Christmas or Bust?

" Well winning the battle to the health care -- now we know why. Bus welcome everybody I'm -- given out has figured -- a -- says she is competent health care will lead pass by coincidence. And now a senior senate democratic gave ballot box and a bill. Will get done and be accomplished by mid December. But time is a waste. Lawmakers around the rest of this week. Then comes Thanksgiving recess nothing scheduled for November 23 to the 29. Although two of those days are listed as possible voting days. Then there is the Christmas break lawmakers essentially -- on Friday. December 18 not return until the new year although -- majority leader Steny Hoyer saying today that the house maybe obsessive. The 21 on the 22 just in case to vote. So that leaves just one day is not counting weekends or twenty formats. To get this thing done unless Democrats decide to kill their entire holiday break which would be unprecedented. We're asking my big runs the president's looking to spread to the finish line. His predecessor Bill Clinton pretty much saying spread a way that anything is good just act just move. And we've seen this play out before haven't Democrats and Republicans."

" We need to get something done urgent need right now not next year not five years from now but this year."

" So my -- and I will lose ten pounds by next month. At. -- Most jobs do tend to be bad jobs don't they aren't -- is -- do optimistic about this job either. One of the greatest economists of the last century the coauthor of the and a prosperity. Joins me right now I'm looking journalists -- on this morning you know. Rush -- look at counts and on to say man oh man. Tons of waste areas that."

" Yet scary when you -- when these people rushing to do things they often just messed them up terribly. I mean if you look at of the book I did the -- forward it with a Ronald Reagan which was the initial actions planned. The whole thing that Reagan did was plan things out very carefully deliberate terribly purposefully. Long ahead of time we wanted to make sure that congress did not take the initiative when when we came into office and everything was planned out and it was a beautiful job of careful deliberative thinking. These guys are panicked they're running around like chickens -- their heads cut off. They're going to make huge mistakes -- and those must -- little nerve very badly to the population. I'm mean Jimmy Carter did you -- all the ones -- W. I mean those were terrible mistakes too if you look at some of the others. There were big big big mistakes and let me."

" Human nature it is human nature and I -- you got straight days -- college let's say I wasn't quite. Of that caliber but I do know from experience that -- jobs tend to be pretty bad jobs. And do I I didn't do well when I was -- either tape or are no one less than a minute you know we're setting for an exam. That it did did they alternative many who are opposed to this sort omnibus health care was -- that includes a lot of modern Democrats blue dog Democrats a lot of these so called new Democrats and a lot of Republicans. Is that maybe we we we we take around the edges because the problem seems to be around the edges and you do that you go a long way toward addressing this but that's not gonna happen as."

" No it's not gonna happen in you know they're putting a lot of political pressure not that other administrations haven't done to they have -- But if you look at the pressure they're putting on blue dogs to come up -- this vote I mean these guys are under intense pressure that they don't vote with the party the majority. They're gonna be pound punished a lot by they by Pelosi in the team and not being put in the proper situation."

" Yeah but I you don't want it adds -- quite a few of those so called blue dogs and and and they seem to -- have a mind especially after the elections last week. -- not go -- on what what is really going on here aren't the votes there. Leaving aside the close vote and house which is more Kabuki theater -- brought anything else. And what that -- in the Senate what have you handicap is that they."

" They have a lock stock and barrel."

" They have the votes from a house they let a lot of the blue dogs go and vote right right against the bill for cover they did they had a lot more votes that they needed them. In the Senate they also have the votes that they really need them then they -- about this just to get this out."

" Well I don't know if they have the sixty just to get this up but I think they can get some bill out and then they can go to reconciliation. And I believe that reconciliation."

" Just requires 51 votes in the Senate. Which is sort of the nuclear option and I do think they have that night I think they can call a lot of chit sin. Even with the sixty votes so that they can do a lot and the power of the president is unbelievable. Especially when they have all this stimulus money that he can dish around."

" It's -- hey aren't you you think these are reasons why they don't -- a done deal and I think cap and trade is also a done deal well why don't want I want omnibus think at a time. So so and how -- help out whether it's not an option an op Bill Clinton said yeah you can bicker about the differences just ram something through. What what did you make it essentially a Bill Clinton's message there that we can sweat the details -- weekend. What's the big thing in sweat the details later."

" The thing that amazes me about Bill Clinton is that you know I was such a big fan of his when he was president you know. I voted -- twice and started with the end I thought it was the antithesis of Barack Obama. I really thought it was a big tax cutter I thought he controlled a lot of spending and that they brought down the national debt. Any any cut government spending as a share -- GDP by three and a half percentage point to me this was -- the Bill Clinton is now proposing."

" Outrageous spending plans and you know now he's not power doesn't have to bear the consequences are I don't know why he's pushing at the way he has been well he's."

" he -- he's put him all the reasons why you state that he is that fiscally conscious and he argues longer term if we get our. Arms wrapped around us. If it will lead to lower deficits we will get the best I have not trending left and sank."

" Will be a while you may say that but that's just not true and."

" You know this is not a micro friendly bill if you look at the personal behavior when people aren't paying their own bills. You know when the government's paying for the lower insurance companies are -- form people over consumer led by the wrong products and it leads to -- overspending and that it leads to an -- allocations rationed and which you know what's gonna happen -- leads the Bob budget overruns."

" And that's where we are with this -- it doesn't hold any individual accountable."

" For his or her own health care spending. Oh everything's covered by nature for the government which is the wrong way to go it's like putting me in a smorgasbord. In a lavish more export -- all the expensive stuff lightweight too much anyway too fat. And that's what you're gonna do not."

" Pat cared so you're not I am fat but I don't know I don't go for the expensive stuff because the pigs and a blank gonna find. Are likely to by the way that you learn that riddle wrapped in a conundrum the Reagan back there that Bill Clinton backers you just a mystery. All but it's always -- have. Thank you very much -- are the last Freddie and the prosperity of the people thing."