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CBS’s Norah O’Donnell to Carney: ‘We Got Nothing’ in Debt Deal

CBS News Chief White House correspondent Norah O’Donnell sounded noticeably upset when asking Jay Carney about the absence of any tax “revenues” (code for increases) in the debt ceiling compromise today. At one point said, “You gave them everything they wanted and we got nothing.” Video:

Granted, O’Donnell does say something inaudible before the phrase which could be a qualifier like “people are saying,” etc. Still, the emotion in her voice when addressing Carney is telling.

Nat Brown is a former deputy Web editor of Foreign Affairs and a former deputy managing editor of National Review Online.
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