Judd Gregg: “I don't believe there is opposition. The Senator from Missouri is ready to go and then we go to the Senator from…”

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.

The United States is one debt deal away from leading the entire world out of [its] economic doldrums.

That is actually why I was so encouraged by the President putting 'change CPI' on the table.

I think Dr. Rivlin is absolutely correct on both points, and Simpson-Bowles did the same thing that Domenici-Rivlin did, which was to actually increase benefits to single women over 85, and low-income individuals.