more to the middle might have been able to get something through congress. once he started talking about a big tax increase on the rich, there s no way republicans were going to go for that. i think this has become a political debate not a debate about what we can pass right now. that s a problem when you have 14 million unemployed people. didn t the summer teach the white house there was going to be no consensus and trying to do a deal, trying actually to move to the center is what the white house tried to do over the debt ceiling isn t going to work. if you talk to people at the white house precisely for that reason you talk to people at the white house they say actually we really tried hard to do a deal and we think it s a huge mistake because the other side doesn t want to bargain and that s what the president is hearing. from his base. they did make a deal on the budget. not a meaningful deal that moves economic deal. economic warfare, tax the rich that s not a
we are replacing the current tax code with oranges. and i m going to be getting a bushel basket that has apples and oranges in it and pay taxes. and you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals. i m looking forward to finding your facts on that. i ll tell you what the facts are. rick, again and i m speaking, i m speaking. the newspaper. i m speaking. jon: well, the republican candidates go at it go again in another prime time debate and trying to lock up the party s nomination and ganged up one another in a series of attacks more intense than personal in any in their previous appearances together. so is there a media consensus about the winner this time around, jim? just about the winner? i think they re contentious about the loser of the last debate. herman cain coming under genuine scrutiny on the statements about gay marriage, abortion, the 9-9-9 plan, there s a useful process here,
moammar gadhafi? i ll talk to an expert in the middle eastern region. plus 4:00 eastern, we ll go over fortune magazine s top 40 under 40 list. your $$$$$ starts right now. president obama on the road this week pushing his jobs plan but is he fighting for your job or campaigning for his own. welcome to your $$$$$. i m christine romans, ali velshi is off. chrystia freelander and economist stephen moore. the president traveling through battle grounds on a key trip, wants to push congress to pass every part of his jobs act piece by piece. what is this about? whose job is he looking for. my view is if he had really been serious about passing a jobs bill earlier this year, if he had moved to the middle he might have gotten something through congress. once he started talking about a big tax increase on the rich, there was no way republicans were going to go to that. i think this has become a polit debate, not what we can pass now. that s a problem when you have 4 million
herman, are you saying that state sales tax will also go away? no, that s an apple. we re replacing a bunch of oranges. okay. will the people in nevada not have to pay nevada sales tax and in addition pay the 9% tax. you re still going to pay that. that s apples and oranges. and i m going to be getting a bushel basket with apples and oranges in it because people in nevada don t want to pay both taxes. hey, herman cain, you like apples? because you just got wicked schooled by the former governor of massachusetts, how do you like them [ bleep ] apples? he did get schooled. that s how i see it. welcome back to morning joe. jonathan is still with us. hey, herman cain, you like apples? joining the table, house majority whip kevin mccarthy. good to have you back. do you like apples? love apples. do you like oranges? love oranges. do you
get a look of shock from someone in las vegas? i love you, brother, but you don t have to have a big analysis to figure this out. i ll bump plans i don t think you want to be all brother a couple of weeks ago there was this disclosure you leased a ranch called this is an example of mixing apples and oranges. the state tax is an apple. we are replacing the current tax code with oranges. and i am going to get a bushel basket that has apples and oranges in it because i m going to pay both taxes. herman cain, you like apples? because you just got wicked schools from the famaa-gamma of the president and first lady were in hampton, virginia, they