plan just sitting there. and in light of the headwinds that we're facing right now, i urge them to reconsider. >> my take on this, it's time for the president to go big, force the republicans to say no to a big jobs bill that would actually put millions of people back to work. she covers politics for the "washington post." she's been on the road with governor romney, and msnbc political analyst. i have to start with joan on this question. i'm looking at what's left in that so-called american jobs bill. it has a nice cover on it, we like the term american, we like the word jobs and the word bill is okay if it's passed, but since it's not passed, you can call it anything you want. the american jobs thought, the american jobs notion, but it's not passed at all -- >> prayer. >> perfect. and it's not been passed. if they're going to say no to spam, because i think of poor, the little thing that came in a can, and mitch mcconnell says,