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Choice that theyll have if they continue with the house republican leadership and their tea party dominance. this is not responsible. heres what we need to do. we need to get back to the bowles/simpson principles. paul ryan and i were on this commission. i voted yes to put everything on the table. paul ryan voted no. i still think its the most reasonable bipartisan approach. weve got to convince speaker boehner and the house republicans to get down to this bowles/simpson approach to bringing the...

Bowles/simpson principles. paul ryan and i were on this commission. i voted yes to put everything on the table. paul ryan voted no. i still think its the most reasonable bipartisan approach. weve got to convince speaker boehner and the house republicans to get down to this bowles/simpson approach to bringing the deficit down but not destroy this recovery. >> if the criticisms of the republicans is my way or the highway, democrats have done some of that as well. vice president biden was on the pr...

Unfortunately paul ryans budget doesnt reflect. everything has to be on the table. if were going to work this out, if were going to compromise and give the american people an answer instead of a political speech or sound bite, weve got to get back to the same basic bowles/simpson principles that paul ryan and unfortunately the three house republicans refuse to vote for. its still the bottom line solution to our problem. >> senator, let me ask you a political question in this campaign. polling, "...

Crapo, conservative republican from idaho and kent conrad. eight of us with mark warner, saxby chambliss. and mike johans and michael bennet. we are working toward the bowles/simpson approach which unfortunately paul ryans budget doesnt reflect. everything has to be on the table. if were going to work this out, if were going to compromise and give the american people an answer instead of a political speech or sound bite, weve got to get back to the same basic bowles/simpson principles that paul ...

The economy. they proposed literally defaulting on americas debt for the first time in our history. business leaders came to capitol hill and said, you cant do this. youre going to raise the cost of borrowing for families and businesses. this is going to hurt our economic recovery. and now speaker boehner has said, i want to do it again at the end of the year. this ought to be a clear indication to the voters of the choice that theyll have if they continue with the house republican leadership an...

Bowles/simpson principles that paul ryan and unfortunately the three house republicans refuse to vote for. its still the bottom line solution to our problem. >> senator, let me ask you a political question in this campaign. polling, "usa today"/gallup. a show of strength for governor romney on the economy. folks saying 55% of the economy would get better if romneys elected. 46% believe that if the presidents re-elected p you see the corresponding numbers for how it gets worse. how much of a nega...