megyn: trace, thank you. president obama under pressure to, quote go big on his jobs plan in his address to congress this thursday. the big speech coming on the heels of the latest rounds of disappointing poll numbers for the white house. according to a new abc news "washington post" poll just 36% of voters say they approve of how the president is handling the economy. 62% disapprove. simon rozenburg is a former clinton campaign adviser and director of the new democrat network a left-leaning think tank. thank you for being here. maxine waters wants a trillion dollars in new stimulus spending. paul krugman talked about how the stimulus is the way forward it doesn't matter how much it adds to the deficit right now it will correct itself in the long term. you're hearing more and more from the left, the president needs to listen to that, he needs to spend his way out of this problem, and that he should not be listening to the tea party, and to the republican who