Judd Gregg: “I remain hopeful that we will come up with a serious and credible plan to face up to our long-term deficits and debt.”

I think in order to get Republican buy-in on further revenues you are going to have to do policy changes in entitlement accounts that bend the curves in the outyear in a very substantial way, and make it clear that those accounts are…

In the end, you have to pay the debt ceiling because otherwise the government can't function, and the effect of that would be catastrophic.

Yes, I do. And it's driven by people being concerned about carbon emissions and global warming, and common sense taking hold.

My experience in these debates, the person who wins is the person who establishes himself with the American people toward the audience, this can be a huge audience, as being one reasonably likable.