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Though congress has been able to fund for a longer term period, many parts of the u.s. government, but they did not get it all done, and that's where this threat of a shutdown could come into play. it would not be for the entire government, but would be for portions of it, but it gives the president a bit of leverage because he would have to sign any short-term spending gap that the congress would try to put through in order to avoid a shutdown, which we have seen as politically bad for everyone. today the president in sort of an uncharacteristic sort of attempt to encourage bipartisanship say...

Millionaires and billionaires. >> let's bring in patricia powell. thank you for joining us. >> it was april of 2011 when the ryan budget was first introduced. a lot of things from democrats and republicans to define it. now i'm going to give that job to you. what is the ryan budget plan? >> the ryan budget plan is essentially to try and bridge the revenue and the spending and make it much closer. he doesn't fully bridge the gap even over ten years. over next ten years the plan would be he would spend about $40 trillion. we would bring in about $37 trillion, what is really important if you comp...

Joining me now, the reverend jesse jackson, founder of the rainbow coalition. i talked to you earlier and you told me what you were seeing on the ground in milwaukee was just something you'd never seen before. how do you unpackage what you saw tonight? and these results? what's your reaction? >> record-breaking votes in milwaukee and madison and much of the rural wisconsin democratic base are republican. that's interesting. secondly, 9-1 spending gap does matter. it really means, ed, more super pac money driving us further and further away from a one-person one vote democracy. i'm concerned wh...

The ground in milwaukee was just something you'd never seen before. how do you unpackage what you saw tonight? and these results? what's your reaction? >> record-breaking votes in milwaukee and madison and much of the rural wisconsin democratic base are republican. that's interesting. secondly, 9-1 spending gap does matter. it really means, ed, more super pac money driving us further and further away from a one-person one vote democracy. i'm concerned what it means when collective bargaining is on the attack wholesale. to write the laws in national as opposed to regional. and of course, gross ...

Being spent? the fact romney is outspending your candidate 4-1 at this point. how do you narrow that spending gap? can you? are you confident you can? with big donors? one from nevada certainly but do you need more and do you think it's going come on board? >> we certainly would like to get more money but what i've noticed about these gingrich rallies is, you know, they are huge. we have had big numbers turn out. in naples, florida, almost a thousand people turned out for newt. and one youtube the person who is wearing a romney t-shirt confessed he was paid and said he was a gingrich supporter...