are not embarrassed is a fair critique of this president and of this staff. i think that is completely fair. and i said this the other night. basic management is that you never allow the boss to be caught off guard. let me pose this question to you. do you think the memos should have gotten to his desk? do you think the memos warning they weren t ready, weren t tested enough, they didn t know if it was going to work should they have gotten to his des snk. in retrospect yes. then we go back to him living in a bubble of ignorant bliss. she said she said to him directly it s good to go when clearly it was not. how do you blame him for that? go ahead, andrew. the question is they work for him. he s responsible for the quality of his people who work for him. i get it. what s interesting is the sudden decision to call him not able to govern doesn t normally happen after five years in office. and i think we re in danger of
good morning. our politicians say they care deeply about job creation. in light of what s going on, a, are they fibbing, b, living in a bubble or c, are they clueless about what really drives our economy? hmm, i might have to say d, all of the above. if you look, if you look at the statistics that are out there, every week that we would be in a government shutdown would save about 0.2% off of growth. doesn t sound like that much but in a month an entire percentage point of an economy growing a little above 2%. it s a serious head wind. this says it creates uncertainty in the economy and that means like maybe a major retailer like target won t be so willing to hire new people because the government can t seem to come up with one major plan on how to run our economy. absolutely, and i think that you can see the disconnect already. stock prices are still up, but that s because the federal
and knowing a few of these senators in my time, they do like to be stroked. and in this case i think the president it was a smart strategy. sitting down with republicans, members of congress, is not a bad thing. it s a good thing. it s part of the job. i think reaching out and trying to find common ground is a smart strategy. tara, how could they not know what cuts were on the table? is it like they re living in a bubble and they don t want to do a deal so let s not involve everybody? i think there s still a lot of obstructionists out there and john boehner is one of the main ones and it would not surprise me one bit if he didn t share it with his members. but with the senate i find it a little suspect that they didn t know. i mean, the president is on television all the time talking about his agenda, his ideas and his concepts. so that part is a little suspect to me. but i will say this. i do think that the president needs to continue to kind of work around the leadership. becau
and knowing a few of these senators in my time, they do like to be stroked. and in this case i think the president it was a smart strategy. sitting down with republicans, members of congress, is not a bad thing. it s a good thing. it s part of the job. i think reaching out and trying to find common ground is a smart strategy. tara, how could they not know what cuts were on the table? is it like they re living in a bubble and they don t want to do a deal so let s not involve everybody? i think there s still a lot of obstructionists out there and john boehner is one of the main ones and it would not surprise me one bit if he didn t share it with his members. but with the senate i find it a little suspect that they didn t know. i mean, the president is on television all the time talking about his agenda, his ideas and his concepts. so that part is a little suspect to me. but i will say this. i do think that the president needs to continue to kind of work around the leadership. becau
like to be stroked. and in this case i think the president it was a smart strategy. sitting down with republicans, members of congress, is not a bad thing. it s a good thing. it s part of the job. i think reaching out and triegd to find common ground is a smart strategy. tara, how could they not know what cuts were on the table? is it like they re living in a bubble and they don t want to do a deal so let s not involve everybody? i think there s still a lot of obstructionists out there and john boehner is one of the main ones and it would not surprise me one bit if he didn t share it with his members. but with the senate i find it a little suspect that they didn t know. i mean, the president is on television all the time talking about his agenda, his ideas and his concepts. so that part is a little suspect to me. but i will say this. i do think that the president needs to continue to kind of work around the leadership. because mitch mcconnell, remember, he s the guy that said, lo