oversights. to the extent that we ever made any errors or foreclosed on anybody, i understand that is a hardship. we did go through a foreclosure issue, we paid money to those people to make them whole. and i honestly feel terrible for any mistakes at the bank. he really put the blame on regulators, saying that the bank would have done more but was bound by contracts and regulations, almost pivoting from that saying we need to fix a whole bunch of hud and regulations and help dr. carson if he is nominated. today is a break in the process, but only two of these nominees will be put through today. a lot of business still to do. meanwhile, a big question here in washington. will donald trump s day get some rain? will it rain on his parade
a tremendous opportunity for him to peel back that politics of resper respectability argument and carve out a new set of politics that allows for leftists to fight. i am talking about foreclosure issue and student debt on domestic stuff and creating increasing possibilities to deal with poverty and the like. the poverty issue has been one on which the president has had particular pullback. clearly, not only do we need better unemployment rates but living wages. is that a possibility from this preside president? before we get to the wages, we need to see what happens with the fiscal cliff showdown. this is going to be a strong opportunity for him to go to bat for poor people. he is going to say, we are going to make sure we are caring for poor people. this isn t just a anybonebulous
big daddy in the white house. you can t just stamp your foot and get your way. with the president, most legislation still originates in the house, which is still in republican hands. presidents need public support and pressure to move their agendas effectively through congress and congress has to believe they will be punished politically if they don t follow president obama s lead, which means he needs robust support. in a second term, this is the left s best opportunity to shift the discourse and create meaningful alternatives to the conservative agenda. this is family and politics at its best. what are folks going to beholding the president accountable from the left in this second term? there is an opportunity to create more pushback on the foreclosure issue. i think there is an opportunity. the one thing the president has that he hasn t used effectively is the bully pulpit.
gets him to 254. he needs one of the industrial states especially if let s say nevada does come through for him. they do believe the foreclosure issue. that could come up in nevada. there s a lot of republican pescy mix about colorado and democratic optimism. give that to the president. if you see here it, romney is still ten electoral votes short. they need wisconsin in play. michigan, too. they need one of those. they re ten short. one of those four industrial states, wisconsin, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania. there is no path for romney to the white house even if he sweeps the southern states. even if he gets north carolina. and florida. if he does not win one of those in the industrial midwest. pennsylvania is like losing the football. wisconsin is fascinating. talk about a time-out. we talk about gridlock here, this is a gridlock on steroids
hours into saturday. they say syrian government committed a massacre, at least 260 people were killed and over 130 killed in the homs neighborhood. one activist told us of bodies in the streets. those trying to help people were shot at, including ambulances. he said they were in dire need of assistance and medical supplies. these aren t animals lying here. these are human beings. being bombed by mortar bombs and tank shells. no one is doing anything about this. we are going to sit here and get killed. that s one message i want to get out. we are not going to stop. syrian people will not stop 2 if they kill millions. we will remember no one did anything about this. reporter: opposition groups reported even more deaths, saying tens had been killed in different parts of syria. activists reported a funeral procession that took place. this amateur video reportedly shows thousands gathered for that funeral procession. visible are cowans on the ground. the syrian government deni