the republicans, not only jim demint, but mitch mcconnell. over and over again, they said their number one objective is not to get the economy going. it's to get president obama out of office. and they're doing it. they want a bad economy because that helps get obama out of office in 2012. >> great to have you with us on "the ed show" tonight. thanks for joining us. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. we want to know what you think. >>> john boehner took a break from the golf course to hammer the president's speech today. and john mccain is getten an earful in his home state. i'll tell you how the postal workers are coming under attack in washington. ♪ yes! ha ha! [ clicking ] ♪ what happened? power went out, want a hot dog? [ female announcer ] oscar mayer selects are made with 100% beef and have no artificial preservatives. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." governor rick scott of florida. here's another dandy for you. another republican who hates big government, unless, of course, it benefits him. he pa

the republicans, not only jim demint, but mitch mcconnell. over and over again, they said their number one objective is not to get the economy going. it's to get president obama out of office. and they're doing it. they want a bad economy because that helps get obama out of office in 2012. >> great to have you with us on "the ed show" tonight. thanks for joining us. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. we want to know what you think. >>> john boehner took a break from the golf course to hammer the president's speech today. and john mccain is getten an earful in his home state. i'll tell you how the postal workers are coming under attack in washington t of times, thingse right underneath our feet, and all we need to do is change the way we're thinking about them. a couple decades ago, we didn't even realize just how much natural gas was trapped in rocks thousands of feet below us. technology has made it possible to safely unlock this cleanly burning natural gas. this deposits can provide us with fuel for a h

jim demint has a 99% on our scorecard. even jim demint does not have 100. i like that jim demint does not have 100% on their scorecard. there's no perfect man in washington. [applause] yes? >> is there a way to get campaign funding? [inaudible] >> i think sunshine is the best disinfectant on this. everybody should be able to give as much money as they want. but it has to be posted there. if they did that, we would put out the scorecard for funding. this organization gives all this money to this senator anti incidentally of votes for them. we spoke about the gnashing of teeth that we get over our scorecard. when you point out to people that you are a member of congress from a landlocked state with no beaches and you voted for a beach replenishment project, maybe it makes sense. allen west voted for a beach replenishment project, and he's in palm beach, so maybe you can excuse him. if you are from a landlocked state, there's no excuse for voting for a beach replenishment project, so you should be held accountable for that. on campaign finance and voting, if i

jim demint, that's an ugly thing we heard. socialist, collectivist, anti-america, painted him as other than is. is alien to us. the two examples demint cited are health preform. that's why the president is so anti-american. health reform is as anti-american as theodore roosevelt who proposed it almost a century ago and reform is become as american as eisenhower who had strict regulations in the 50s. >> let me say this, bob, the irony to me is that the president was in michigan today where he did the auto bailout. let me show you how unamerican he was. and what that bailout meant. i mean, for demint to be saying this where the president was, in michigan, with detroit was the backbone of this country's economy, for many years, the auto industry he saved 1.4 million jobs and prevented 96.5 billion dollars in personal income losses. does that sound to me anti-american? does that sound socialist? i mean, this is outrageous to try and project that when he is really at a place that literally was taken back from the wink. let me ask yo

in jim demint's book.about as conservative as you can get. and i think that's governor romney's problem, which is how far does he go, how much can he afford to transform himself or retransform himself and if he's looking ahead to a general election, how much trouble does that cause for help. and i think those are some really important questions for the romney camp. >> mitt romney all summer has tried to contrast with with the president. and today he gets another shot. he's speaking at the vfw. but it seems to me a lot of folks will be comparing romney to perry. i have excerpts of what romney will say today and it's one line that really jumped out at me. he'll say it's wishful thinking that the world is becoming a safer place. the opposite is true. consider simply the jihadists. the near nuclear iran, unstable pack is an, delusional north korea, emerging global you power called china. no, the world is not becoming safer. frankly, that seemed like the opposite of what rick perry said. >> absolutely. but you

