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John Hlinko, Democratic Strategist and Founder of Left Action and Michael Barone, Senior Political Analyst at the Washington Examiner joined Sean to discussed who would shoulder most of the blame if no fiscal cliff deal is reached. Barone explained that it has been widely perceived that if no agreement is reached in the fiscal cliff negotiations, many more voters will blame congressional Republicans than blame Barack Obama and congressional Democrats. "Voters' predictions of how they will respond to an event are not always reliable. For that reason I have tended to discount polls that say far more will blame Republicans than Obama for going over the fiscal cliff. Another reason is that individuals are usually more popular than groups, especially Congress. Presidents almost always are more popular than Republicans in Congress or Democrats in Congress," Barone explained. However, new polling data now shows that going over the fiscal cliff may be more dangerous to Obama than has generally been assumed. Voters focus more on the president than they do on congressional leaders. It seems likely to me that both Obama and congressional leaders would suffer in public opinion if we go off the cliff. That's what happened after the failure of the grand bargain talks in summer 2011. Newt Gingrich Sean spoke with the Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, in the show's second hour about the looming fiscal cliff and the tragedy in Newtown, CT. Newt felt that the reason the Obama administration seen unwilling to compromise as we head towards the fiscal cliff is because Democrats want to humiliate the Republican party by conceding virtually nothing. But, at the end of the day Gingrich explained, the real people that are hurt are the hard-working middle class. Gingrich went on to explain that as our debt ceiling continues to rise we are now borrowing $.40 of every dollar spent. Newt told Sean that we can just look at France, Spain and Greece to see where the future lies for America if we do not curtail our out of control spending. Gingrich also shared some thoughts on the massacre at Sandy Hook, and, while he acknowledged what a horrendous tragedy it was, explained that gun control is not the solution. "More lives have been saved by guns than lost," Gi ngrich explained. The former speaker noted that states and nations that adhere to the concealed carry laws have seen a drastic decrease in the crime and murder rates in their locales. Chicago, Obama's home state, on the other hand, has seen more death and destruction this year and has set record death tolls via murder. |
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| White House 'Fiscal Cliff' Strategy A 'Trap' On 'Hannity', Sean explained why he opposes 'Plan B, a bill introduced by John Boehner yesterday. "The problem that I and other true conservatives have with Boehner's "Plan B" is that it punishes the very people responsible for creating jobs in the country." Sean explained that Boehner is falling directly into the president's class warfare trap instead of fighting for the principles that handed his party to the majority. "Boehner was sent to Washington, like all Republicans, to reduce the size of government and cut taxes. Not the opposite. As a result, I think it's time we go back to the drawing board and draft up a conservative solution to the so-called fiscal crisis, which is generational theft, borrowing 46 cents of every dollar we spend. We'll call it "Plan C" - Hannity's plan. Sean was joined from Capitol Hill by Congressman Jason Chaffetz, Congressman Tim Huelskamp and Congressman Louie Gohmert with some very unique insight as to w here things stand with the fiscal cliff discussions. To watch the discussion please click here. Today's "Hot Topic" On The Hannity Forums: Panera Bread refuses employees to say Merry Christmas - Smacktalker Panera Bread refuses employees to say Merry Christmas, in fact reprimanded one I know. And no longer have Christmas cookies or bread but holiday cookies. Hard to believe people can get offended over Christmas. Anyhow I know this to be true because a friend works for Panera in NC and was told to stop saying Merry Christmas. Think I'll stop going to Panera. >> TV Tonight (Hannity FoxNews at 9pm ET): Will we go over the fiscal cliff or will lawmakers come to an agreement on a deal? Florida Senator Marco Rubio weighs in tonight on 'Hannity'. |
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