parroted a completely ahistorical, empirically ignorant and economically ignorant theory of the case in which we have to have long-range deficit reduction in order that s what a real jobs bill looks like. i mean, that is what extreme right-wing senators say. here is a democrat from a safe state of delaware saying that kind of thing. it is craziness. and the only reason i think he s saying it is because they believe it. they all believe, they have all bought this big lie of the fact that long-term deficit reduction is actually what is going to get the economy going in the short term. and there is essentially no evidence for that. so the hope is that barack obama can get all these democratic politicians in a room and convince them that their political fates are tied to two things the president of the united states s political performance and the substantive performance of the economy and their best bet on both scores is the american jobs act. chris hayes, host of the new show up w
that s what a real jobs bill looks like. i mean, that is what extreme right-wing senators say. here is a democrat from a safe state of delaware saying that kind of thing. it is craziness. and the only reason i think he s saying it is because they believe it. they all believe, they have all bought this big lie of the fact that long-term deficit reduction is actually what is going to get the economy going in the short term. and there is essentially no evidence for that. so the hope is that barack obama can get all these democratic politicians in a room and convince them that their political fates are tied to two things the president of the united states s political performance and the substantive performance of the economy and their best bet on both scores is the american jobs act. chris hayes, host of the new show up with chris hayes, which starts this weekend. he chris, thank you very much for joining us and not making fun of me for not being able to make eye contact. you did s
deficit reduction in order that s what a real jobs bill looks like. i mean, that is what extreme right-wing senators say. here is a democrat from a safe state of delaware saying that kind of thing. it is craziness. and the only reason i think he s saying it is because they believe it. they all believe, they have all bought this big lie of the fact that long-term deficit reduction is actually what is going to get the economy going in the short term. and there is essentially no evidence for that. so the hope is that barack obama can get all these democratic politicians in a room and convince them that their political fates are tied to two things the president of the united states s political performance and the substantive performance of the economy and their best bet on both scores is the american jobs act. chris hayes, host of the new show up with chris hayes, which starts this weekend. he chris, thank you very much for joining us and not making fun of me for not being able to
afghanistan, with my aircraft carrier command and we were doing retaliatory strikes, there s no one that s not going to call me tough. are my results oriented? have i increased the small district contracts in my district threefold in three years? do we take care of people moving money through absolutely. the results is pennsylvania s job creation is we ve got to go. toughness, no, yes. but results, also, chris. results. senator specter, come on and defend this charge that this fellow is relieved of command, the words he used. it does imply a real problem but the evidence doesn t support it. you want to blast the guy personally, not just through a paid ad. appreciate it, senator. that was an accident. when we return must be the rasmussen poll in my head. we ll have you back. we ll talk in a minute about
to that argument, or to that suggestion is, look, the classic situation is, you get money from some corporate interest and then you go and do their bidding in government and here s an example of him doing precisely the opposite. but i thought the tone in john harwood s interview was notable and i think that we ll see something along those lines tomorrow when he makes this speech at cooper union in the shadow of wall street. it s not going to be one of these barn burners. he s not going to put the screws to wall street. he s going to say, can t we all get along in one form or another, saying it s in your interest to get behind reform. don t fight us. join us. chris go ahead, john. reporter: you may remember a famous quote where some politician said if you can t take their money and date their women i m editing the quote. you are. reporter: you aren t worth a darn of a yeah, that s a california phrase and i love it well. the question is, is he tough enough to keep askin