0 crushed by them. i often say that the practitioners of politics tend to see thinks horizontally, left and right, liberal, conservative. democrat, republican. but most americans they view life vertically, up and down, better or worse. they care far less about the horizontal leanings of their elected officials as they do about the vertical direction of their own lives. their concerns are more pragmatic like will my child s school provide a quality education? will the trash get picked up on time? will our streets be safe? will the potholes get fixed? far too much of the political ruling class is focused on advancing horizontal purity. that matters little to someone without a job. or someone who has a family member with alzheimer. or somebody month w.h.o. missed last month s mortgage payment. if elected officials truly want to serve, let them first understand it is not about them. the outrage over this suspended payments for the first ten days of the shutdown remains. and there s an incr
0 practitioners of politics tend to see thinks horizontally, left and right, liberal, conservative. democrat, republican. but most americans they view life vertically, up and down, better or worse. they care far less about the horizontal leanings of their elected officials as they do about the vertical direction of their own lives. their concerns are more pragmatic like will my child s school provide a quality education? will the trash get picked up on time? will our streets be safe? will the potholes get fixed? far too much of the political ruling class is focused on advancing horizontal purity. that matters little to someone without a job. or someone who has a family member with alzheimer. or somebody month w.h.o. missed last month s mortgage payment. if elected officials truly want to serve, let them first understand it is not about them. could give fitting of a valiant warrior. jane, 29 soldiers have been killed in action since the partial government shutdown. these families when
0 your going? washington plays the blame game. if congress happens to meet its responsibility it could deeply damage financial markets. the debt would be magnitude worse. will the president work with the speaker. can the speaker work with harry? will the shutdown ever end? tune in next week for the next episode of as the hill turns. [ applause ] i mean isn t it like a soap opera. and while the actors on the stage of washington consider their importance across the great land much these united states are the stories of people who don t have the luxury of enjoying politics as a blood sport for spectators. they are the ones whose lives are impacted away from the cameras and lights. they are the ones who are supposed to be the beneficiaries of the policies of the politician, but who are often crushed by them. i often say that the practitioners of politics tend to see thinks horizontally, left and right, liberal, conservative. democrat, republican. but most americans they view
jane horton. she was packing a box of birthday presents and food and so forth to send to her husband in afghanistan who is a sharp shooter there, when the knock came at the door to tell her he had been killed. instead of her becoming depressed, she went to work to try and help other families who lost loved ones and on the day of the funeral, by the way, of her husband, she was dismade, i m sure to see there was a protest. remember this, some of these people protesting funerals? and some misguided souls. she was asked, what do you think about these protesters? and her answer says something about the american heart. she said, chris gave his life so people like that can protest. this is the american spirit. this is the greatness of this nation and the people of this nation. [ applause ] let me mention one more. let me mention one more
political correspondent carl cameron with governor romney where he is holding two rallies. let s go to carl in lebanon? parts of ohio so much so big bird is part of the campaign talk. gregg: we do apologize for some of the audio break up in carl cameron s piece which he is fro lebanon, ohio right now. we ll get back to him in a moment. now to virginia where president obama will spend the next three days preparing for tuesday s rematch with his republican rivals. ed henry is live in williamsburg with more. president is at the resort. great family atmosphere. president will probably be cooped up indoors a bit. everybody knows that after the first debate even his own advisors he didn t get the job done. they are expecting a lot more at the university in new york. there be closed door prep briefing to get him ready for that second debate. interesting because if you contrast the president s performance in the first debate is what president biden did in kentucky. take a l