wealthy, but i will do it, and if we can just move on here, and he seems to be meeting the most resistance from those in the party who are kind living in the past. guest: and it is core for democratic party in the house because class warfare and spending more money is the core ideology but the problem president obama has is very hard as president to govern from the center. george bush tried on immigration reform and got nowhere, because the left wing of the democrats were not with him and the right wing of the republicans were not with him. but president obama is trying. neil: will he succeed as bill clinton triangulating? whatever that means. can he succeed there? guest: he is not bill clinton. he did not run as a new democratic. he razz an everyone s vessel for hope. the left put what they want. independents put in what they
governor of the state of texas, rick perry. this is a fast shift. very good to have you, governor. what do you make of the dissension in the democratic party over this issue? guest: the debate club gets their hackles up from time to time when they are not involved with all of the development of the legislation, presidents and governors have to make decisions. and i think this president saw and hopefully was listening on election day when americans spoke clearly, we are spending too much money on programs we don t want with money we don t have. in texas the reason our economy is as strong as it is we have a low tax structure, regulatory climate that is fair, a legal system that doesn t allow for oversuing and we continued to fund appropriately accountable public schools and we have a
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working so well we will take more money away from it? i thought this was the one that was broke? and was going to blow up? and now we will fund it less? i am a little confused. neil: i wonder, too, this goes maximum, say, $1,000, over the course of a year, and would that little extra net if people are inclined to spend it, they will not have that much more, really, to spend, when you amortize it out. guest: that is $100 a month for the average family. if they all spend it it will not make a big difference. neil: isn t that what they are doing it? guest: that is the concept. they may stimulate the economy. when we keep our money that is beauty of it, we make those decisions from a private market stapped the idea of i get to
ahead of you. i m in the camp that believes that the pressure built on the person asking for the unresponsible thing, which is the republicans. congressman wiener, thank you for your time tonight. thank you. some democrats are more than disappointed with the president s compromise on taxes. they suggest that the democrats need another democrat to run against the president. next, the democratic xharm of the senate budget committee says the president made a deal with republicans to extend the tax rates because he had no other choice. senator kent conrad is next. [ man ] if it was simply about money, every bank loan would be a guarantee of success. at ge capital, loaning money is the start of the relationship, not the end. i work with polaris every day. at ge capital, we succeed only when they do. whoo! awesome! yes! we ve got to get you out of the office more often.