joining me with reaction to this south carolina senator jim demint.or, there is something unbecoming about this? the first downgrade of the united states in 94 years. instead it is all about -- very unpersuasive political spin blaming it on a bunch of tea party guys. >> it seems mark, that everyone who disagrees with the president is a member of the tea party now. you know and you've been predicting these kinds of things for years. over 70% of americans think we need to balance our budget. that's no small tea party group. that is a lot of common sense americans who understand that we can keep spending more than we are bringing in. this is a bipartisan problem. but the solution that they came up with has made the problem even worse. it locks us in to another 7 to 10 trillion dollars in debt. there's not enough credit in the world for us to borrow that much money. we are looking sometime over the next few months, or maybe few years, if we're lucky, we are going to come to the point where there is a real debt limit. where we can borrow any more money tha

but again, i wrote the book because we need more allen wests, we need more jim demints, we need more michele bachmann and sarah palin and maybe some of you in the room. as an outsider looking on, when people watch what happened, realize that things you said 25 years ago are going to be dug up and taken out of context, you go why would i do that. why would i put my family through that and embarrass myself or risk my reputation like that. if we allow them to do that. we are allowing them to win all over again. because we need more troublemakers to challenge the status quo to hold this administration accountable to put their name on the line, and again, we might not win the first time around, but we're making a difference. and we're paving the way and moving the standard further along for future candidates, especially, especially for women. so i really tip my hat to what your organization is doing here in such a difficult district. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> hi. i was wondering if you were willing to talk about your experience with the media during your campaign. was there a

we need more jim demints, more michele bachmann and sarah palins. as an outsider looking into the race, when people watch what happens and realize things you've said 25 years ago are dug up, taken out of context, you go why the heck would i ever do that? why put my family through that? why would i embarrass myself or risk my rep togs like that? if we allow them to do that, we allow them to win all over begin because we need more troublemakers to challenge the status quo, hold this administration accountable, to put their name on the line, and, again, we might not win the first time around, but we're making a difference, and we're paving the way and moving the standard along further for future candidates, especially -- especially for women, so i really tip my hat to what the organization is discoing here in such -- doing here in such a difficult district. [applause] >> thank you. >> hi, i was wondering if you would be willing to talk a little about your experience with the media during your campaign. was there anything that surprised you or shocked y

. >> the two most important endorsements are jim demint and mickey haley in terms of erasing the tiehampshire. >> foreign policy problem ahead in september, u.s. and european officials tell me that as many as half of the european nations could vote for the european resolution to create the palestinian state causing a big problem for the u.s. >> this is a general assembly? >> it's a general assembly vote. but imagine more than half of our european allies voting to support something we think is a terrible idea. >> we are not stopping it. quite the opposite. chris: when we come back, who has taken more vacation time, barack obama or george w. bush? chris: welcome back. president owaugh ma plans to go to martha's vineyard for a vacation, it's getting some criticism. so far in his presidency, barack obama has been on vacation for 61 days compared to 196 days for president george w. bush at this point in his first term. not counting camp david. which brings us to this week's big question. even though he trails bush is this a bad time to head to martha's vineyard? >> yes, it's a bad time be

seems like even jim demint would look twice at that deal. >> i have a feeling two-fold on this issue. number one is, i'm betting that a couple of these candidates will end up backtracking on this. maybe not for four months, but that was an odd moment. it was one of those where i'm thinking did they not hear that it was 10 to 1? did they not hear that was the ratio? clearly you heard david axelrod, president obama's chief campaign strategist, he just gobbled that moment up. saying see, this proves the point that the president was willing to move in the middle and the republican party today is not. but the fact of the matter is the issue of taxes is what unifies this party. there's a lot of disparate coalitions inside this party right now, social conservatives, libertarians, isolationists, you name it. but the one thing that keeps them together is taxes. i've told you this before. i've had republican pollsters tell me that it would break the republican party apart if they somehow split on taxes. >> let me go to jeb on that same point. i think this was the bicentennial moment yesterday.

