joining me is craig crawford. you can help me out on this as well.he first 11th hour decision that we've had to deal with this year. what gives? what's going on? >> that's all this congress could get done, brooke, is to keep the roof from caving in at the last minute they put up some scaffolding and put it up for a couple of months. it's been the least productive congress that i've ever seen. they've gotten less done than they used to do in the 1800s when they only met a few months a year and on this payroll tax cut, all it does, even if they reach a deal s. maintain the status quo. it doesn't improve the economy. it keeps things the same. it doesn't help people who are hurting get better. it just helps them keep from getting worse. and that's all they would be accomplishing even if they reached a deal and they still can't do that. >> you mentioned the scaffolding and i think a lot of americans and i tweet through this show, they were frustrated with some of what she was saying and on both sides. you look at the congressional approval rating. it's at

host: here is how craig crawford rated the candidates.said -- you get to make your own assessments. that's what he had to say this morning. gov. romney pick up an important endorsement for south carolina from the governor of that state. here is a politico story about it. haley has just endorsed romney on fox news this morning. the next telephone call as we talk about congress and the compromise it has reached on a $1 trillion spending deal, averting the possibility of a shutdown of some government agencies tonight. oklahoma, jerry, an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. with the of those, whe congress, when it comes to the house, i think they're doing an ok job. i wish they would do a better job. i'm not talking about cutting costs of the rising expenditure of government. i am talking about cutting government. that is the only way we will get this economic situation in place. this thing has been going on since the liberals took control of this country in 1964 with the election of johnson. we have been on a spending spree. con

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