for the obama that administration. does his back hurt yet? and democrats in general. you see this pattern where the white house faces some kind of scandal of its own making and immediately rallies the troops with meetings with left-wing media figures. there has been a ton of them. put it up on the screen, november 21st, 2003, in response to obamacare, june of 2000 , response to nsa scandal. a.p. and james rosen spying scandals. december of 2012. in response to bush tax cut fight. when they have a problem. they take their message to their supporters in the media and there are many. will this continue to work? there was a little spiraled notebook in the green room here that said steno pad. and i imagine an outside journalist that covers the white house had been here. because there is stenographer pool. they are not a reporting pool. this is going to work less and less. because in 2009 when they were doing it, hope and
be extremely important for what happens in that lame duck session. if you elect mitt romney, these tax cuts, they re sticking withes in perpetuity. if you re-elect president obama, they are going away in some form. it will be negotiated. you can be certain of this renewed bush tax cut fight will make its way into political ads. political ad spending nearing $200 million and we still have four months to go. thank you, citizens united for opening the door on unlimited donations which is funding ads like these on the air right now. america s jobless rate is still too high. barack obama s got lots of excuses for the bad economy. head winds coming from europe. he have would had a string of bad luck. an earthquake. an a.t.m., you don t go to a bank teller. things we couldn t control. we ve been a little bit lazy over the last couple of days. but obama never complains washington s wild spending.
in medicaid. interesting view from you as progressive. congressman, i have to go. i know you re voting. wait until the smoke clears, look at the detail tomorrow. i ll be glad to share with anybody some of the details. we are going to put it up on my website. i am going to wait for the smoke to clear, i just don t want to be on fire when the room is smoked up. the greatest generation will become the default generation, we are going to move forward with the president s agenda. congressman fattah, thank you for your time this evening. ahead, this round is coming to a close, but the bush tax cut fight is coming. will it be a winning issue? for the white house, senior adviser valerie jarrett will be here live. we are waiting for the house to vote on the debt. stay with us for full coverage.
already, it s almost masochistic that you would want to do it again. on what side? they re going to relitigate this. that s a very good question. they want to see the rates expire. and jared bernstein, your previous guest i think this says it all. in an interview he did over the summer with the huffington post, he said the problem with the temporary extension is you re simply inviting members of congress to continue to kick the can down the road. right. and that s what this administration did tonight. and they re going to have a real uphill battle earning the trust of the democratic party that they actually want the rates to expire after what happened. sam steiner of the huffington post, thanks for your time tonight. thanks, sam. coming up, what has been on ice thanks to this bush tax cut fight. and thanks to senator mccain and o donnell, why the don t ask, don t tell may stay on ice.
question tonight. and they seemed eager to relitigate this thing. it s sort of funny because it was such a tortuous process already, it s almost masochistic that you would want to do it again. on what side? they re going to relitigate this. that s a very good question. they want to see the rates expire. and jared bernstein, your previous guest i think this says it all. in an interview he did over the summer with the huffington post, he said the problem with the temporary extension is you re simply inviting members of congress to continue to kick the can down the road. right. and that s what this administration did tonight. and they re going to have a real uphill battle earning the trust of the democratic party that they actually want the rates to expire after what happened. sam steiner of the huffington post, thanks for your time tonight. thanks, sam. coming up, what has been on ice thanks to this bush tax cut fight.ç and thanks to senator mccain and o donnell, why