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proof. that's fair. so here you go. you probably know that more than any other developed nation, the u.s. economy is driven by its citizens and on how confident they feel about their future. this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why it's down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if americans are worried about the economy, they delay making important purchases and a perceived econom...

>> it's like somebody goes to a restaurant, orders a big steak dinner, martini, all that stuff and then just as you're sitting down, they leave -- [ laughter ] -- and accuse you of running up the tab. >> that's a good line but -- you had for a long time republicans in congress resisting the idea of tax cuts for average americans, even though they all signed the norquist pledge and that would in effect amount to a tax increase because it had been implemented before. only when president obama turned up the heat on this issue and it began to gain political traction did you see some change back. a...

And we follow them up there to live by an unbreakable promise, stitched into every uniform of every captain who takes their command: to fly. to serve. in tonight's rewrite, the rewriting of grover norquist anti-american pledge is gaining momentum in washington. among the signers of of the norquist pledge to never raise taxes in anyway including by closing loopholes is anti-american in the extreme, because the founding fathers intended for members of congress to take only an oath of office, not an oath to a lobbyist. the norquist pledge is anti-american because the elected officials who take ...

Deficit reduction package and now the hill reports that some of the republicans are busy rewriting their understanding of the pledge to grover. congressman mike simpson of idaho asked, if it sticks with you forever, why do they ask you to resign it every two years? ohio republican congressman steven la turette said that the pledge is no longer valid, because i have not signed it since 1994, and my driver's license expires and the milk in my refrigerator expires and my gym membership expires. okay. so driver's licenses take years to expire and gym memberships take at least months to expire, but...

Saying that the tax revenues should be considered in a reduc now thhill reports that some of the republicans are busy rewriting their understanding of the pledge to grover. congressman mike simpson of idaho asked, if it sticks with you forever, why do they ask you to resign it every two years? ohio republican congressman steven la turette said that the pledge is no longer valid, because i have not signed it since 1994, and my driver's license expires and the milk in my refrigerator expires and my gym membership expires. okay. so driver's licenses take years to expire and gym memberships take a...