Pete Domenici: “Or they could be saying that if you give them the choice, they will all take what the Republicans are offering here…”

You cannot imagine being on my side of the aisle now, where I cannot do what you do.

I am sure people are scratching their heads, as I am, wondering, why is the President not sitting down with top congressional leaders and saying, how do we avoid this, as opposed to, I am sad to say, the President does not seem very…

Well, I would just say that, sometimes when we are working on trying to solve this fiscal problem, the recognition that a long-term fix is what is needed puts many people in the position that they do not know how you do that and do it now.

Unless you fix Medicare, you cannot fix this deficit.