disagrees. but tonight, 25 days until the election, vice president joe biden is upping ante. in a way, many democrats might cringe when they hear. the stimulus plan doesn t do enough, the vice president says, because, quote, we couldn t spend enough. let s talk jobs and the politics of jobs with republican strategist cnn political contributor doug robbins, john avila for the daily beast.com, in washington, paul begala and cnn national political correspondent jessica yellin. paul, in a campaign in which the republicans have been saying the problem is too much democratic spending, a lot of democrats are not going to appreciate their vice president saying the problem is we detective spend enough. he s economically correct but politically incorrect. the truth is the economy needs more spending. we need more customers. business needs consumers to have a little extra change in their pockets so they can go spend. economically he s on very solid ground. the problem is this is not an economic
see your local chevrolet dealer. it is time for a cnn equals politics update right now. cnn national political correspondent jessica yellin at the cnnpolitics.com desk in washington. good monday to you. what s crossing right now? hey, ali.
for last week, but was put off. anyway, moving on. cnn national political correspondent jessica yellin joins me from manning, south carolina. people were receptive to them. i spoke with two gentlemen. they said they don t like how he s been treated. they don t like the questions i asked. there s a slew of controversy around this person. tell us about this event. well, it was about 500 people who came here. it was his first public appearance since he s won the election or the primary here. hosted by the naacp in his hometown. folks were skeptical. people said they didn t know if he was up to the job. they didn t know who he was. there was concerned there wasn t more public information about them. after the speech many of those
communities. industry. energy. her. this. lives. how ? by bringing together. information. . people . . machines . . systems . ideas. verizon helps businesses worldwide. including fortune 500 companies. find and achieve. better. better. better. better. back again with cnn national political correspondent jessica yellin and senators maria cantwell and kay bailey hutchison. where are we in terms of doing something designed to prevent this from happening again. the second test vote to bring it to the floor for debate failed today. the democrats decided even though you re losing the votes they re putting the republicans in a bad spot. the negotiations continue behind the scenes. this is one of the games i think
has been a falling out now. democrats are pushing ahead, planning on introducing a bill this week. but republicans say, they re united against it. i want you to take a listen. our bill ends too big to fail. bailouts and forever. management is fired. hair shareholders lose, creditors lose. there is a liquidation of assets that occur. the creation of a $50 billion bailout fund, it seemed to me, and many others, at the very existence of this fund would perpetuate the same kind of risky behavior that led to the last crisis. cnn national political correspondent, jessica yellin, she is standing by. i want to start off with our senior congressional correspondent, dana bash. and dana, you have been following the twists and turns regarding this whole debate. does it look like this reform bill can even make it to the floor this week? reporter: well, you know, suzanne, the partisan bickering that has made it so hard to