carlyle group, david rubenstein. then i have a lot to talk about with an all-star panel. arianna huffington, mort zuckerman on the gop race, the economy, the euro, iran, all kinds of things. next up, what do the shipyard in tahrir square have in common? a lot. i ll explain. first, here s my take. i spent the last few weeks working on an essay for time magazine on barack obama s foreign policy, and in association with that piece, i interviewed the president last wednesday in the oval office. let me give you a few of my thoughts and impressions. obama seemed relaxed, calm, confident. i asked him about mitt romney s attacks on him as indecisive, timid, and nuanced. i don t quite know why being nuanced is a bad thing, but that is what romney said. obama responded that romney and the rest of the republican field are going to be playing to their base until the primary season is over. after that, he said, he looked forward to having a foreign policy debate. overall, i think it s g
with that. it wouldn t be honest. i in fact did what i believe was right for the people of my state. chris: mitt romney refusing to disavow the healthcare plan he signed into law in massachusetts, even though he proposes a different plan. it s time for our sunday group. brit pneumonia, ninaeston and mort zucker man. did governor romney do anything to solve his problem for republicans that think romney care is way to to too close to obama care? no. when he said disavow it it wouldn t be honest. he couldn t disavow it and flipped his position on it because he has flipped on several issues and has something of reputation.
be fine? i think the financial world is absolutely concerned about the debt limit. we ve seen where standard & poors issued a credit on the united states. imf came out publicly and said we do not have a credible plan to deal with the deficit. you have leader of the most important financial service firm in the world a company led by bill gross. he not only sold the u.s. securities but selling them short. you have a lot of indications that something might happen if we don t do anything about it. everybody believes that we are running out of gas. we re running on an empty task fiscally for a decade now. we have to address this problem because sooner or later it s going to blow up in our faces. nobody knows when but this is not a saga we can continue these debts. mort is right.
else and, they are stressing no new taxes, because that will be deadly for the economy. chris: mort, again, you are the voice in this group at least of the financial community, in new york, how do they view all of this? do they buy in solely to the republican plan? is it they want to see a compromise? how do they view all of the flailing around? look, with deep suspicion and concern, without question. they are all nervous about this and everybody understands you have to have a bipartisan effort, so neither party gets totally blamed, if you do enough to really make a difference, the fiscal imbalances in this country and that is what we don t see and you have a dysfunctional government and it s not working on many, many levels and that is what is seen in the financial world, not only in new york but around the world and this is something that will undermine the ability of the united states to do a lot of things it want and the problem is we do not have the kind of leadership in washi
be fine? i think the financial world is absolutely concerned about the debt limit. we ve seen where standard & poors issued a credit on the united states. imf came out publicly and said we do not have a credible plan to deal with the deficit. you have leader of the most important financial service firm in the world a company led by bill gross. he not only sold the u.s. securities but selling them short. you have a lot of indications that something might happen if we don t do anything about it. everybody believes that we are running out of gas. we re running on an empty task fiscally for a decade now. we have to address this problem because sooner or later it s going to blow up in our faces. nobody knows when but this is not a saga we can continue these debts. mort is right.