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Of the plan was new taxes. >> that would be considered fair and balanced, right? >> senator, do you think that democrats have not been forthright enough in the rhetoric about taxes? do you think that part of the issue here is that democrats are in such a defensive crouch they have a hard time making an affirmative case for taxes? >> i think democrats are in a defensive crouch generally too often. i think voters respond to us -- well, voters respond to us when we make the contrast, and many of us have run as progressives in states that are considered swing states. you make that case whether it'...

Government going without having a shutdown, and there were three different areas in the appropriation, so you had to vote it up or down. i thought about voting no because -- >> right. >> i was doing anti-swaps, and anti-carbs -- >> somebody at the flower industry group right now is typing an angry letter to the congressman. >> that is showing, what is the thought process that is going on, and how are you making these decisions? it's a complicated matter where there are moving pieces, and the people defending that industry are going to be more active. >> i want to talk more about pizzagate afte...

Do the state governments have the flexibility. >> and state and local government has grown. if you want to look at where the growth is -- >> economy did not grow at 8% -- >> right. >> it's going to take -- >> well, the share of taxes as a percentage of gdp is the lowest level it has been since the 1950s. >> but part -- but part of that growth in state and local was about the unfunded mandates of the federal government to states in low tal teas. the localism, this idea that local people know better, and so -- >> well, that was opposed, too, and it's a complex evolution. but a lot is a desire fo...

I think it will require more deficit sending in the short term, and we are up against an array of other factors, and history indicates that's what we need. but if the super committee succeeds and comes up with a way to reduty the deficit, it will involve major cuts in government spending, and major reductions involving kids, families and the elderly. if the plan fails to pass congress, it triggers a process which was part of the deal to get the debt ceiling passed. $1.2 trillion in spending cuts, half coming from spending programs excludeing medicaid and medicare, and it looks like we're going...