Said why they did this. they said the brinkmanship over the debt cereal was one of the reasons they downgraded the debt. think about the debt ceiling fight. republicans said let's keep spending at the same level last year. they put a bill forward. biden rejected it. the reason it got this far is joe biden. joe biden owns this. >> i have the long memory to remember when obama was talking about the bush economy far past the point where it was the bush economy. >> bret: always one fiscal cliff away. panel, thanks so much. ♪ ♪ pretty brett finally tonight, today's throwback on this day in 1776...