one of them walked past me in the hall over in the senate side yesterday, jim demint, i asked him arehis thing up or whatever and he kept walking. he didn't give me a peep. so, again, though, we're told that the senate people think they actually have the votes and that's the important thing. >> joe, thanks very much. we'll check in with you later. >>> if you're not already furious with your elected officials for the way they've handled this debt ceiling crisis this may push you over the top. because congress couldn't stop bickering and this deal came down to the wire instead of getting done two weeks ago, american taxpayers are on the hook for $1.7 billion more. that's how much additional interest the government had to pay investors to get them to buy treasury bills now that the risk is a little higher. >> it's always something. if congress passes the debt deal a special bipartisan committee will be created to come up with a plan for even more cuts. that's going to be called the super committee. i knew i wouldn't do this right but the super committee will consist of six democrats and

want to be on the committee, and, b, is he being pressured to put one of the tea party members of jim demint who's been around longer to represent the tea party? have you read your e-mails? we're getting committee must do this, must rule out medicare cuts, tax care hikes. this is the next battleground in washington. it is a reminder, wolf, as we watch the signing, we'll wait for the president to sign this into legislation, the debate is not over. the volume will get turned over for a few weeks. they have two weeks do it. once the president signs it, they'll have two week deposit. the pressures on them will be extraordinary because the president just said himself, he wants a balanced approach. he wants in the next installment some revenue increases, that means tax reform. others say don't touch medicare and medicaid. he says we'll have to touch them probably a little bit. then there eels be a debate around the end of the year in congress. guess what, you flip 2011 into 20e 12 and every congressional rarks size, scope, federal government spending, taxes -- >> that's why the markets aren't reac

does this have anything to do with senator jim demint, a tea party favored? guest: senator demint is a great hero. he is a true fiscal conservative. it is a very red state. that is what their people want. i am not surprised and a discreet to say that south carolina dentist -- that south carolina delegation stand up for fiscal responsibility. host: from illinois, are democrats line. caller: the people that are going to be hurt by this are the poor. and the elderly. let's take a step back for a moment. we have had two wars, and that is part of the discussion. there is no debate that we have to control some spending. but we have also have to look at what has caused a great deal of the spending, the two wars, amy. the entitlement programs, those things can be worked out. we can increase the age and go over a litmus test, and income- based test for social security. but the war? iraq had nothing to do it. that is what caused a great deal barack had -- nothing to do with it. that is what caused a great deal of spending. you look at spending, it is not the tax-and-sp

civilian life which sounds appealing but i wrote the book because we need more al and west and jim demint and michelle bachmann and sarah palin and maybe some of you in this room. but as an outsider, when people watch what happened when realize things that you said 25 years ago will be dug up and taken out of context, why would i ever do that?t why would i embarrass myself or risk myif reputation? if we allow them to do that we allow them to win all nee over again.trou because we need more trouble makers to challenge the status quo to hold their administration accountable. put their name on the line. we may not win the first time around but we arefere making a difference and paving the way and moving thnge standard further for future candidates' especially, especially for women. w tip my hat to your organization in such a difficult district. [applause] >> could you talk about your experience with the campaign? anything that shock you? do you have any advice as to what service we will be prepared for. >> remind me to address both parts of your question because there is so many things i wan

[applause] let me ask you this -- i was i wastired of looking for 13 more jim demints to go to the united states senate. [applause] i think that might change the complexion and makeup of the united states senate, do you not? if we have 13 more like minded senators in the senate, if we had the conservative house, this is what we can do. i would get together with them right after election night. i will pull the leadership together and tell them this, we will get that aaa credit rating back. we will. if i was the president of the united states the day the standard and poor's to downgrade, this is what i would have done. i would have said to all 235 members of congress, if you are coming back to washington, d.c. today. by a plane ticket and get back to town. we are america. we are going to get it back. this is how we are going to do it. we are going to announce to the markets that we will not default on our interest payments on the debt. now wary of default. take it all the table. number two, we will pay or men and women in the military. number three, we will play our senior citizens who are

and his view, which i share, is that we need to send reinforcements to the rand paul/jim demint/toomey/group. and it's amazing how much, what, five new seriously committed conservative republicans could do in the united states senate. if we send them another five or ten, if we can get that many, it's going to make a huge difference, and pretty soon the good old boys are going to have to be following what the new, young lions want to do and that's to restore our nation, cut our spending and increase our freedom. [applause] >> yes, ma'am. >> now that you're headed to washington, what's your feel of term limits? >> i'm a supporter of term limits, and i acted on that. the attorney general of the state of nebraska is not term limited by law or constitutionment i served as the attorney general for the state of nebraska for 12 years. i was reelected twice with 68% of the vote pote times, and i feldt 12 years was enough, so i did not seek re-election and returned to the private sector for eight years and was just elected with 73% of the vote as nebraska's state treasurer last fall. i would sup

