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Would increase their taxes by 8 7,000. romney down by 82,000. and gingrich down by 340,000. and if you go to the very last chart and you see what this does to federal revenues, obama would increase them by $154 billion, and romney cuts them by, and it would pay for your part d medicare and then some. >> seven years. wow. >> john heilemann, how -- how much do people pay attention to this on the campaign trail? i know, obviously "the wall street journal" editorial page, a lot of other conservative activities pay close attention to this. on the campaign trail how much do they? >> in terms of the ...

Sound the alarm about the impending crisis. thanks to both of you for being here and for this marvelous new book. gretchen, you say that you name names, so let's name a couple. let's ask ceos. who were the ceos that you put in the top tier of those responsible for bad behavior in the financial markets? >> well, eliot, the first person that we really focus on and single out is a person who's really escaped scrutiny. james johnson. he was the ceo of fannie mae in the early '90s through 1998, 1999. this is a man who's escaped scrutiny except. for the end of the crisis when he was tagged with havi...

Single out is a person who's really escaped scrutiny. james johnson. he was the ceo of fannie mae in the early '90s through 1998, 1999. this is a man who's escaped scrutiny except. for the end of the crisis when he was tagged with having taken some sweetheart loans from countrywide. but he was very central to the buildup that led to the crisis, to the expansion of fannie mae's balance sheet, to the imperilment of the taxpayer. don't forget, $154 billion later, fannie and freddie, the taxpayers own them. >> that's the size of the problem. >> i want more names, but josh, what is fannie mae and w...

Here and for this marvelous new book. gretchen, you say that you name names, so let's name a couple. let's ask ceos. who were the ceos that you put in the top tier of those responsible for bad behavior in the financial markets? >> well, eliot, the first person that we really focus on and single out is a person who's really escaped scrutiny. james johnson. he was the ceo of fannie mae in the early '90s through 1998, 1999. this is a man who's escaped scrutiny except. for the end of the crisis when he was tagged with having taken some sweetheart loans from countrywide. but he was very central to ...

>> she's back after a season of reality tv. sarah palin returns to what she does best. >> wow. >> scaring the heck out of some republicans. >> tea party americans, you're winning. >> is she the king maker or the queen? and baseball and ponzi schemes. >> i got it, i got it, i got it! >> jeff toobin say the new york mets and bernie madoff used to be on the same team. can the mets survive and win again, or will they strike out? >> you're out of here! then, the financial meltdown. who's the blame? a new investigation names names. they failed to do their jobs, and some of them got pro...