0 those are the suvs that likely boehner, mcconnell, pelosi and reid will come out of. let s talk about the deal. what if there s a deal, craig, for, i don t know, say 4 hr $500,000 the threshold of who gets taxes and who keeps everybody under that number keeps their tax cuts. everyone over pays more and there s spending cuts. is that a bad deal? yeah. i think it is. let me tell you why. because you can t get everything out of this deal that you want and frankly, all we re doing is kicking the can down the road. you know as well as i do this does nothing to deal with the $1 trillion plus deficits we have yearly. this is the fifth year in a row, we re going to have $20 trillion worth of debt on top of $48 trillion worth a long-term liabilities by the time mr. obama leaves office. this is the time to deal with this issue. we ve been kicking it down the road ten years. we promised the nation in 2011 under the budget deal with the sequesters we would not let this get away from us. we s
insider perspective from iowa governor terry branstad and predictions from our powerhouse roundtable. good morning. and happy new year. i m jake tapper. we have lots to get to today. but first, that brand-new poll from the des moines register showing mitt romney and ron paul essentially tied in iowa. romney with 24%. paul, within margin of error at 22% and a last-minute surge for rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator rockets out of the single digits into third place with 15%. the story behind the numbers tells us that santorum has got the big move. the poll was taken over four days and in the last two of those days, santorum pulled away ahead of paul. within a hair s breath of romney. it s a trend to watch. another key number, 41% of those polled say they still could change their minds. that s a glimmer of hope for the rest of the pack. newt gingrich, falling hard to 12%. rick perry, right behind him at 11% and michele bachmann bringing up the rear with 7%. so, y
ground in the hawkeye state and insider perspective from iowa governor terry branstad and predictions from our powerhouse roundtable. good morning. and happy new year. i m jake tapper. we have lots to get to today. but first, that brand-new poll from the des moines register showing mitt romney and ron paul essentially tied in iowa. romney with 24%. paul, within margin of error at 22% and a last-minute surge for rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator rockets out of the single digits into third place with 15%. the story behind the numbers tells us that santorum has got the big move. the poll was taken over four days and in the last two of those days, santorum pulled away ahead of paul. within a hair s breath of romney. it s a trend to watch. another key number, 41% of those polled say they still could change their minds. that s a glimmer of hope for the rest of the pack. newt gingrich, falling hard to 12%. rick perry, right behind him at 11% and michele bachmann bri
republican leadership table. he s a remarkable individual. is he just tired of it? is he just sick of trying to herd a bunch of cats? he also said he s going to run again for re-election in 2014, so he has a lot to offer and he ll be working hard for his home state and i think that he s going to have a long career in the senate. i notice you dodged my question about him being tired of trying to wrangle you guys. let s get to the class warfare discussion here. we played that sound from house speaker john boehner talking to a group of small business owners where he said, again, giving the federal government would be would be like giving a cocaine addict more cocaine. how does the drug addict reference advance dialog in the country right now? i want to find ways to make it easier and cheaper for the private sector to create jobs and i m very concerned that the president is making it harder and more expensive. no, no. for the private sector to create jobs. the rhe
ago. he explained why. take a listen. stepping down from the republican leadership will liberate me to spend more time trying to work for results on issues that i care the most about. what s your reaction to that, senator? well, if i could have talked him out of it i would have. he will be missed at the republican leadership table. he s a remarkable individual. is he just tired of it? is he just sick of trying to herd a bunch of cats? he also said he s going to run again for re-election in 2014, so he has a lot to offer and he ll be working hard for his home state and i think that he s going to have a long career in the senate. i notice you dodged my question about him being tired of trying to wrangle you guys. let s get to the class warfare discussion here. we played that sound from house speaker john boehner talking to a group of small business owners where he said, again, giving the federal government would be would be like giving a cocaine addict more cocain