David Walker: “the single greatest threat to our Nation's security is our own fiscal irresponsibility and mounting debt burdens.”

I think they'll reconcile. I mean, the fact is the Speaker has a role to play and oversee the convention and he has an obligation to support the Republican nominee whoever that is.

Anybody who signs a pledge on the right that says, I will never raise taxes, they're part of the problem. They're not part of the solution.

I would respectfully suggest that for the benefit of the United States and for the benefit of the American people the answer is yes.

The president has got the high ground because he's basically saying, let's go for a long-term deal. I will put Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security on the table. All you need to do is to put tax expenditures on the table.