look at the new york times even before the speech. let me show you a statement today, have already put out. you have to deal with, this says the modest pragmatic measures that economists say will at best make a small dent in the nation s economic problems. then you have senate majority leader, mcconnell, already saying this is before the speech now, with all these people suffering, this is what mitch mcconnell says. the president s so-called job plans is to try the policies again and accuse anyone who doesn t you a port them this time around of being political or overly partisan of not doing what s needed in this moment of crisis. this isn t a jobs plan. it is a reelection plan. i m miss tangen. but with all of that cynicism, president walks in front of the country tonight, with the nay sayers and doubters and that has to look at people who are really
any of us. you know he has it speak beyond the beltway tonight. how does he say something that hits the american public but at the same time, is feasible enough in the beltway it get something concrete done? the reality is, it s two speeches. it is a campaign speech and an attempt at a governing speech. and the reason it is an attempt it he has to get republicans to go along with some portion of this. there is no way they will go along with all of what he says. he has it put a kind 6 pressure on them in this speech that at least for the first 24 hours prevents them from jumping up and saying no, no, no, no. they are looking at those polls too. we are looking at the 13%, saying, hey, you know, the president may be unpopular right now. there is no one more unpopular than us. so he has to at least, for the next 24, 48 hours, mute their opposition to see if he can then gain some yardage out there with the public that would then maybe put some pressure on some republicans to think for the
ah, well played sir. download the free hotels.com app and get exclusive mobile deals. hotels.com. be smart. book smart. welcome back. we are waiting for the president who has just left on his way to make his jobs speech for our coverage tonight. i m joined by the entire msnbc prime time team. lawrence o donnell, rach orache maddow, ed schultz in new york and chris matthews in washington. well, there s been a lot leading to the night. the president first one to do the speech last night. there was drama with the speaker. then the nfl game. back and forth. but here we are. in the middle of all of that, millions of americans are
kind of energy that we need right now. there is a lot of worry we could fall into double dip recession. this is antidote to that. we need the american people to let their legislators know. if the republicans obstruct this legislation, they will have a serious price to pay. no question about it. congresswoman, thank you so much for being with us tonight. thank you reverend sharpton. ahead, america meet the home of the whopper. also, known as the gop debate. we re going to the truth zone. tonight. and the whole msnbc prime time team joins me to preview the president s speech. you are watching politicsnation, stay with us. [ male announcer ] in america, we believe anyone can be a hero. kraft singles. we re rich in calcium to help build em up strong.
that number could put the closings as high as 570 branches. thousands of jobs could be lost. not exactly what the president was hoping to hear on the day of his big jobs speech. i would love to hear what you think as well. what would you like to hear from president obama tonight? you can tweet me, one word, @craigmelvin. we ll share those responses later in the hour. as the president prepares for one of the biggest speeches of his political career, the republicans who want to replace him were going at it at last night s gop debate. this is a president so committed to class warfare and bureaucratic socialism that he can t possibly be effective in jobs. we need a president who s going to provide a little bit of leadership in giving us some direction and opening up the opportunities. this president s got to go. this president s a nice guy. he doesn t have a clue how to get this country working again. william welch, national reporter at usa today , msnbc