Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. The GOP has been defeated in the government shutdown! Various editorial boards perform a post mortem on the whole ordeal. The major losers coming out of the shutdown are the GOP and its leadership, namely House speaker Boehner. Senator John McCain calls the shutdown “one of the more shameful chapters I’ve seen in …
October 15, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. The deadline for the decision on the debt ceiling is looming and set on the agenda for Thursday. Things aren’t looking good. The situation is now at DEFCON 3. Pat Buchanan, Louie Gohmert and other conservative leaders in the Tea Party and the GOP seemed to have doubled down and become more brazen …
October 14, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. Things are getting much worse for the GOP over the government shutdown. A new ABC/Washington Post poll shows public opinion of Republicans continuing to plummet. Usual DINO Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia sides with his party and says the Senate is closing in on a deal to end the shutdown. House procedural …
October 11, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore, and Richard Eskow hosting from YouTube Space LA. It’s a power panel! A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows devastating results for the GOP. The GOP is unequivocally being blamed for the government shutdown and the failure of its resolution. President Obama’s approval rating has actually gone up amid the shutdown. The approval …
October 10, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. The Republicans are willing to release one of their hostages over the government shutdown negotiations. The GOP leadership is now “offering” to raise the debt ceiling. This is not surprising as the Chamber of Commerce telegraphed this days ago and the GOP predictably caved to their demands and others lobbying for the financial …
October 9, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. The government shutdown situation has been rolled back to DEFCON 4. There are a few enormous indicators that the GOP will negotiate over the debt ceiling. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, FreedomWorks, a Koch brothers PAC, and a Murdoch spokesman have all indicated that the GOP will not let the government default …
October 8, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA. Republicans seem to be living in an alternate reality. Senator Coburn of Oklahoma claims, “There’s no such thing as a debt ceiling.” Representative Schweikert of Arizona also downplays the potential effects of not raising the debt ceiling on the House floor. If the US government defaults on its debts, it will be disastrous …