clean energy, science and research. the president had the same angs to that question last year and abc news and cbs in 2010. i think the president is being intellectually hon whes he says incomplete. we really don t know hough things are going to wind up. but four years in that s a hard answer to take to the american people. how are you doing on the economy? incomplete. a two-teared answer there. technically the country is better off than we were four years ago over a broad range of factors but no one i know who lives in a house and pays a mortgage feels that way. so they have to thread that needle. and back tonight vice president of the united states. if you talk to him, he will tell you the difference between four years ago and today is like a
that can signal to voters he might not be hon whes it comes to other things, like our dme or reasons for going to war? and when an incumbent talks about his challenger unchaining the banks, regardless of intended meaning, it may signal to some he is not as racially progressive as some would want. getting into the proverbial weeds can tell us something about the issues that we care about. and in turn, the issues can then be made important by the voters, joining me now, anthea butler, peter goodman, author of past due. kayton dawson, former south carolina gop chair, national republican consultant, and a consultant at the raven group. nice to you have peter, negativity is not necessarily anything new. is this different?