jim demint treatment. ronald reagan treatment.hreat to their order in washington, d.c. is going to be treated this way. i think rick perry should be feeling good. this means he's scoring points. >> sean: let's watch cbs trying to tear down the texas miracle and call it a texas tragedy. then cbs in a report they gave in june where they were praising the great things happening in texas. watch this. >> perry's bedrock pledge to never raise taxes also had a reckoning this year. when his budget faced a 27 billion dollar shortfall. with taxes not an option, the state cut deeply into health care. so deeply into education, some 49,000 teachers are being laid off. do you see a texas miracle? >> no. i see a texas tragedy. >> while the nation as a whole struggles the dallas area economy keeps growing. adding jobs faster than any other area in the country. businesses like gm are growing. other companies are relocating attracted by lower taxes and what many consider a business-friendly atmosphere. >> sean: wow, june to august, a lot changed. >

but you could get jim demint, a member of the tea party caucus here, a small caucus here. but he's a serious man, whether you agree with him or not, he's a serious man about his vision, about his passion. but he probably won't be on a committee i. i wouldn't rule anybody in or out. i am only going to consider those who want to be on the committee. we will have an announcement soon about who they are. senator demint is a very effective senator, an outstanding spokesman for his point of view. anybody who wants to be on this committee will be considered. i have a completely open mind about who outto be on t. but i am moving soon because the committee has to get going. >> some senators have enough intention to retire. if you put them on the committee, they won't be beholden to anybody. that might be an idea. does that enter into your calculation? >> my calculation is that i want to put serious people on there who want an outcome. we have had too much gridlock. we need an outcome. otherwise, we are not going to have medicare available in just a few short years from now. we need

mitt romney will not attend this labor day forum organized by senator jim demint who is something ofg maker. he actually endorsed romney's run for president years ago. he is the highest ranking, senior member of congress, strongest ties with the tea party movement. a romney spokesperson says there were scheduling conflicts and that the candidate will spend the day instead in new hampshire, just another signal that this massachusetts governor is not focusing on south carolina the way he did in 2008. he wasn't listed as attending this event by organizers. cnn has confirmed texas governor rick perry, michele bachmann, ron paul, herman cain are all going to participate in the forum and it's going to be downtown, columbia, south carolina, former house speaker newt gingrich, accepted the invitation on tuesday and he's going to be the fifth participant. so a lot of people going. apparently, mitt romney is not. >> yeah. joe, i had one more question for you about nancy reagan. i saw video of her. can you tell us what happened there? >> right. former first lady, nancy reagan was walking, lost

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you have the tea party favorite jim demint saying the deal they did get just kicked the can down the if the tea party's serious about cutting the debt how can they oppose revenues that would drastically close the gap? >> remember, the tea party can't control what both chambers of the government do. the president who controls the white house and leads his party, the head of this party. and then you have the u.s. senate, controlled by democrats, and you still have a whole bunch of democrats in the house of representatives who have to deal with republicans for the time being are in the lead. so you can't say that the tea party, one wing of the party, is responsible for the fiscal health of the country. the tea party folks are saying basically let's do for the country what we ask americans to do. balance their checkbooks and not spend money they don't have. calls for hard measures, unhappy medicine, if we don't do it we're in trouble. we're seeing the truck now. look at unemployment. 9.1%, it doesn't take into account over 8 million americans are working part time. not getting a full-tim

republican senator jim demint railing against president obama not just against his policies but for being anti-american. >> we saw with a few days that this president was going to be heavy-handed. he was going to implement his agenda and pay back his political allies, and it just went on from there to obamacare and then to dodd-frank, and it has been the most anti-business, and i consider anti-american administration of my lifetime. this president is doing something that's so far out of the realm of anything republicans ever did wrong, it's hard to even imagine. >> using that term anti-american signify as certain politician? can a republican be anti-american or other democrats held to that moniker? and why only used by those on the far right? they seem to love it. hmm. on a lighter note than that, steve colbert got approval to form a super pact called americans for a better tomorrow released its first ad of the 2012 campaign. let's listen. >> a storm is gathering over iowa. a money storm. out of state groups like growpac and jobs for iowapac are flooding the airwaves telling you to vote r

