behind this strategy. there s a limit to what that can do. i wasn t proposing that as the end all strategy. you re not going to have a change in the political dynamics in washington until you get a change in the political dynamics in the republican party. we re going to get clues today and tomorrow whether that s possible. but we ve seen speaker boehner spent the last three weeks sp pursuing a strategy he did not believe in in order to prove his bona fides to the hard right. that s a very difficult situation to rectify, because the hard right is not going anywhere. i m told obama and senate dems dealing with boehner s psych co-analysis, trying to figure out what s making him tick. is it that boehner is weak or is it there s a landscape where nobody could do any better because we have earmark reform which has taken away a key part
information we have heard a lot of this before, earmark reform, transparency, for example. it almost seemed like the yes, we can magic disappeared. maybe because we have heard it before. the thing that really struck me, frank, is the disconnect. i did not feel the president had the sense of urgency, how bad unemployment, the debt, the deficit is, when he called for $400 billion in savings, when he accumulated $3.4 trillion in new debt since he has been president. you know, it seems like he is try to sell us the same old policies. let s find out what our 29 people in atlanta had to say. i don t want to you feel under any pressure because of what sean hannity just said. a word or phrase to describe what you thought of the speech. wishful. emptied. political. not connected with america. hyperbole.
inasmuch as we ve heard a lot of this before, earmark reform, transparency. it almost seemed like the yes we can magic disappeared a little, maybe because we ve heard it before. the thing that struck me frank, and i m dying to find out what your group says, the disconnect, i did not feel the president had the sense of urgency. how bad unemployment, the debt, the deficit is, when he called for 400 billion in savings, when he accumulated 3.4 trillion in new debt since he s been president. it seems like he s trying to sell the same policies. let s fan out what our 29 people in atlanta had to say. don t feel under pressure because of what sean hannity just said. i want a word or phrase to describe what you thought of the speech. optimism, platitudes, empty, redown dan.
only the middle class tax cuts, but of course the tax cuts were continued for the wealthiest americans. and then finally the president promised earmark reform and he certainly has urged it on and it s still on the table, but the republicans in the house voted to ban earmarks, but it is still not a done deal. and then finally, there were some promises made last year that failed all together in part because the congress just didn t take them up. remember he promised to pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill. that bill failed in the senate this summer. the president promised more lobbyist disclosure. that familed in the senate. and this is what i found interesting. the president promised to change the tone in washington. he promised specifically to hold monthly meetings with both parties leadership, even joking during the state of the union sort of saying i know you can t wait, everybody. well, it turn its out they could weights. the meeting are were sporadic at best and the rhetori