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That is how democrats feel about the republicans paul ryan kill medicare budget, but the republican leadership in congress, looking at that same data apparently looks at that kill medicare vote from this spring and thinks we did not go far enough. the budget would have capped spending at below 20% of gdp. to get to cuts that dramatic republicans did something as dramatic as killing medicare and a lot more besides. now republicans are saying they won't vote to raise the debt ceiling unless spending is capped at even less than that 20%. they now want to cap spending at 18% of gdp. that's about $...

Call from all the politicians. thomas in new mexico. the tea party of which i am a proud member may not be the only group to put pressure on these big spending politicians, but it sure doesn't hurt. the more the better. how can democrats push to increase the debt ceiling to keep spending? they didn't even deliver a budget back in october of 2010 when it was due. susan in alabama, no. but it is the long term answer to getting the lunatic fringe out of the gop so they can be a respectable political party again some day. in the short term, it will help democrats in 2012. and in that respect i'm a...

It seems like they're front paging both symbolic issues, the opposite of fiscally responsible action and culture war issues in their agenda in the house. i don't understand the difference between that and how they're being described. >> well, i think the american people are beginning to have serious buyers remorse. we're seeing that the president's numbers are going -- are going up and the republicans, i don't think, have really had a good day since the election day, which was a very good day for them. but since then, i think the honeymoon is over. this is a party that has clearly looked now i...

Beltway line for what mainstream republicans are doing. hr-1, new rules, which dhe vie ate late with hr-12, and hr-3 is abortion. it seems like they're front paging both symbolic issues, the opposite of fiscally responsible action and culture war issues in their agenda in the house. i don't understand the difference between that and how they're being described. >> well, i think the american people are beginning to have serious buyers remorse. we're seeing that the president's numbers are going -- are going up and the republicans, i don't think, have really had a good day since the election day...

Over a fast growing economy. 1.3% of economic growth? that's really miserable and at this point what the president has to do is offer a real plan. what we've seen is two republican plans and we've talked about cut, cap and balance, jamie, passed the house last week and failed in the senate on a procedural vote and passed the ryan plan. remember the budget back in april that was rather controversial. so, i think the republicans have done their tear share to put forward their ideas and the president has yet to once submit his own plan and frankly rejected one of the better plans from his own deb...