and nan hayworth from new york.way, at this point, half the major opinion makers in the democratic party agree with the getting rid of the tax cliff and disagree with their own president, peter. >> well, there was picking and choosing among the republican leaders delighted to hear tax cut on president clinton's lips. he clarified that, number one. number two, i think what we need to do is what president clinton did, a balanced approach. his budget vote that he won by one vote, raised taxes and it lowered spending. a balanced approach. led to $20 million new jobs in three years of surpluses, and that's what i am arguing for. we need a balanced approach where the pentagon contributes, where we cut spending and raise revenues which will give certainty, deal with debt and boost the economy and growth in the economy. >> nan hayworth with all respect to peter welch, i can't think of a worse time to raise taxes on anybody at any point. this is why i admire clinton. sees the lousy 69,000 jobs number. he is saying extend thi

acting particularly fundamentalists lately yes there is spokesman for conservative congresswoman nan hayworth suggested throwing acid in the face of female senators earlier this week a bad as pastor in kansas said the u.s. government needs to start killing gays and also this week the iowa republican party released its new platform calling for a complete prohibition on pornography and the teaching of evolution and a repeal of hate crimes laws and a complete ban on abortion presidents like to accuse president obama of being a secret muslim but my question is has the taliban secretly taken control of the republican party mark no they have not you know these things are extreme because this one has the television itself on you know behind of the republican party no are these people saying various injuries are going to offensive yes you can have i mean i'm saying are you asking me whether the taliban itself is infiltrated in are these people extremists in their own way yes they are and those are things to say this is just awful throwing acid on people's faces. it's a little terroristic in nature if

alert over the next 1520 minutes, let's bring in howard dean, former governor of vermont, and nan hayworthcongresswoman from new york. good to see both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> governor, i'm wondering if you are prepared mentally for an overturn of the mandate? >> sure. i think it will be a good thing. first of all, the idea that overturning the mandate is going to have any significant consequences on the insurance industry is not accurate at all. we've had guaranteed issue community rating for 20 years in vermont without a mandate. really has very little affect on the insurance market. i know economists say it does but this is one of those areas where economists models don't correlate with the human behavior. so i think the over turning of the mandate will actually be a have beenry for the republicans in this short term, a victory for obama in the long term because people won't have the thing they hate the most about the bill to kick around and have very little impact on the bill. secondly, the community rating and guaranteed issue in this bill is not the way it was ch