but you know, you have seen this even within congress, you've had the tea party candidates like jim demintriving crazy the more conventional republican leadership. this is what it will continue until they finally get, you know, have to gather behind one banner. but that's months off, you know. this is going to get more exciting. >> i want to remind you that, rick perry is okay. he is leading the pack right now. donald trump was once at the top of that poll and michele bachmann was once at the top of that poll. now rick perry has his 15 minutes. i think he will fall just like the others did for the same reason. because he is as crazy as they are. when you look at what this guy has stood for and as michelle pointed out, he's got a record. not to mention, he wants to be able to secede from the union. he is against income tax. against direction election of u.s. senators. you can good down the line. he with a wants to abolish social security. once the american people see that, that's why the republican establishment is worried about him because they know he cannot appeal it that centrist voter

also with jim demint, a conservative stalwart in the senate who is a king maker himself.g to go to new hampshire, a house party with a state representative who he met with austin. i'm told that state rep encouraged perry to come. he's glad to oblige on the day of the iowa straw poll. >> there's other reporting out there that indicates what he says on saturday may not be the official announcement, but sort of the announcement that lets people know when he's actually announcing. i know that sounds confusing, but there were lots of rumors yesterday. you were tracking down in texas some reports in the austin paper about a houston announcement next week? >> there's some reporting that we can look at the middle of next week for something more formal in texas. also i can't imagine the good governor going to south carolina and new hampshire without swinging by the hawkeye state on his way back to texas. keep an eye early next week early on iowa. i got to tell you when i was tracking this down yesterday, i talked to one person who laughed and said this is classic rick perry. he al

. >> bret: senator jim demint on the senate floor. ed henry you were just talking about it.is responding to vice president biden, we're told. we'll continue that and monitor that and bring it to you later. thank you. manufacturerring in the u.s. has fall on the the weakest level in two years and that report sent stocks downward. despite the deal on the debt creeling the dow recovered to lose 11 points on the day. s&p 500 dropped 5. nasdaq gave back 12. let's get perspective on what it means. the fox business anchor and host of "varney and company" stuart varney is here with details. good evening. >> the market so far, they took a dip due to manufacturerring but so far the reaction? >> here is where we stand. the economy is weakening. we may be on the version of another recession. this new debt deal adds $7 trillion to our outstanding national debt in the next ten years. adds $7 trillion. because of that, we face the possibility of a downgrade. together, a possible reception and probable downgrade. and more debt. add it up and they're negative for investors. we start out for

. >> i plan to work extremely hard to elect 13 more jim demint's so we get a filibuster proof majoritynate because then we are going to town. my to-do list will start with the four years when nancy pelosi had the gavel and just look at everything she did and we will go right through that and do our repeal. got to start somewhere bp. >> the gop based seems to love how extreme their candidates are getting. a new poll shows 64% of republicans are satisfied with the gop field. but the old of the gop is worried. former reagan speech writer peggy noonan took aim today in the wall street journal, writing, quote, if there a deep are more reflective person then he best show it sooner rather than later. she also says, he might be right for an angry base, but wrong for an antsy country. looks like there's an extreme takeover of the gop tp join meg is now richard wolffe, msnbc an list and nia-malika, from the washington post. >> you think there is room over there? >> oh, there is, that's where the energy is. if you can get the top slot, albeit only 20% of the polls, if you can get that far, that q

jim demint. rand paul is another probable know. jeff sessions plans to vote no. one of the biggest concerns that he has is this a rangement of the super committee which is contained in the bill which sessions believes usurps the authority of the senate finance, budget and appropriations committee and is accountable to no voter. here is sessions. >> this is an erosion in many case of public accountability. we haven't had public debates, we've seen this deadline coming. i've warned that it would happen at the last minute. i was afraid in the 11th hour and here we are at at 11th hour the 59th minute. really we could have had a great debate this year had this thing been done weeks ago and should have. >> reporter: sessions maintains this is exactly what happens when you pass a bill, rush it on through under extreme deadline pressure under these kinds of circumstances circumventing the normal legislative processes of hearings and committees. he doesn't want to see it happen again. jenna back to you. jenna: regardless we have that vote, noon eastern time. thank you ver

