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Everyone would hold them accountable over the summer as they would right now. >> karen, is it fair to look at this as like your teacher extending the deadline for when you file your homework? you dont have to solve that math problem this week or next week. >> you know, i think its more like, when you sit down at the table and youre trying to pay your bills, and youre thinking i can put this one off until next month. and the fact that our government is doing that is actually quite frightening. an...

Deadline. im not suggesting that geithner is a bad guy because he manipulated the debt ceiling expiration. im saying that is whats going on right now in combination with this debate or whatever the heck it is all. what is the political dynamic of being able to manipulate the point at which we actually, technically default, and how is that impacting how this debate is playing out, if at all? >> right now, this treasure secretary is doing what all the others have which is gives congress time. hes ...

Hard-line against efforts to raise the debt ceiling. meanwhile treasury secretary tim geithner, well thats a different story. he was making the rounds saying republican leaders have already given assurances to the president. chris stirewalt is fox news digital politics editor. he joins us live from washington. so geithner is saying, look, weve gotten assurances from the republicans that the u.s. wont default on its debt. is there a semantical difference between that and the debt ceiling? >> a ve...