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Notice that? >> there is strong pressure from the left and the president has a campaign promise to fulfill and he needs a lot of support from hispanic voters to get re-elected. he's got a coalition. the group that you cited, big mayors, former governor schwarzenegger, a lot of member of the business community, but the president is missing in order to try to do this is partners from the republican party, in congress, and maybe elsewhere with the courage to stand up to the elements of their party who don't want to see the kind of comprehensive reform that involves a path to citizenship for peopl...

Debt. >> congress is going to pass an increase in the debt ceiling. they recognize that. they know they have to do that. they have always done that. that's not the issue. the real challenge is to make sure we put in place multiyear targets that put the deficit on a path that declines over time so that the debt burden starts to decline. that's the economic imperative. that's the important thing to do. >> we're joined by cnbc's steve liesman to help us make sense of the debt crisis. and the way the president and the white house are responding to the s&p warnings. first, to your interview with ti...

"time" magazine editor at large and joins us now. mark, i was struck, i was watching you on morning joe and i was struck by your take on the s&p issue and the way the white house was responding. and my sense was why not embrace this and say, look, you see how bad things can get, look at the 140 point decline on wall street yesterday, just in response to that, we have got to get serious, use that to light a fire against -- light a fire with the budget negotiator and make congress take notice. but you had a completely different interpretation. >> i don't -- standard & poor's doesn't ask me for h...

He's saying, look, we have to pass this. let's not burden it with too much, but he's open to more than i thought going into this interview. that's in the first instance. longer term, he's essentially rejecting the political judgment made by the s&p. and i think it is fair to say to s&p, you know what, they have to make a political judgment which has a financial part to it, which is will they be able to come to this agreement. if they're not, then they're going to default. and s&p is saying it is less likely than we thought. and i'm hearing different analysis on that. it is a political judgment...