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The telethon with 14.5 trillion up on the board and then for the 24 hours we work back from there the simple fact is we are spending too much. the president makes a nice speech but at the end of the day we still got to stop spending. he is smooth at it i think we ought to have a prompter tax. maybe we can get out of the hole. >> in the next 100 days i will learn to go off the prompter and joe biden will learn to stay on the prompter. [ laughter ] >> i think president obama is taking a massive hi...

14.5 trillion up on the board and then for the 24 hours we work back from there the simple fact is we are spending too much. the president makes a nice speech but at the end of the day we still got to stop spending. he is smooth at it i think we ought to have a prompter tax. maybe we can get out of the hole. >> in the next 100 days i will learn to go off the prompter and joe biden will learn to stay on the prompter. [ laughter ] >> i think president obama is taking a massive hit here. im looking...

Yes the super committee fit fails, which it looks like it is going to, there are automatic cuts that go into place, but as far as accountability for the people, you know, they still maintain their jobs and we are still with this big debt issue. >> the bow hr-rbs es-simpson report was the only thing that started out in the bipartisan fashion and has grown. we have about 140-plus members of congress both in the house and senate that said go large, go big, go 4 trillion or more. it has a great temp...

The use of force from coast to coast is a target of these protests, and it is part of the conversation that is being started here, that is central to this movement. from oakland to new york. that said, van is absolutely right. i mean, there were people at zuccotti park today saying theyre wondering if maybe someones been occupying the mayors office, because to do this action two days before a national day of -- an international, actually, day of action with student protests in spain and germany ...

These polls that eat up the cable news, you want to talk about get a life. on "saturday night live" years ago it was said, in a recent poll, 80% of americans said if the presidential election were held today, they would really be surprised. and thats a template. this indicates not much. and i think we even know mathematically -- this is your field. you take presidential polls a year out. and youre not learning very much, at least in my view. but sharks have to swim, bats have to fly -- >> a blog...

The use of force from coast to coast is a target of these protests, and it is part of the conversation that is being started here. that is central to this movement. from oakland to new york. that said, van is absolutely right. i mean, there were people at zuccotti park today saying theyre wondering if maybe someones been occupying the mayors office, because to do this action two days before a national day of -- an international, actually day of action with student protests in spain and germany a...

Head bleeding early this morning. the use of force from coast to coast is a target of these protests, and it is part of the conversation that is being started here. that is central to this movement. from oakland to new york. that said, van is absolutely right. i mean, there were people at zuccotti park today saying theyre wondering if maybe someones been occupying the mayors office, because to do this action two days before a national day of -- an international, actually day of action with stude...

Encampment i think the . daily meeting point. that is all it is. that is a very different thing from a series of permanent encampments in cities all across the country. i would go further. i think the movement has lost a good degree of political support it enjoyed in the early days about two months ago. the behavior of the protesters has been called into question. frequent violence in various cities around the country and especially in oakland, encampments. say they have been weakened, if they f...

But, you know, short-term rallies to promote their cause. is that the template? >> it may be. i think they will go in a different direction. i think occupy wall street will move to college cam pumps -- campuses. today at uc berkeley there will be a an attempt to occupy berkeley and shut it down. you could see people retreating from the permanent encampments to radical college campuses. that may be the direction of the future. gregg: stuart varney. thanks very much, stuart. >> sure. martha: well,...

Since he is republican reach of perhaps winning a couple of primaries, he had no fall back position. usually if you dont know right away, you have a template. politicians walk around with templates on foreign policy. how to put questions into it and they talk about broader issues in terms of national security. he had no clue on any level here. he was trying to find the easy answer. >> indeed. >> he said listen, the problem was that obama didnt identify the opposition before he went in and should...