we don't need a public sector austerity program on top of of it. >> i want to talk about something that happened today. it's happening as the republican primary is underway. earlier, gop candidate michele bachmann spoke on cnbc. take a listen, and we'll talk on the other side. >> does it strike you as the unemployment rate goes up, your chance of winning office also goes up? >> well, that could be. again, i hope so. my candidacy is one that i'm presenting to be a job creator and to turn the economy around. >> high unemployment, that's a horrible thing to hope for, but isn't it true the worse the economy is under president obama, the better the chance a republican will defeat in him 2012? today we had that speech from the president in the rose garden where we had the would have, should have, could have. >> i hope bachmann will take that awful comment back for