despite today s selling the president wants to get spending. he ll be talking about more bailouts during the three-day travel blitz across the country but democrats say he s got his bragging rights here. he is the president. things have improved. she is the director of the accountability project and we saw her at some flag burning. i m kidding. thank you for having me. do you think the president is in his rights to talk about more spending? i do. i think that the stimulus had a significant impact on our economy, as did t.a.r.p. i m willing to say that. over the past quarter we saw that the economy had totally turned around. you re crediting the president. i m crediting the stimulus, crediting the consumer economy. last quarter, as the numbers went up five percent growth in gdp, consumer spending win up i don t credit the president.