figure. he s highly articulate, deeply versed in domestic policy especially. he has a connection to the hispanic community, his wife is hispanic, he speaks the language, he showed that when he was governor of florida. he was a successful and generally popular governor of florida. he s got a lot going for him. being a bush would be a head wind for him. times change. i don t mean ready if the election were held today but by the time 2016 rolls around i think the world will have turpd up a bunch more times, a lot would have happened and i think he would be, if he decided to run he would be very much in the thick of it. barbara bush said we ve had enough bushes. it would be unprecedented for three members of the same family. you make an interesting point about what people thought about jeb a longtime ago. we ll see if his moment has passed or not and we ll find out over the coming months. good to talk to you. see you soon. bill: you wonder if mom and son shared that talk with each other.
so that could be a big tail wind for the economy next year rather than a head wind. thank you very much for sharing. good to see you, alex. that s a wrap of this hour weekends with alex width. straight ahead, more smart political talk with up with chris hayes more to come on msnbc. try charmin ultra strong. with a new duraclean texture, it helps you get clean. plus it s four times stronger than the leading value brand. and you can use up to four times less. charmin ultra strong. hurry in this saturday and sunday for great deals. like the lucid by lg, free. or the galaxy nexus by samsung, free. this weekend, get the best deals on the best devices on the best network. exclusively at verizon.
standing directly between them and a better economy, better opportunities and more jobs and that would be the congress. i ll be curious to see whether he makes this a campaign against the congress, meaning you ve got to give me control back the house. crossroads is up with a new commercial going after the president s economic record. america s jobless rate is still too high. barack obama s got lot of excuses for the bad economy. head wind coming from europe. we ve had a string of bad luck. an earthquake in japan. an arab spring. don t go to a bank teller. things we could not control. we ve been a little bit lazy. but obama never blames washington s wild spending and skyrocketing debt. for real job growth, cut the debt. mr. secretary, react to that spot. there is this narrative that the republicans i think have effectively woven together of
against the congress, meaning you ve got to give me control back the house. crossroads is up with a new commercial going after the president s economic record. america s jobless rate is still too high. barack obama s got lots of excuses forrer in bad economy. head wind coming from europe. we ve had a string of bad luck. an earthquake in japan. an arab spring. you don t go to a bank teller. things we could not control. you go to the airport and are using a kiosk. we ve been lazy over the last couple decades. but obama never blames washington s wild spending and skyrocketing debt. for real job growth, cut the debt. mr. secretary, react to that spot. there is this narrative that the republicans i think have effectively woven together of all the debt having been incurred on his watch because of the big spending. first of all, it s factually incorrect. a lot of the debt comes from the bush tax cuts, the drug benefit created by george w. bush and a lot of it comes from cleaning
i think it will be a crash. john: so bring it home. how are americans affected by this? market, couple of months ago was at 13,400. then down to 12,100, now back to 19,700. from the point of view of white house, they feel if europe can avoid a full-blown contagion and wild collapse, that american banks are insulated against that, and that especially though it s a head wind we will be okay. if the whole thing falls apart and implodes, it will be bad for the u.s. economy. we can weather just a greek pullout. john: any way to fix it? i don t think so. i think it was right from the beginning when you said the euro made no sense because it doesn t work with the structure. great irony is obama came in office saying we need to be more like europe, that will fix all of our problems. that doesn t sound like great advice now. john: thank you, all. thanks to the panel. that s it for now. stay tuned. because if you have a weird pet, they have a home on youtube.