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I get up here and i realize that no one has got -- there's not real seriousness about dealing with this issue. so i'm not going to come up here and start participating in what i think are not serious efforts towards solving this. i understand people work really hard on it. i understand the tough position that many in leadership are in. but i want to see this issue dealt with, with a seriousness and the intensity that it deserves. this is a major issue, perhaps as an important issue as anything that policymakers have had to tackle in this country in the last 25 or 30 years. and i don't sense ur...

For our country's future, holding down job creation. something we don't talk about you have no. there are jobs right now not being created because people are afraid to invest in america's future, because they think it's going to mean higher taxes and higher interest rates. so i want the debt issue to be dealt with in its totality as a debt debt issue opinion that's what i hope we'll do. >> now, you may not feel comfortable with this, but i have it on good authority that some leading house members, democrats, are saying that you would be the biggest threat to president obama if you were on a re...

Other candidates. and a lot is going to depend on what we do or don't do with respect to this debt issue. and i think maybe the president is thinking, well, we'll let the republicans promote these ideas and that will cost them politically. because they are controversial. it's like taking on medicare is a controversial issue. maybe we'll sit back and criticize what they're doing. now, i understand the politics of that. and it may be smart politics, but i don't think it's going to be because i think the american people understand that we need to deal with all this spending and all this debt or w...

Former governors, governors, and other candidates. and a lot is going to despend on what we do or don't do with respect to this debt issue. and i think maybe the president is thinking, well, we'll let the republicans promote these ideas and that will cost them politically. because they are controversial. it's like taking on medicare is a controversial issue. maybe we'll sit back and criticize what they're doing. now, i understand the politics of that. and it may be smart politics but i don't think it's going to be, because i think the american people understand that we need to deal with all th...

And if all we do is go in 3-4 weeks and extend the debt limit and do nothing else the world will say, america and its political leadership is not serious about dealing with the incredible issue, and the fact their government continues to spend money it doesn't have. >> chris: but aren't you pulling the same stunt if you will, that barack obama did when he was a senator in 2006 and he voted against increasing the debt limit and knew other senators would do the right thing and he could make the political gesture and keep the country out of default. >> first of all, thank you for reminding the vi...