economy and a stronger foundation. that is what we can do in the next four years, and that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. [applause] find in the speech from both the democratic and republican conventions on line at the c-span video library. book tv coverage from the 2012 rose above reading festival continues. mary stuck the talks about her book, the finding americans, the presidency in national identity. now i have to try to be engaging. i think the most important thing to understand about the presidency in this context is that we always have choices. when you pick a president you are absolutely picking a particular kind of policy, but you re also picking a definition of our national identity identity. if you hear president and you like what they re saying to make you feel yourself call to the presidency than they are speaking to you about a sense of the national self that is deeply imbedded in all of us, and every time there s
long lines outside of stores so they can save money on black friday the clock is still ticking down to a payroll tax cut expiring. if it does it will cost the average american family about a thousand dollars. end of next month, end of the year, this tax cut ends. if we allow that to happen, if congress refuses to act, then middle class families are going to get hit with a tax increase at the worst possible time. reporter: speaker of the house john boehner says, quote we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitful discussion regarding th the payroll tax extension, and that invitation til still stands. harry reid will introduce a bill, the price tag $200 billion, no black friday discount there. one smaller than the 1.2 trillion the super committee just could not figure out what to do with. congress has until the end ever the year before tees two run out. a lot can happen even before then. there is always the possibility that there co
long lines outside of stores so they can save money on black friday the clock is still ticking down to a payroll tax cut expiring. if it does it will cost the average american family about a thousand dollars. end of next month, end of the year, this tax cut ends. if we allow that to happen, if congress refuses to act, then middle class families are going to get hit with a tax increase at the worst possible time. reporter: speaker of the house john boehner says, quote we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitful discussion regarding th the payroll tax extension, and that invitation til still stands. harry reid will introduce a bill, the price tag $200 billion, no black friday discount there. one smaller than the 1.2 trillion the super committee just could not figure out what to do with. congress has until the end ever the year before tees two run out. a lot can happen even before then. there is always the possibility that there co