CURRENT Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer November 17, 2012
My hope is that this is going to be the beginning of a fruitful process where were able to come to an agreement that will reduce our deficit in a balanced way. Eliot once the meeting was over the congressional leaders all agreed that some sort of agreement was possible. Democrats reid and pelosi were firm on the need to compromise and get things done quickly. We have the cornerstones of being able to work something out. Were both going to have to give up things that we know are a problem. We should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. We should have a deadline before christmas. ...