about the jobless they would have passed the bill. that was 21 days ago when this took place. it took place because there was a fight in the senate. the republicans asked for the ability to make four amendments to the bill. the democrats only allowed three. if the president really cared about this bill he should have said 21 days ago to the senate democratic leader harry reid, let 'em have the additional amendment. the democrat handling of this was so bad that olympia snowee a moderate from maine normally inclined to be temperate and even-handed said the democrat handling of the measure was disgraceful. the president gets hit with bad news highest jobless claims in nine months they jump to 500,000 well above expectations. rather than talk about that the president attacks the republicans and heads out of town to go to martha's vineyard for the next 10 days. >> greta: two issues one is