to this. the number one thing people are worried about the economy and jobs. so he s changing the subject. ok, let s not talk about the economy. that s not going so well. let s talk about foreign policy. that could be one of the reasons why this campaign is having trouble settling on a new campaign slogan. for a while, they rolled out winning the future but as it turns out, the initials for that are wtf and that became poked a lot by the late night comics and by sarah palin as well. they tried we can t wait and an economy built to last, fair shot, none of those have stuck so far. we asked you for some help for the president. all right. katherine in ohio says via e-mail, it s not as bad as it looks. that might not work. dave from ohio said obama 2012, it s bush s fault. it s been used. joe in colorado typed in this. thanks for the memories. that seems to be his hope. and ben in new york says excuses, why we can t.
fault. democrats and the media are singing in unison. not to enhance this beltway fable, but thank you, mr. norquist. by reminding republicans of their anti-tax promises he has helped to expose the real reason for the super committee s failure. the two parties disagree profoundly on a vision of government. we ve been talking a lot on the phone just about what s been going on here. let s bring joe in. how are you feeling? not so great. i m coming along. i thought i was going to be in today. can i just say the decaf is working very well for you this morning. more like a tranquilizer. but that s okay. that s what they re calling xanax. we re not done yet. that s the risky statement after yesterday. talk to me about grover norquist. what we were talking about on the phone is great in light of what we re saying here. i had not read the wall
plays by the rules can contribute to our economy and enrich our nation. reporter: congress did not take up a comprehensive immigration reform bill and the president did not expert any significant pressure to make them do so. he did make a push for the dream act which would have provided a path to citizenship for people who were brought here illegally as children, but that effort failed. president obama says he remains committed to tackling this matter, but for now the issue is stalled. tom foreman, thank you. time now for political pop. we want to give you the skinny on what really goes down in the post-game after the president speaks, and for that we turn our washington veteran who is in new york today, joe johns, and tonight, you know, i guess, joe in, a move sort of unheard of, heard the word unusual being thrown out there, after the president s address there isn t just one republican response but two. reporter: that s right. paul ryan, the budget chairman who is a very te
these middle eastern wars and send troops to syria, his base, which is all he has right now, that s all he s got remaining, he s got about 35% approval rating. it s his base. his base would unravel faster than a cat playing with a ball of yarn. okay. they ve made that known to you. i got to get joe in. absolutely. joe, your listeners what do they think of donald trump 2.0? i think that quite honestly john just told the truth. his base is very, very upset. they don t want him in syria. you have to remember, when steve bannon joined that campaign, it was america first, it was a very nationalistic campaign. i think what has happened to donald trump because that s the other question, is that the world looks a whole lot different from the oval office.
confidential memo unearthed by the human rights campaign that they would use this issue as a wedge issue to separate the african-american community from the progressive community against the president. they would use this as a way to hopefully in their view bring down the president. that is the context in which that conversation is happening. i think that you and i and a lot of other folks look at that and think, that is horrendous. that is you know, to pitting people against each other because they may or may not support people who are looking for fairness and dignity for themselves and their families. let me let joe in. i agree and disagree, i agree with the part that the black people in general in the fall will side with the president. in overwhelmingly numbers i agree with you, jonathan. in the standpoint of the republicans using this against the president and that kind of of stuff is not the issue in the part that there are many black people who are conflicted with this.