even jim demint would look twice at that deal, seems like. >> yeah, i had this feeling twofold on this issue. number one is, upsetting that a couple of these candidates will end up backtracking on this at some point. maybe it's not for three months. maybe it's not for four months, but that was an odd moment. you almost -- it was one of those where i'm thinking did they not hear that it was 10-1? did they not hear that that was the ratio? clearly, the democrats, heard david axelrod, president obama's chief campaign strategist, he gobbled that moment up. saying, see, this is, proves the point that the president was willing to move in the middle, and the republican party today is not. but the fact of the matter is, the issue of taxes is what unifies this party. there's a lot of despair coalitions in the republican party. social conservative, libertarians, isolationists, you name it. the one thing that keeps them together is taxes. chris, i've told you this before. i've had republican pollsters tell me it would break the republican party apart if they somehow split on taxes. >> let me go t

it's presumed from talking to the folks who ordinarily disrupt things like this, like jim demint or sanders of vermont. i don't expect them to do that especially with the nation possibly defaulting on tuesday night at 11:59. if it were to come out of the senate tomorrow, i believe it's possible to get to the house tomorrow night or early tuesday morning. they want to do it as early as possible so in the event that maybe somehow this doesn't go through the house, they can tinker with it. obviously, that would have a dire effect on the financial markets. but time is of the essence here. not only for -- to avoid the default but also to really, i think, not allow this compromise to be destroyed by the folks from the liberal blogosphere and from the conservative talk radio, the chattering class of both extremes are going to go to town on this tonight and tomorrow and especially on the right side newly elected members. those guys have a lot of sway. and the last thing that john boehner wants is for this power point to be read and they feel good about it and then tonight getting e-mails saying you

it's presumed from talking to the folks who ordinarily disrupt things like this, like jim demint or sanders of vermont. i don't expect them to do that especially with the nation possibly defaulting on tuesday night at 11:59. if it were to come out of the senate tomorrow, i believe it's possible to get to the house tomorrow night or early tuesday morning. they want to do it as early as possible so in the event that maybe somehow this doesn't go through the house, they can tinker with it. obviously, that would have a dire effect on the financial markets. but time is of the essence here. not only for -- to avoid the default but also to really, i think, not allow this compromise to be destroyed by the folks from the liberal blogosphere and from the conservative talk radio, the chattering class of both extremes are going to go to town on this tonight and tomorrow and especially on the right side newly elected members. those guys have a lot of sway. and the last thing that john boehner wants is for this power point to be read and they feel good about it and then tonight getting e-mails saying you

move it forward, but it is presumed from the folks who ordinarily disrupt things like this like jim demint of north carolina or bernie sanders from vermont, and they don't believe them to do that, especially with the nation possibly defaulting on tuesday night at 11:59. so if it were to come out of the senate tomorrow, i believe it is possible to get to the house tomorrow night or early tuesday morning, and they want to do it as early as possible so that in the event that maybe some how this doesn't go through the house, they can tinker with it, and obviously that would have a dire effect on the financial markets, but time is of the essence here, and not only for the avoid the default, but also to really, i think not allow this compromise to be destroyed by the folks from the liberal blogosphere and from the conservative talk radio and the chattering class of both extremes are going to go to town on this tonight, and tomorrow, and especially on the right side of newly elected members, those guys have a lot of sway. and the last thing that they, john boehner, wants is for this powerpoint to

i want to play for a moment an interview i had with jim demint, a hero to the tea party movement.ng after the 2010 midterm elections. if there is a vote in the congress on raising the debt ceiling so that the government can continue to print money and spend money, should republicans say no? >> i think republicans will say no. unless that raising of the debt ceiling is accompanied by some dramatic spending cuts, something that would direct us towards a balanced budget in the future. republicans will not support an increase in the debt limit. >> so, we watched this play out, kate, and a lot of republicans as you heard senator mcconnell say, the tea party republicans, say this isn't good enough, they don't like it. they don't think they've won, but they have changed washington, haven't they? >> absolutely. they've changed the conversation, and i think this is where some of them are claiming victory today. they're saying we have changed the conversation. months ago, last year, we were not talking about cutting spending and now we are. this has become front and center. democrats and re

