today, who or what will move the u.s. economy out of its stall. we begin with tea party patron, jim demint, and then mr. hoffa. and we have homeland security chairman, joe lieberman. and all things political with peter baker of the new york times and mike duffy with time magazine. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. the nation s capital and campaign trail will be a wash in jobs plans and presidential politics this year. the president s big unveil is on thursday, and republicans that want his job have ample opportunity to vie for it. dau mint holds twa in the tea party, and the tea party may hold considerable sway in the republican party. senator, thank you so much for taking time. i wanted to start off talking about jobs. what you think has to be in a presidential jobs plan that you will hear about on thursday night and what cannot be in it. well, candy, i have spent the month of august visiting a lot of businesses, and manufacturing plants. i have b