amount of population. a couple of ironies here it came yesterday from the car show. new york auto show, looking at these great cars being reduced and general motors has some terrific cars. when mitt romney i almost called him george romney. when he wrote let detroit go bankrupt, the opening paragraph if the bailout happens, the auto industry in america as we know it, we can kiss it good-bye. he talked about the companies have a deficit in technology and interior product. i didn t see it at the auto show. i see a company in general motors because thaw is thriving only because of that bailout. he was not thinking about until 2012 when he rote that. auto bailouts were unpopular, but saved a lot of jobs in michigan and ohio, two crucial swing states, and come november, that may be something that title the election there toward obama. congressman clarke, a question. earlier when we were talking
romney beat on this much ballyhooed suggest to let detroit go bankrupt. that s a symbolic political win, not a substantive win for detroit. obama administration has been working to help the actual detroit, but because detroit, the actual city, not the metaphor for american economic power is, in fact, going through a very painful fiscal restructuring, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy with $200 million budget deficit and $13.2 million in debt. when we talk about detroit s recovery, we need to make clear the distinction between the symbol and substance. randa fahmy hud ohm, joy-ann reid and hanson clarke of michigan. i ll start with you. can you just talk to me a
from michigan. what do you think of the leader of the other party not willing to basically tell his party to, knock it off with this questioning of the presence of this americanness? chris, first of all i represent metro detroit. our people are struggling. we need to get back to work and get out of debt. this whole issue about the president s citizenship is really a distraction, literally today in the house chamber. and just nationally. look, it s proven, the president was born in the united states. we ve seen the birth certificates. let s move on on how we can put people back to work and bring them financial stability p that s real focus right now. let me go to mr. clarke, why do people in the republican party keep raising this issue there is why do you have people out in the galleries raising the issue, echoing members of congress that have raised it? you know i choose not focus on why people are not addressing the key issues. see, my job being here, even as a democrat is not t
a democrat is not to make the republicans wrong. right. but actually help put people back to work and get them in a stronger financial position and give them peace of mind. that s all that people want. now i represent metro detroit. we re really hard hit economically, but are there many areas around the country right now where people are feeling financially insecure. all they want is this, they want government to work for them. not you know campaigning on these ideological platforms just to make the opponents look wrong. this is not about making people look wrong or being right. it s about serving and helping the taxpayer that funds us right here in washington. is that the issue, congressman tipton, or is it this continued talk about birthers and all of that, that keep being nobody creates it in the media. people yelling out in the congress and congresspeople backing them up is the problem. well, i don t think that we can actually take into consideration one person yelling fr
well, more of brian s interview with speaker boehner will be on the nightly news tonight. let plea go to congressman hanson clark, you re a democrat from michigan. what do you think of the leader of the other party not willing to basically tell his party to, knock it off with this questioning of the presence of this americanness? chris, first of all i represent metro detroit. our people are struggling. we fleed to get back to work and get out of debt. this whole issue about the president s citizenship is really a distraction, literally today in the house chamber. and just nationally. look, it s proven, the president was born in the united states. we ve seen the birth certificates. let s move on on how we can put people back to work and bring them financial stability p that ses real focus right now. let me go to mr. clarke, why do people in the republican party keep raising this issue there is why do you have people out in the galleries raising the issue, echoing members of cong