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They've opened -- former head of the Republican Party in Virginia and penny -- former senior advisor to senator Harry Reid thank you both for being here.
Kate and it -- review was reading some of -- notes you're not happy person night with your own -- Say the GOP needs to grow a backbone you say that the president's tactics of class warfare.
Is working in the Republicans need to wake up.
I think Fed's president has been incredibly successful with really -- -- -- Republicans painting them as.
Loving only that mega wealthy which he classifies as anyone making over 200000 dollars.
And it's this get any attack and drumbeat that they don't care about.
Working class and not middle America.
Well it's time for Republicans to stand up person fiscal sanity.
And point out the fact that penny assault bots are pending I love -- old -- I'm not so crazy about but.
Senator Reid has not brought a budget to the senate floor in ten -- And that's just irresponsible so instead we have all these manufactured -- -- And the Republicans are told -- we're going to be blamed if we bought the fiscal cliff or if we don't get -- in broken advance feeling and Republicans think the stand that.
Well -- you know why hasn't senator people would have brought -- budgets of the senate floor and what about this class warfare issue is -- unfair.
Well you know won't be we have we cannot continue to let us and I agree with him as we cannot continue -- legislate by crisis by crisis.
And that is just kicking -- -- they can down the rent for a month at a time we do need to have some adults in the room to hammer out a long term fiscal plant.
And I think that's what the president was doing today when he announced as his new Treasury Secretary Jack -- someone that is more steeped in fiscal policy.
More so than monetary policy this is really what Tim Geithner strength was so hopefully with -- they are now ahead of the Treasury Department and with some people you know bruised from the last two battles that we've just gone through that will -- some sanity.
Return and we can actually get something done has more than just another month of kicking things -- -- Case you're not a big fan of exactly why you and I know what the Republicans have called him not condescending and flexible.
Even the little sneaky what do you say.
Yeah I think jackal it was -- -- hue and cry in that he signals Obama's intention -- only intensified this class warfare rhetoric.
I'm Jack Lewis then that right in line with the president's unwilling -- even.
Discussed.
Spending when it comes to the debt ceiling that debate that we're going to be having.
He -- been intransigent he shot Republicans down when it came to any sort of meaningful heavy spending cuts in the fiscal class.
-- I was gonna get penny of the last well penny but -- think Jack -- is the man.
I really looking -- negotiating the Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan he negotiated between Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton.
This is someone that has had to bring both sides together actually get a deal done.
We'll have to leave it there is also quick to thank you so much -- take over Jane I'm penny Lee thank you for joining us.
Thanks yeah.
It's always fun to -- Serious obstacle yeah and for for awhile now -- -- pick it up.
Friends say which -- a heads up for -- people don't go around and that our facility -- -- -- -- -- the last hour of trading can't.
