energy and china when he was campaigning. he promised us thousands of green jobs. he shut down drilling in the gulf more or less. he hasn t replaced them with another industry. in china he simply hasn t acted. that trade debt is choking the economy, there s not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn t move forward. he doesn t have a compliant congress at the moment, specifically parts of the house of representatives. that s true. the reason he doesn t is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elected a congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesn t seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is alone in not getting us out of this mess would not be fair. the republicans aren t providing a path either. this is a senior fellow at demos and author of it takes a pillage, epic power, deceit and untold trillions. the americans condition to give president obama low marks, only 9% say t
congress. boehner and mcconnell wasted no time sharing their criticism saying the bridge would not be fixed under the president s proposal. if a bridge needs fixing, by all means, let s fix it. but don t tell us we need to pass a half trillion dollar stimulus bill and accept job killing tax hikes to do it. i long supported replacing the bridge. i am pleased the president is bringing attention to this much needed project. but, you know, now, is not the time for the president to go into campaign mode. critics call the president s trip a political stunt. voters are waiting for both parties to build a political bridge and find common ground to deal with the country s long term unemployment. harder to fix the political bridge for sure. thanks, mary. well, the iranian president is spewing more anti-american rhetoric, stopping just short of blaming the u.s. for 9/11. after provoking a walkout at the u.n. general assembly, a scene we have seen before, mahmoud ahmadinejad told the ass