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The debt was less than a trillion dollars now it's nearing 14 trillion. 15% of that would have come since his party has been in power and in the last 18 months. i bet he does have a lot of explaining to do. we've seen that across the board in democratic politics. it's not happening with the congressmen. it's happening with the governors who cannot defend their fiscal record. they're likeable folks. bill ritter is not seeking re-election because he can't defend his record. >> this is it. this is how it works in washington. the governor's association takes a democratic congressman who retires an...

Raised taxes, they're proud to put their records on the ballots. it's democrats who are not going to be the right side of voters, republicans and independents who are going to vote like republicans this year who don't want to run in an environment where fiscal issues really matter. this election is going to be very simple. are you willing to take on the public sector unions and bust them up and deal with their pension problems? are you willing to make tough decisions and cut government spending or do you not want to make those tough decisions and raise taxes? more often than not, our guys are ...

All i do know is that there has to be more to life than explaining the ridiculous accountability destroying rules of the united states senate to confused and angry and frustrated constituents. >> with me in the studio, two guys who are happy they don't have to explain the frustrating rules of the united states senate, nathan daschle, nick ars. congressman obey is not your concern, but does it say anything about the political environment, veteran guy,s the chairman of the appropriations committee, said he's just bone tired. >> look, if i had the record -- if my party had the record of congressm...

They can't make at the state level, because state spending in the last decade has been less in the democratic governors than republican governors. if you look at unemployment rates, the states -- the top five states, with the highest unemployment rates have republican governors. four of them have democratic governors, the talking points that nick wants to bring out simply are not supported by facts at the state level. >> let me take a moment to get both of you. hang on. i want to get into the environment. investigateman obey is now the 13th democrat in the house to say he's not running for re-...