I think the chances have gone pretty high now that we will not get entitlement reform and we won't get a serious reform of taxes until after the 2012 election.

They ought to be working night and day to make sure we don't go over the debt limit.

It may wrap himself in the deficit commission. He may wrap himself in the gang of six, anything but being bold and concrete, which I think is what is needed now.

Under Paul Ryan's plan, this bold proposal -- I disagree with it, but I concede that it's very bold -- under the Paul Ryan plan, the government does not balance its books. It continues to have to borrow money until 2040.

The real issue is, are they going to be adults and mature and actually try to come to grips with the program?

It is. You know, as David Walker would say, the -- what we were doing last week was paying the bar bills on the Titanic. And now in the coming weeks we're going to fight over the Titanic itself. And I do think that there is -- this is…

I think Boehner came out as well as the Tea Party, he brought discipline to his party.

I think Boehner came out as well as the Tea Party; he brought discipline to his party.

This is a serious plan.

I think that John Boehner probably has won the biggest, he's made the biggest advances considering the fact that, you know, he's a speaker in one house.

We have to come to grips with the cost of health care.

To come to the brink as we did, and just an hour and a half away, over such a small amount of money, you know, I do not think is a model for good government.