we re still paying a price for. and of course, wall street running wild. and now this president gathers the economy and what he has done over the last 35 months of private sector job growth. but was the president s speech proof positive that the mainstream in america is left of center? i think we ve seen the left center emerge over the last years, ed, but too often the media doesn t pay attention to it. survey after survey shows americans want to see defense cut instead of social programs. they want to see higher taxes on the very rich as opposed to cuts in social programs. that majority, that view has been there. and i think president obama, with the wind at his back of a rising american majority, of a new coalition in this country has seized that energy and is moving with it and understands in the speech he spoke of we, we the citizens invoking the greatest documents of our
know, senator, but i think the american people, we need to gather this. because the table, or should we say that the level of conversation that is coming from the minority party right now about possible obstruction is alive and well. here is senate minority leader mitch mcconnell earlier today. one thing is pretty clear from the president s speech yesterday. the era of liberalism is back. and unabashedly far left of center inauguration speech. if the president pursues that kind of agenda, obviously, it s not designed to bring us together. senator, the republicans are in denial. all the big issues out there, they poll in the minority. they re not with the majority of americans on issues. so won t mitch mcconnell abuse the filibuster again if this isn t changed? that sound bite, shouldn t that be a wake-up call, all the
push on climate change. here s white house correspondent jonathan karl. reporter: president obama s inaugural speech outlined a boldly liberal vision that congressional republicans declared dead on arrival. unabashedly far left of center inauguration speech. obviously it s not designed to bring us together. reporter: now that the inauguration is over, what is the president actually going to do? he dedicated more of the speech to climate change than any one issue. we will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. reporter: that came as a surprise. during the campaign, the president spent more time touting the very fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. too much oil, that s a good problem to have. reporter: we tried to press the white house on what the president is going to do now that he s made climate change a top priority. i think the president will move forward in implements so
cloture for debate and be able to move forward. it s not clear that that will be included under either option. but this the balance of the pieces, and many are pieces i ve advocated for, including getting rid of it, going to conference committee, it s a much stronger construction under the package that senator reid is putting together for the 51 vote option. well, this is why as you well know, senator, but i think the american people, we need to gather this. because the table, or should we say that the level of conversation that is coming from the minority party right now about possible obstruction is alive and well. here is senate minority leader mitch mcconnell earlier today. one thing is pretty clear from the president s speech yesterday. the era of liberalism is back. and unabashedly far left of center inauguration speech.
didn t hear gay people standing up for their right to be here on god s earth as the odd people out. no, they all belong here. they are among us. they are of us, a good and worthy part of us. again, it was an astounding speech. an ich beinun berliner. welcome to the ed show from new york. the conservatives are whining about president obama s speech. it s just too liberal. i say welcome to the mainstream. let s get to work. it s morning again in america. the era of liberalism is back. the country is awake to the new center left america, and conservative elites can t stand it. the republican agenda in his mind props up white privilege. tonight katrina vanden heuvel on president obama and the official end of the reagan era. none of it means anything if the