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Five weeks away from washington, meantime bills on student loans, highway funding and the extension of the middle income tax cut are left hanging. how does congress get away with going on vacation instead of doing the job? ed o'keeffe from the "washington post" joins us. nice to see you. many will say going home and talking to constituents. is there and they do. they go to breakfast, lunchs, they meet with business leaders and they go to schools an inspect construction projects. they also go to new york and l.a. to raise money. some go overseas to assignment with committee and big conferences....

Five weeks away from washington, meantime bills on student loans, highway funding and the extension of the middle income tax cut are left hanging. how does congress get away with going on vacation instead of doing the job? ed o'keeffe from the "washington post" joins us. nice to see you. many will say going home and talking to constituents. is there and they do. they go to breakfast, lunchs, they meet with business leaders and they go to schools an inspect construction projects. they also go to new york and l.a. to raise money. some go overseas to assignment with committee and big conferences....

mistake. >> well, i don't think anybody's ever run the perfect campaign, and actually, these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a -- if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the -- ever doing one of the campaigns when all they're interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you're going to get u...

set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a -- if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the -- ever doing one of the campaigns when all they're interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you're going to get us back to work. >> bottom line, he says the debates are rigged for conflict and against the candidates. b...

part in the debates. >> well, i don't think anybody's ever run the perfect campaign, and actually, these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the campaigns when all they're interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of talking about the issue that is are important. >> you think you have -- >> how do you get us back to work? >> bottom line, he says the debates...