getting a lot of stimulus money. on the other hand, they re being demonized as millionaires and billionaires when they are the job creators. they will get hit with those higher income tax rates that are being talked about on the 250,000 or up. it was interesting, because the president didn t talk about any of his policies as far as being the cause of these low job numbers. elizabeth macdonald, have a great weekend. you too. thank you. just a month after president obama said this about the economy: even though the economy s growing, even though it s created more than two million jobs over the past 15 months, we still face some tough times. we still face some challenges. you know, this economy took a big hit. there are always going to be bumps on the road to recovery. but that bump in the road more like a deep ditch now. so who or what is to blame for this? republicans say the white house has the economy in a head lock. democrats say the gop has to take job creation more seriou
people unemployed as there are now if we did not move forward. these actions are all controversial because we were digging our way out of a deep ditch. reporter: the speaker says she is not nervous about the chances in this election because democratic coffers are full and democratic campaigns are strong. president will be in office two years in just a few months. how are republicans responding? reporter: president did acknowledge that things are back to normal. we have a long ways to go. gop talking points are clear. they were on television during the sunday talk shows. they say lower taxes and not government spending will fix the economy. and that is message they are going take on the road. here is john boehner. you got the economy going, is to keep tax rates low, take away
to be, i m not going to be satisfied. the main question remains how satisfied will voters be three months from now. steve centanni is live in washington with more, hi, julie. both parties are going to be pointing the economy on into the election in november. hoping to win voters with very different messages and democrats like house speaker nancy pelosi point out the economic meltdown did not come out on president obama s watch and claimed things would be a lot worse, worse than now. if democrats and the white house had not taken bold action. the economists said we d have twice as many people unemployed as there are now, if we had not moved forward. these actions are all controversial because we were dicking our way out of a deep ditch. in the meantime, republicans like house minority leader john boehner believe they ll win a sizable number of seats in congress because of vote are dissatisfaction with the way