that may be seen by a half measure especially since she was endorsed by the national organization of women. >> i'm not going to play hypothetical until there is a personnel announcement. i think -- as i said a minute ago, as the president has said over the course of many weeks, i think she is -- based on the work that she has done over the course of her career, the fact that she -- again this was an idea that was born largely by her, i think it's the president's right to consider her for a role -- jon: robert gibbs, president obama's official spokesman says we should make the middle class tax cuts permanent but the president has maintained letting those tax cuts expire for the wealthist americans is good politics and policy. let's get a quick look at this from karl rove. >> why is the president