did you here in his speech and messaging since the state of the union to get at the core concerns? i heard a power president. i think the president has often used the power of the executive internationally but not necessarily nationally. he s left too much to congress, he said no. i m ordering my administration to do this, do this, do that, enough waiting. but you should join me. i heard a president with a clear economic plan and an understanding how that economy works for middle class americans. kitchen tables and work places across the country. i heard a president who said i will change washington, enough in sider trading, enough of the kind of things that are corrupting decisions. and i heard one of the most
biggest concerns were the economy and jobs, government spending and the deficit. in terms of what you see as the main worries for the president s reelection ross respects, what did you here in his speech and messaging since the state of the union to get at the core concerns? i heard a power president. i think the president has often used the power of the executive internationally but not necessarily nationally. he s left too much to congress, he said no. i m ordering my administration to do this, do this, do that, enough waiting. but you should join me. i heard a president with a clear economic plan and an understanding how that economy works for middle class americans. kitchen tables and work places across the country. i heard a president who said i will change washington, enough in sier trading, enough of the kind of things that are corrupting decisions. and i heard one of the most powerful endings of any speech, instead of saying lets unite
polled were unsure if president obama will be reelected. biggest concerns were the economy and jobs, government spending and the deficit. in terms of what you see as the main worries for the president s reelection ross respects, what did you here in his speech and messaging since the state of the union to get at the core concerns? i heard a power president. i think the president has often used the power of the executive internationally but not necessarily nationally. he s left too much to congress, he said no. i m ordering my administration to do this, do this, do that, enough waiting. but you should join me. i heard a president with a clear economic plan and an understanding how that economy works for middle class americans. kitchen tables and work places across the country. i heard a president who said i will change washington, enough in sider trading, enough of the kind of things that are corrupting decisions. and i heard one of the most
the president. i m not suggesting it will be easy. do i hope there is hope for progress. shepard: by the way, this election still isn t over. tonight, we ll look at the races remaining. plus, the congressman who was so jazzed about winning he did campaign cartwheels. first from fox this wednesday night. facing a future with a government divided. one day after the midterms that gave republicans control of the house of representatives, and assured democrats would retain the senate, today their majority is smaller. lawmakers and leaders are talking about what s next. and in a white house news conference today, the president himself was talking compromise. especially when it comes to tackling the economy and jobs. i think the question is going to be can democrats and republicans sit down together and come up with a set of ideas that address those core concerns. i m confident that we can. shepard: the president also said there will be time for
the republicans in a position where they re saying there is no compromise. the american electorate wants compromise, and if they don t, he s got the per upper hand. jenna: we re getting a lot of questions about how the tea party will or will not be absorbed into the republican party. what duke about that? they re not a monolithic bloc of voters but a reform element within a center-right electorate. and these are folks that very much like the perot voters of 20 years ago, they want to see a little bit more common sense applied when it comes to fiscal issues. they think we re doing too much spending in washington, and i think those are core concerns that a lot of republicans that were already elected and part of this congress and part of the republican leadership, i think they re just as concerned about those issues. so i think they re going to be aligned on a lot of the policies