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Social security. with the tea party pressuring republicans to make big cuts in those programs, as one democratic aide put it, they painted themselves into a corner. the obama budget, though fully detailed as all presidential budgets are, is only a negotiating tool which leaves republicans now asking themselves do they really want to go first on proposing specific cuts to social security and medicare when only 13% of americans support cuts to social security, and only 21% support cuts to medicare. joining me now, utah congressman jason chaffetz. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> the gover...

>> this could have been avoided. >> you think you can hold the government ransom? >> we will in the support cuts. >> if not now, when? >> part two of the end of the harry potter series. don't know if you read the book. >> i love the close up of the wand signing the legislation. >>dave: that series ends, and the bad news for the american people this is in the ending. the debt ceiling, we will have to do this again in late 2012. so, one ends and one nowhere close. >> and the word armageddon, there is a bit of a connection

Support cuts in medicare. that's a real danger sign certainly for republicans even though they voted on the paul ryan budget deal. only 30% support cuttingç medicaid, on and on. i think there's real question about that. the other thing the white house is concerned about is after the president's really tough speech last week that made him very popular with progressives, according to the "washington post" poll, he fell among independents, a warning sign for this president. he won independents in the 2008 election and democrats lost them in the 2010 election and this president wants to make sur...

The fiscal year. if the president and our democrat colleagues refuse to accept serious tlaerchls immediately reduce federal spending, house republicans will not grant their debt limit increase, period." that from eric cantor. vice president joe biden will lead that discussion with parties on may 5. a now "washington post" poll shows -- a new "washington post" poll shows how little people want to sacrifice. this is the front page this morning. only 21% support cutting medicare. 30% on medicaid. 42% on medicare. and 45% support cuts to social security. after another air traffic controll mishap...