in, this is what i want to ask the president but no, i didn t have a list of every question. i know the reporters in the room. mr. president, maybe don t call on this reporter. president trump, if i told him not to. he would it would be the first reported that he called on. emily, i want you to take a look at these numbers. when you look at the solo news conferences in the white house, bush had four. obama had five. trump had one conference in the white house. biden so far one. when you look at the numbers of press conferences with foreign leaders and whatnot, biden has done far fewer than his predecessors. it only comes, by the way, after the white house correspondents association president called him out. steve was very strong saying eisenhower, who championed democracy versus totalitarianism and communism, built the interstates and sent troops. holding news conferences two times a month.
economy grows, but you ve seen it. the republicans have just said no. no, no and more no. they are betting against the economy. they want the economy to fail so that they can defeat barack obama, and that s the sorry state that the republicans are in right now, and so we just need to make it clear that we re going to continue to fight to put america back to work, and if they keep pushing against us, it s at their own peril. now let me go back to you, professor perry. let me ask you this, melissa. when you look at this poll where you see income inequality is a problem. 87% democrats say it is. 74% likely voters, 64% republicans say it s a problem. yeah. the politics of it, i understand the framework, and you re right, that we ve got to understand the broad context of democracy versus totalitarianism, but the politics of it that we re dealing with on election day of 2012 is how can the republicans