making more than that that don t get to the world series either. and paul krugman wroe, oh, my god. first of all to my knowledge, irresponsible behavior by baseball players hasn t cost americans their jobs or houses. probably not the best analogy there. proproblems for barack obama with the statement. one is the mixed message problem. when you are out there talking about bonuses and say in the case of these two guys, it s justified, it confuses them a little bit. the other one is more subtle. he sounded defensive to me in making the statement. and it s interesting he almost felt that he though to say he feels like the american dream is there and wants people to get rich and doesn t degrudge anybody. the fact that president has to
backhoes and bulldozers coming in and tearing down what remains of the buildings. and the sad truth is it means all the people who are buried inside and crushed inside are just thrown out along with the rubble and the debris. there are people, individuals trying to make a difference and trying to pull out the remains of loved ones before the backhoes come. but it is a race against the clock. it is a thankless job and a brutal job and occurring on the street all over the city of port-au-prince. you have been in haiti and from you what witnessed, can do you think it will improve? they have gotten back? i mean, technically, almost a month now where things if they hadn t gotten better, it would be criminal. i hesitate to say that.
president obama s latest comments on wall street bonuses has people ask, whose side is he on. he was asked about the top ek tifs of wall street firms goldman sachs and jpmorgan chase getting $9 million and $17 million respectively. and he said, i know both those guys. they are savvy businessmen and i don t begrudge people s success or wealth. idy think the packages have not matched up always to performances. a change of heart on the president s part. this is what he said in december. i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat
that goes in. the best way is describe them, they look like dmvs, rows and rows of chairs, people coming in and out, and they spent three minutes in a clin sbik have a prescription in hand and they fill them. and the smoking area, one guy, gave me a cell phone number and told me he could get rid of my pills. if you make it to kentucky i ll get rid of everything you got. how much do they go for in kentucky? 25 a piece. we are out in front of one of the clinics in broward county. the outside is covered in mirrors. you can see there is a line of people waiting to get in. they told me i would have to pay 350 bucks to visit a doctor. i was telling my friends, these are five legal dope
wall street bankers and now that are savvy businessmen. what about new. the white house was aggressive today, campbell. and in pointing out that the president has also said he does not begrudge people and their successes and they said he was echoing that. i think it s it s two points. the reaction, one, people see in this a larger story, president obama not being very clear and sending clear signals on a number of issues, the public option and health care reform. and that has rattled and disappointed people on the left. and secondly, there is now in this hyper charged environment there is almost he is almost an a trigger in the presidency. whatever he does gets subjected to a real pounding from the left