tonight, the billion dollar presidential election. so far, $35 million have been spent in only four states on the republican side and 85% of the money that gingrich and romney s super pacs have spent has been on negative ads. ronald reagan fight reagan. gingrich exaggerates dropping reagan s name 50 time, but in his diary, reagan mentioned gingrich only once. there are a lot of reasons not to elect me. all right. 35 million super pac damage so far is just a scratch compared to the gash this will inflict on candidates before november. american cross roads and priorities u.s.a. action are two names we all need to know. they are the two big super pacs for the republicans and the democrats and they say they will raise hundreds of millions of dollars to support their candidate. who is bankrollinging this? well, you may find out on tuesday a little bit because that s when super pacs are required to reveal their donors. first time in six months we re going to see that for th
mistake. well, i don t think anybody s ever run the perfect campaign, and actually, these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it s pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the ever doing one of the campaigns when all they re interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you re going to get us back to work. bottom line, he says the debates are rigged for conflict and against the candidates. but keeping them honest, the candidates themselves agreed on the rules for all the debates, including the recent one we held in las vegas. after most of governor perry s complaints break down. remember, his first beef that the debates are set up for, quote, nothing but conflict. here s a question i
set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it s pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the ever doing one of the campaigns when all they re interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you re going to get us back to work. bottom line, he says the debates are rigged for conflict and against the candidates. but keeping them honest, the candidates themselves agreed on the rules for all the debates, including the recent one we held in las vegas. after most of governor perry s complaints break down. remember, his first beef that the debates are set up for, quote, nothing but conflict. here s a question i asked that night, giving him an opportunity to respond to criticism of his health care record. governo
jessica, what do you know about the president s plans for next month? after labor day he ll reveal a jobs proposal that will have specifics in the way his critics have been calling for. according to my sources it will be actual legislation. that s real detail. i m told the package will be new initiatives and not a rehash of the policies we ve been hearing him promoting recently like patent reform or infrastructure bank. my sources say there will be proposals in three main categories. targeted tax cuts. another big one for the white house is new infrastructure investment and then long-term help for the unemployed. i should point out this is all being worked out right now. it will continue to be hashed out over the president s vacation. the president is meeting with his top economic advisers tomorrow. i m told it will come up there. republican leaders issued warning shots saying this package should not include any new spending. the president says it will. sounds like we shoul
he s going to unveil a jobs proposal that my sources tell me will have specifics in a way his critics have been calling for. so according to my sources it will be actual legislation. that is real detail. until the package will be new initiatives not a rehash of the policies we ve been hearing him promoting recently like patent reform or an infrastructure bank. my sources say there ll be proposals in three main categories, targeted tax cuts, another big one for the white house is new infrastructure investment, and then long-term help for the unemployed. i should point out this is all being worked out right now. it will continue to be hashed out over the president s vacation. the president is meeting with his top economic advisors tomorrow. i ll told it will come up there. already some republican leaders have issued warning shots saying this package should not include any new spending. the president says it will. sounds like we should brace for a fight. so david gather begin,