But despite the supposed anxiety on both sides, especially the Republican one, about America's long-term solvency, there was no mention of any future efforts to trim America's deficit, which was 8.9% of GDP in the last fiscal year.
"We'd just formed a partnership with them, and there they are going to form a social network, which they denied--'Oh, no, no, '" recalls Murdoch, still trim and spry at 75.