move it forward, but it is presumed from the folks who ordinarily disrupt things like this like jim demint of north carolina or bernie sanders from vermont, and they don't believe them to do that, especially with the nation possibly defaulting on tuesday night at 11:59. so if it were to come out of the senate tomorrow, i believe it is possible to get to the house tomorrow night or early tuesday morning, and they want to do it as early as possible so that in the event that maybe some how this doesn't go through the house, they can tinker with it, and obviously that would have a dire effect on the financial markets, but time is of the essence here, and not only for the avoid the default, but also to really, i think not allow this compromise to be destroyed by the folks from the liberal blogosphere and from the conservative talk radio and the chattering class of both extremes are going to go to town on this tonight, and tomorrow, and especially on the right side of newly elected members, those guys have a lot of sway. and the last thing that they, john boehner, wants is for this powerpoint to

it sounds like tim geithner has given us some good news despite the calls from people like jim demintna who says geithner has got to go given what's happened. mr. geithner said he's sticking around through the election. your reaction? >> well, i think having had timothy geithner sit before us and testify in the small business committee and had an opportunity to query him, when you open up that refrigerator door, the lights don't come on. i think he should move on. >> what does that mean? what does that mean, the light doesn't go on? >> i don't think that timothy geithner really has a handle on the fiscal situation here in the united states of america. and i will tell you, when i listened to your s&p guest, it is about restoring confidence. it is about having the right type of economic and fiscal policies, taxation policies and regulatory policies that can turn things around. just this last month, the obama administration created over 600 new regulations that will cost businesses and corporations $10 billion to contend with. that's not how you heal this economy. >> we only have a coupl

he has essentially said i'm going to texas one day and the next day, i'm going to senator jim demint'sf strategy. >> it's game on! >> i think that's the first tea party event that he will actually be at. >> right, he'll need a nametag. >> he won't know who everybody is. >> are you ready to take a little quiz? i know it's still the summertime and we don't want to do any school work yet. guess what? it will be easy. what's more? putting your kid in daycare or putting your kid through college. i know you think you know the answer. we'll do the math with you. >> he says unemployment benefits won't help the economy but his new boss does not agree. so will president obama actually listen to his new economic advisor? that guy right there screen left. our political panel is about to weigh in! good morning, jay leno. >> president obama has chosen princeton labor economist alan krueger as the new white house economist. krueger is considered an expert on unemployment. you know, these days a lot of people are experts on unemployment. ok? how about getting a guy who is an expert on employment. why

>> donald, on the phone, call us. >> bachmann and jim demint calling for him to go.e. >> we shall see. u.s. citizens are being warned to get out of syria immediately. the state department alert comes as violence explodes between opposition protesters and forces loyal to the syrian president bashar al assad. the opposition says 24 syrian civilians were killed in just this past day alone as government forces broke up friday protests in the city of hamas. they wanted to go into their high school this monday, open fire, kill themselves, then these three louisiana teenagers are now in custody this morning accused of planning a terror attack at their school in saint saint -- in louisiana. shooting police at lake shore high and eventually turning the guns on themselves. the massacre was reportedly planned for this coming monday. word got out apparently thanks to another student. the three suspects who else names have not been released have apparently confessed. they're being held in juvenile detention. well, it's bad enough it took four years for army sergeant rob dickerson

jim demint has 99% on our scorecard.[applause] >> i just like that jim demint doesn't even have 100% on their scorecard. there is no perfect man in washington. yes, maam? [inaudible] >> $2500 to the candidate of their choice and nobody else. only the american citizen, no businessman, no lobbyist, nobody else. >> i think sunshine is the best disinfectant so i think everybody should be able to give as much money as they want but it has to be posted there and i tell you if they did that we would put out a scorecard for funding and say how was it for this organization gets all this money to senator so-and-so and he coincidently always was for them? eric talked in his introduction about the whining and the gnashing of the teeth to get over our scorecard. when you point out to people that you are a member of congress from a landlocked state. there are no beaches in your stating you voted for a beach replenishment project, there are beaches there and maybe you can accuse him of that one principle. if you are from a landlocked s

