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We normally have. assume, and i think it is the logical assumption, nothing is done. in -- no deal. what do you think? >> i don't like super committees with superpowers. i like sausage making, it is called democracy. and what we will have is an election and we will have a bigger election in november as a result of the failure. the effect, and i don't which party it helps but it will increase that november 2012 is a very big election and the parties have a different vision of the side and scope of the federal government and that will be litigated before and decided by the people of the country ...

Really going for 4 trillion is almost as easy going to 1.2 and that's been our message to them, if you will, go big. do what the markets have said we need to do to show a responsible effort. then we're they're with you. we got your back. martha: you know, congressman schuler, the word is that congressman becerra and congressman clyburn have basically stepped away from this process. two of the super-committees, both democrats. have you heard that? what was the deal breaker for them and can anything get done if they're not in it? >> i have not heard that but i hope, at this point in time our cou...

Committee to come up with something smarter, something more acceptable to both parties. but what if the automatically triggered cuts are not so automatic after all? joining me now is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "huffington post" who wrote about this today. ryan, thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> ryan, the title of your piece today, "super committees, cuts, anything but automatic." what did we miss here? how did they sneak by us? how are they going to get around the automatic trigger they're so afraid of? >> if you listen to the coverage of this and especially if you...

Discretionary spending cuts the democrats will hate. those dreaded triggered cuts, the ones that each party will hate, are supposed to provide the incentive for the super committee to come up with something smarter, something more acceptable to both parties. but what if the automatically triggered cuts are not so automatic after all? joining me now is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "huffington post" who wrote about this today. ryan, thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> ryan, the title of your piece today, "super committees, cuts, anything but automatic." what did we miss ...

The incentive for the super committee to come up with something smarter, something more acceptable to both parties. but what if the automatically triggered cuts are not so automatic after all? joining me now is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "huffington post" who wrote about this today. ryan, thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> ryan, the title of your piece today, "super committees, cuts, anything but automatic." what did we miss here? how did they sneak by us? how are they going to get around the automatic trigger they're so afraid of? >> if you listen to the coverage o...