they don't believe it can be done. the president has good street credit and good plans to put teachers back to work. the main argument which we heard a lot today. supply side trickled down doesn't work and there is no question that mitt romney said i will add $5 trillion by cutting taxes from rich people and it sprinkles down on people's heads. that stuff doesn't work. as an economist who looked closely at the growth numbers and the job and the income numbers and the poverty numbers, the president has a good chance for the electorate. >> we typically agree, but i found the president's comments neither inspirational or aspirational. he described a childhood i can relate to. it's effectively for lack of a better description a lower middle class existence. if that's the aspiration he is