perry as the ex-governor of massachusetts. he suggested it would be bad for republicans to blur the lines between the republican nominee and president obama which is a direct shot at mr. romney. michelle bachmann also spoke today. she too took a shot at the former governor of massachusetts for the health care law that romney signed when he was governor. she said she believes any mandate is unconstitutional. there were others in today s forum, newt gingrich, ron paul, herman cain. perry s absence was noted by folks who wish he could have stayed. this is his must-win state. harris: south carolina, key, new hampshire an important state as we lead up to the race for the white house. sarah palin there, even though she is still not officially a candidate. reporter: she didn t say anything about whether she would join the race today either. as she did in iowa saturday and again today in new hampshire, she urged the tea party to unify. there was a recent follow that suggested 2/3 of
recently or a while back about how many there weren t as many shovel-ready jobs available. that reminded me to w., who was out to luncheon the war in iraq thinking that was funny. what s he talking xw? you re governor, aren t there shovel-ready jobs out there? absolutely. what s not ready? what we need are new ideas? what s wrong with the old ideas? that s a good idea, but create a fund, create a fund you ve got the old roads, why do you need a new idea for the old roads? to create new jobs. the stimulus i m an ex-governor. that stimulus created jobs in my state, and bob reich was for them. i think we need some kind of a stimulus, but at the same time there s some ways to get the private sector, those big companies that are putting their jobs overseas, match them and say keep the jobs? america.
the stimulus i m an ex-governor. that stimulus created jobs in my state, and bob reich was for them. i think we need some kind of a stimulus, but at the same time there s some ways to get the private sector, those big companies that are putting their jobs overseas, match them and say keep the jobs? america. find ways that an infrastructure fund keg created, to create new jobs. but that i ve got to tell you guys, i disagree with you, bill. i was just talking to rachel maddow, she showed me a column a few moments ago that shows these republican so-called right wingers, the minute you pass a stimulus bill, they have their hands out there like everybody else asking for jobs. of course they are. michele bachmann, the chair of the tea party people, saying she doesn t believe in a stimulus, the minute the bill got passed,
ex-governor. senator warner and senator ben nelson as well. lamar alexander. john hogan. greta: are you sort inform a special club here? you must all sort of recognize the problem and all come from states that have balanced budget amendments. we have comfortable conversations understanding we knew what it took to run or states and have a hard sometimes understanding process. just hunker down. you know what, we can do it when you look at the good of the country. i used to tell both democrats and are republicans we are going to work with what is best for west virginia. i can t basically just kateer to one side or another. if you want to play politics i will give you something to play politics with. this is real serious and itth is serious what we are dealing with, greta. we are talking about the insolvency of the nation and the credit rating. credit rating i know something about because as governor ours had been dismal for far too
later and not solving the problem and just an effort to sort of get something done and even like a band aid to get us to the next step. i m brand new up here but i have always looked and my mind thinks if you have a problem you fix it because you will have another problem tomorrow. if you have a problem and you don t fix it and you put a band aid on it and that scabs maybe doesn t heal up and you got to deal with it again. we do we want to go back and do this again. greta: you are not the only ex-governor. senator warner and senator ben nelson as well. lamar alexander. john hogan. greta: are you sort inform a special club here? you must all sort of recognize the problem and all come from states that have balanced budget amendments. we have comfortable conversations understanding we knew what it took to run or states and have a hard sometimes understanding process. just hunker down. you know what, we can do it when you look at the good of