in fairness, you say the president is going to present this jobs plan. but he has been president for 2 1/2 years. there s been a jobs crisis every day of his presidency. there has been some progress. the unemployment rate has come down a bit. there s been a retur to growth. and yet one number continues to go down. and that is the president s approval rating on the economy. do you think the american people are saying, look, we n t think he has handled this crisis effectively? savannah, think what the american people are struggling with is the mo challenging economy of their lifetimes. the most challenging economy that we ve ever lived through. when the president came into office the first qrter of 2009 when the president was in office in the last quarter of 2008, the worst people know that. yet they still say the president is not handling the economy they way they would like him to do. i think, savannah, people are struggling in this economy. i don t think that s any
you ve coved him on the road and when he takes some time off to be with his family and recharge a little bit. and you know quite well that the presidency travels with you. john brennan, the president s chief counterterrorism officer is with the president today. ryan deese, one of the best economic advisers that s been in the white house the past three ears is up in martha s vineyard. fair enough. isn t it just him vacationing at a time when the american people are really hurting, does that convey the sense of urgency you hope to convey? the sense of urgency has been with the president each and every day. we need a willing partner in order to make these good ideas part of what we re doing in this economy and law. savannah, this is a big political game. this happens every time republican or democrat, somebody goes on vacation and there s this big hulabaloo. as you well know and i well
right for us. it was made as a family. and so i i think this race can do fine without me. i to hope to be constructive in some way or another. i ll look for some supporting role. would you consider vice president as a supporting role? i think it s such a farfetched question i d never answer it. all right. governor mitch daniels of indiana, good to have you here, sir, thank you. coming up, rule one of the politics? it she economy. and the economy is in trouble. can an incumbent president win with long unemployment lies, wall street in turmoil and americans feeling increasely hopeless? plus, rick perry roars into the republican race. is the texas governor the gop s best hope for beating president obama? or is he a primary star who will fade out in a general election? our roundtable weighs in. former congressman haro ford jr. wall street journal s peggy noonan.
that he plans to go big. i mean, do you think that he presettles? in other words, makes a political calculation about what can get passed as opposed to going out there strongly and saying this is what i think is right for the economy and by golly i m going to argue for it, whether it rises or falls, judge me on tha yes. tha is what he should do. i think preempive concession, you don t go in, buy a car, say i ll give you something above the asking price. more than that, he got to rise above politics and say i don t know whether this can pass or not but this is what we need to do i m going to fight for it. i m going to get alies toalk to republicans and say you may disagree with me on this or that. this is an emergency. we ve got to get this economic moving. i ve got to ask peggy noonan about her column a few weeks ago. you said, i quote, nody loves obama and you said he is a loser. which means you must have been really mean in fifth grade on the playground, peggy. what is your point
months. you said basically you re hoping the president goes big or goes home with this jobs plan. so far there s no indication that he plans to go big. i mean, do you think that he presettles? in other words, makes a political calculation about what can get passed as opposed to going out there strongly and saying this is what i think is right for the economy and by golly i m going to argue for it, whether it rises or falls, judge me on tha yes. tha is what he should do. i think preempive concession, you don t go in, buy a car, say i ll give you something above the asking price. more than that, he got to rise above politics and say i don t know whether this can pass or not but this is what we need to do i m going to fight for it. i m going to get alies toalk to republicans and say you may disagree with me on this or that. this is an emergency. we ve got to get this economic moving. i ve got to ask peggy noonan about her column a few weeks ago. you said, i quote, nody loves obama a