"Optimism is an occupational requirement and I remain optimistic." - Joe Biden, May 10th
Vice President Joe Biden just might be the most hopeful man in Washington, especially when it comes to the deficit. Between charges of holding the debt limit vote "hostage" on the left and vows that tax hikes are "off the table" on the right, a deal to lift the nation's $14.3 trillion dollar debt ceiling seems far away.
No Labels co-founder Mark McKinnon and the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the do's and don't's of successful deficit negotiations and reduction.