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Street have reason to believe that it is. panic. today, as he kicks off his inauguration weekend, president obama was given a great present by the vix. this is the present that vix gave to barack obama today to celebrate his inauguration as a second-term president of the united states. look. happy inauguration, mr. president. things are kind of okay. in fact, today's low vix is the lowest vix since the spring of 2007. that's vix going down. vix is low. fear is low. also for the record, the dow jones hit a five-year high today. maze mazletov mr. president. eric cantore telling the world, quote,...

The majority leader of the house republicans announcing they are giving up on what they had been saying for months was their plan, to not approve an increase in the debt ceiling to thereby push the country again into a self-imposed economic crisis and threat of defaulting on our national debt and all the panic we know that causes because they did it before in 2011. and eric cantore announced today they are not going to do that again even though they had been saying for months that they would. they gave up today on that threat. that's why the vix panic index stopped panicking today. that's the ...

That's an average of about 2 1/2 days a week. eric cantore plans the two-day workweek, makes him $193,000 a year. members of congress now want to tell you they work at home in their district, doing all this glad handing and stuff. but how many federal laws can you pass when you're back home? none. meanwhile, when congress is in session, most of their day is spent doing what? raising money. the huffington post, incoming democrats, so we're bipartisan on this show all of a sudden, huh? here is how they suggest they spend their day. four hours of call time, actually fund-raising, two hours of con...

I will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. we're not going to do that again. >> after president obama spent his first term, much of it at least, trying to negotiate with republicans in congress, he made it very clear recently that he would not play that same game again. on the debt ceiling. not again. and today after months of insisting that the president really did have to negotiate with them on that, republicans gave up. david corn "showdown," the stand off the president faced with republicans. thanks for being here. >> good to be here, rachel. >> eric cantore said, yeah, we're going to g...

United states of america is not a bargaining chip. and they better choose quickly because time is rung short. >> republicans made their choice during a gop retreat in williamsburg, virginia. house majority leader eric cantore reportedly has plans for three months. in a statement the white house responding, saying, we are encouraged. there are signs congressional republicans may back off their insistence on holding our economy hostage to extract drastic cuts in medicare, education and programs middle class families depend on. the temporary nature of the increase is somewhat troubling. a white h...