Thanks for the thread, AB!
ABC with Christiane and John Kyl, Kyl says Repub leaders have made it clear if all else fails.....we won’t put govt in default - mcconnell plan will be a go.
Christiane says poll after poll says Americans want a balanced approach to budget: spending cuts, and tax increases. John Kyl disagrees and quotes a poll.
Kyl pulls out a chart showing the increase in spending over time (under obama/dems). Spending is the problem.
Repub’s won’t make a deal with the president saying he’d be willing to “look at” cuts in the future (not now).
Raising taxes in a weak economy is the last thing we should do.
Round table ABC on the budget deal/defecit
George Will - obama has proposed 2 billion in spending cuts....that’s so miniscule, it’s like a rounding error on the GM bailout
Cokie - Asks the TP candidate, how does it work politically to NOT raise taxes on “billionaires?
Tea Party candidate (R - ID) responds that obama wanted to cut out loop holes in tax code while increasing spending. Says everyone refers to obama as “the adult in the room, he points out how obama’s proposals are ridiculous, says it’s a joke to refer to obama as “defecit hawk”. obama is unwilling to do something. obama keeps using the phrase “Grand compromise” because it’s been poll tested - it doesn’t mean anything. (WOW, this guy is good!)
Cokie wants the the TP candidate to know they are in a politically risky place.
Dowd - both sides know they have to pass something. The politics of this will force “something”.