republicans to say no. if congress does something, then i can t run against a do nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it s not a matter of me running against them, i think the american people will run them out of town. democratic political strategist jamal simmons is in our washington bureau along with karen ready. do you think the president is right, he has found way to get the jobs bill with a tax increase, too? i think he does have it right. lining up for the republicans, either you are for the middle class or against the middle class. either you re defending millionaires or on the side of the working people. i think that will be something for republicans to have to wrestle with. i m not sure i want to be on the side of defending wall street and millionaires in this kind of electoral environment. it was interesting, a cnn reporter ran into susan collins, a moderate republican in the halls today and said she didn t like this either which was interesting
$450 billion jobs plan. house speaker john boehner doesn t like it. nothing has disappointed me more than what s happened over the last five weeks. to watch the president of the united states give up on governing, give up on leading and spend full time campaigning. the president dares the republicans to say no. if congress does something, then i can t run against a do nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it s not a matter of me running against them, i think the american people will run them out of town. democratic political strategist jamal simmons is in our washington bureau along with karen ready. do you think the president is right, he has found way to get the jobs bill with a tax increase, too? i think he does have it right. lining up for the republicans, either you are for the middle class or against the middle class. either you re defending millionaires or on the side of the working people. i think that will be something for republicans to have to