Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110225:18:23:00
Relied on one time or short-term fixes. we've got to make a commitment to the future because i don't want my kids or anybody else's kids to face this problem two, four, six years down the road. so for us, anything we're talking about has got to be about still maintaining that long-term commitment. there may be some other ways, even outside of this budgetary process, that would be appealing for some of these senators to come home. my hope more than anything, though, why i'm here today, is that the public -- i think overwhelmingly people whether they're for or against or somewhere in between, al...