republicans demands are concerned? well, the answer is i certainly hope that s the case. the american people, ed, have been extremely clear on this. the rich are getting richer. the middle class is collapsing. and the american people are saying, you know what? the wealthiest people in this country have got to participate in deficit reduction, they ve got to pay more taxes. and also, we ve got to keep the focus on jobs. and furthermore, in my view, we ve got to draw a line in the sand, defend social security, defend medicare, defend medic d medicaid. what about those folks on unemployment right now that s going to end here? there s going to be a bunch of people, well over a million, coming up on february 1st. and the president seems very adamant about getting these two things done before anybody takes off for the holidays. absolutely right. he s absolutely right. what if it doesn t happen? well, if it doesn t happen, we re going to be having christmas breakfast i think in the
been extremely clear on this. the rich are getting richer. the middle class is collapsing. and the american people are saying, you know what? the wealthiest people in this country have got to participate in deficit reduction, they ve got to pay more taxes. and also, we ve got to keep the focus on jobs. and furthermore, in my view, we ve got to draw a line in the sand, defend social security, defend medicare, defend medicaid. what about those folks on unemployment right now that s going to end here? there s going to be a bunch of people, well over a million, coming up on february 1st. and the president seems very adamant about getting these two things done before anybody takes off for the holidays. absolutely right. he s absolutely right. what if it doesn t happen? well, if it doesn t happen, we re going to be having christmas breakfast i think in the capitol and we re going to be here through january. you can t allow tens of thousands of families in this country to lose their o
further no matter what s on the table, as far as the republicans demands are concerned? well, the answer is i certainly hope that s the case. the american people, ed, have been extremely clear on this. the rich are getting richer. the middle class is collapsing. and the american people are saying, you know what? the wealthiest people in this country have got to participate in deficit reduction, they ve got to pay more taxes. and also, we ve got to keep the focus on jobs. and furthermore, in my view, we ve got to draw a line in the sand, defend social security, defend medicare, defend medicaid. what about those folks on unemployment right now that s going to end here? there s going to be a bunch of people, well over a million, coming up on february 1st. and the president seems very adamant about getting these two things done before anybody takes off for the holidays. absolutely right. he s absolutely right. what if it doesn t happen? well, if it doesn t happen, we re going to
but it seems like fast and furious is not going away. it was fascinating to me. i thought that maybe he would under the pressure and the promise of continuing scrutin scrutiny, there will be more, he would maybe resign. in the weeks and months to talk about this. he made it clear he thinks it will blow over. he is struggling now. he is basically accusing them of this is a political stunt. he will be testifying before long. brewer could have more problems on his hands but the attorney general thinks he will get through this. i thought that was purr sizin sizing. in a weird way, the scandal and problem is overshadowed by the economy. and everybody s focus on jobs. that is why this isn t a bigger deal. where it can be down the line
work on job creation strategies to the, collusion of almost everything else, focus on jobs. and secondly, work together. we re trying to do that. this is difficult. this is not easy to do but it s essential that we bring folks together so we can provide some certainty to 160 million americans. i think it s the right thing to do at the end of this year. when we did this in the past, it had a tremendous impact on job growth. we can do it again. it might take a while, may not happen today or tomorrow. but we have to stay at it. compromising and working together is the way this place should work and sometimes it takes time to bring folks together. i want to talk about pennsylvania. it s a toss-up state for the 2012 election. you ll be on the ballot as will president obama. is the president in jeopardy in a state that s backed from democratic presidential candidates all the way back to 1992? and do you think the president is going to be an asset to you on the trail for next year?