you know, two and a half years ago center jim demint was a lonely man.laughter] he was john the baptist. [laughter] of voice in the wilderness, i have asked him if he indeed ate honey and locus. but he was wandering alone in the wilderness. and along came the men and women in this room. and in 2010 we saw a tidal wave, where americans all over the country rejected establishment, business as usual republicans. and said we want strong principled conservatives like mike lee and rand paul and marco rubio and pat toomey. [applause] and every one of the senate candidates when they launched, they were told they couldn't win. weber told the money in the establishment had decided somebody else needed to be in the senate. it was a boys club, and they didn't know the rules. the rules are, you go along with the democrats, and whatever happens, you keep growing the size, power and spending of the federal government. and in 2010, something remarkable happened. the american people rose up and said no, and we saw a tidal wave that changed the u.s. senate. now, we just h

spending monday in south carolina at a conservative forum hosted by conservative king maker senator jim demint. he wasn't initially planning on going to this event in the very important first in the south primary state of south carolina but now he is going. guess who be spending labor day in manchester at the sea party express rally? >> tell us. >> reporter: sarah palin and still keeping people guessing is she going to be running? she hasn't said yet. we know the drop dead deadline is here at the end of the month in september but she's had a lot of visits to iowa and new hampshire, making people wonder quite a bit. >> we're all wondering a bit. i liked what shannon travis said the drama of it all. lots of drama there. all right, brianna thanks. >>> kids leaving for college this week, taking the big step toward independence, it includes financially as well. en kren takes cnn looks at the cost of education. felicia looks at teaching kids valuable money lessons. parents and grandparents shove the kids off, hope they do a good job and know how to manage their money but that's a tough job these day

senator jim demint is calling for the resignation of treasury secretary timothy geithner and the house, john boehner put out a statement saying in part, this decision by standard and poors is the latest consequence of the out of control spending that has taken place in washington for decades. the spending binge has resulted in job destroying economic uncertainty and now threatens to send destructive ripple effects across our credit markets. democrats looking ahead to that congressional committee that will have the job of recommending further debt reductions. nancy pelosi said, quote, the american people are watching to see if the bipartisan joint committee will develop a plan to responsibly reduce the deficit in a balanced way while promoting economic and economic growth and creating jobs. democrats are calling for a comprehensive solution, one that includes revenues or taxes. the republicans so far have refused to accept. heather? >> heather: back and forth begins. thank you so much. >> rick: brand-new information about what now may happen with our standard and poors credit rating. in

senator jim demint spoke to the tea party and the senate floor. >> there is no one tea party. what we are talking about are thousands of citizen groups across is country who are being vigilant about their government which is what our founders asked them to be. they are not radical people. they are center common sense people, and they understand what we are doing here in washington is about to destroy the country. >> reporter: the bottom line is as a result of the tea party, the days of big spending in washington are over. and if today's vote and the weeks preceding us seem very, very difficult it probably will pale in comparison to the tough budget decisions that lie ahead. alisyn: this is far from over. >> what does this mean to you? in a moment from the senate budget committee. republican jeff sessions out of alabama. mark warner of virginia will follow him. we'll ask those senators how they plan to vote today. unemployment 9.2%. alisyn: one of the nation's top union lead first warning the debt deal with cost us jobs. the head of the american federation of municipal and stat

people who have said, flat out, as mitch mcconnell or jim demint did, that their objective is to make him a one-term president, yet he said let me meet you halfway. i was not in the room. let me say this as well. i am not a spokesman for the president. my role is to be a check and balance on the president, but i will say this for the progressive wing of the democratic party. the man has been in office for 30 months, look at the rest of the months. i say this to the progressive wing. after decades of attempts to get universal health care, we got health-care reform done. we assured the women will get paid what men did for the same work. we pass reform in student loans, a tobacco regulation, and i could go on and on. i know there are things that are still anchoring. guantanamo bay festers. many of us feel we should be getting out of afghanistan than we are. you cannot look at the presidency as a progressive and say it has been a failure. host: the next call is from amarillo, texas, jason, an independent. caller: i would like to ask him why they need this super- committee when we are alre