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Alternatives, the president is back to the old saw that republicans have no ideas. that's the reason his approval rating is plummeting. >> the reason he appointed the debt commission was because some senators who supported it, mostly republican senators, abandoned it. so they couldn't pass the legislation which would have a debt commission with teeth. >> i think there's a real concern, though, about going back to andrews air force base again. back in 1990. everybody gets all worried about spending and deficits and debt and all of a sudden they come back from andrews air force base with a tax i...

Why wait until then? why not do it now? >> i think it's important that we listen to the american people. it's not about what i think. it's about what the american people think. ameri americaspeakingout.com hundreds of thousands have given us ideas about what washington should be doing. people voted on other people's ideas. if people want to go to americaspeakingout.com they can participate in this. out of this listening we will have a governing agenda to get this country back on track. >> but you are certainly campaigning to be the next speaker? in fact you can go on a website and order a mug ...

Moratorium is far worse than the spill itself? >> if there was another accident of equal size, we didn't have the equipment to respond. we had over 6,000 vessels, we had private citizens in this effort. if another accident occurred, we did not have the ability to respond. that formed a basis for putting a pause on drilling while we looked at the safety, while we looked at how to contain it ultimately and then clean it up. >> final question here. the president said in his address to the nation this about climate change legislation. >> the tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and p...

And we offered to work with him to enact the resignificanckct i. why don't we stop spending. secondly, we need to make sure we get all the t.a.r.p. funds back to pay down the deficit. why don't we put a cap on discretionary spending at lower levels than today? it's time to stop the spending spree in washington, d.c. >> the president, of course, has called for a cap on discretionary spending. >> i'm talking about a real cap. like at 2008 levels and not 2010 levels. >> let me ask you about a couple our topics including charlie rangel. there's news there was a deal being discussed and republicans...

Why not do it now? >> i think it's important that we listen to the american people. it's not about what i think. it's about what the american people think. ameri americaspeakingout.com hundreds of thousands have given us ideas about what washington should be doing. people voted on other people's ideas. if people want to go to americaspeakingout.com they can participate in this. out of this listening we will have a governing agenda to get this country back on track. >> but you are certainly campaigning to be the next speaker? in fact you can go on a website and order a mug among other items to ...