretary of state it s his prerogative. it will be a knock down, dragout fight but at the end of the day i think he will win it and we will move forward. let s move to the overwhelming vote at u.n. this week, 148 to 9 to recognize palestine as a, quote, nonmember observer state. mara, what does that do for the palestinians, what does it mean in terms of the israeli-palestinian peace process? a big boost for the palestinians. they were thrilled and this is something the united states didn t want to happen.
palestine s status as a nonmember observer state. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon says the move to expand settlements would almost certainly be a, quote, fatal blow, end quote, to any chance of achieving peace with the palestinians. israel also says it s withholding more than $100 million in tax revenue from the financially troubled palestinian authority. instead using the money to repay a debt owed to israel s electric company for supplying power to parts of the west bank. turning to education and some news that could soon have a major impact on your kid s school day. starting next fall, districts will expand the school day, adding as much as 300 hours to the calendar. it s all part of a theree-year plan aimed at boosting achievement and making the u.s. more competitive. schools will be part of the pilot program, but educators hope to add additional communities. education secretary arne duncan has been pushing for more time
machine mcconnell added another wrinkle to this after our deals in the wall street journal he said he wanted structural entitlement reform to both medicare and social security like the president was offering back during those big debt talks in august of 2011. but the president and democrats seem in no move to revisit those kind of big structural entitlement reforms. i think you are correct and mcconnell is correct. if you don t get them at this point in time and commitment to go do it, it s not going to happen. the one thing we do know, if we go over the cliff it s not going to help our economy. it will probably dump us back in another recession and i don t think anybody wants that. at this point in time, though, for the long-term structural changes that need to be made, now is the time to do it. which is why i think they need to sit down and negotiate this team as opposed to yelling and screaming back and forth. this is relatively short term. whatever the president is going to do, i
machine mcconnell added another wrinkle to this after our deals in the wall street journal he said he wanted structural entitlement reform to both medicare and social security like the president was offering back during those big debt talks in august of 2011. but the president and democrats seem in no move to revisit those kind of big structural entitlement reforms. i think you are correct and mcconnell is correct. if you don t get them at this point in time and commitment to go do it, it s not going to happen. the one thing we do know, if we go over the cliff it s not going to help our economy. it will probably dump us back in another recession and i don t think anybody wants that. at this point in time, though, for the long-term structural changes that need to be made, now is the time to do it. which is why i think they need to sit down and negotiate this team as opposed to yelling and screaming back and forth. this is relatively short term. whatever the president is going to do, i