worst g.d.p. recovery from recession in modern american history. massive amounts of red tape you imposed on america. war on school choice. war on religion even worse, what we weren t ready for, mr. obama. weaponization through the irs. disgusting spy gate scandal. that s what we weren t ready for. he is starting to realize the real obama record is coming through. kes the jimmy carter malaise route and blames it on the american people. you weren t ready for my higher order ideas. give me a break. we were never going to be ready for that garbage. ian: maureen dowd called him out in the new york times the message she is getting we are not worthy of him. i have read the piece. it s interesting. but she does get on him a bit in the end where she says listen, he fell into the trap. he set for hillary himself. when he ran against her as she was the establishment and he was the change agent. and, of course,es like well, how didn t we see this
recovery. a very slow, painfully slow slog. anemic. that slow growth fuels the president s push for action. pass the jobs bill. on the road to selling the bill, he is hitting all kind of potholes, starting with interview thursday with orlando tv station that republicans are bouncing on because he said this is a great, great country that had got an little soft. you know, we didn t have that same competitive edge we needed over the last couple of decades. we need to get back on track. i think it has the danger of veering in that category, putting on a cardigan and going jimmy carter malaise route. but the republicans are not noting that the president said he wouldn t trade america s position with any other country. and today on a show he stressed optimism. take a bet on america. we have incredible workers here. they re more productive than they have ever been. even his ally dick durbin isn t sure he has the vote to
recovery. a very slow, painfully slow slog. anemic. that slow growth fuels the president s push for action. pass the jobs bill. on the road to selling the bill, he is hitting all kind of potholes, starting with interview thursday with orlando tv station that republicans are bouncing on because he said this is a great, great country that had got an little soft. you know, we didn t have that same competitive edge we needed over the last couple of decades. we need to get back on track. i think it has the danger of veering in that category, putting on a cardigan and going jimmy carter malaise route. but the republicans are not ting that the president said he wouldn t trade america s position with any other country. and today on a show he stressed optimism. take a bet on america. we have incredible workers here. they re more productive than they have ever been. even his ally dick durbin isn t sure he has the vote to
we need to decades. we need to get back on track. is america soft? fair and balanced debate, former howard dean campaign manager, joe trippe and mary cath rain hamm. what s going on you two? i ve been looking forward to seeing you both today. so good morning. good to be with you. bill: soft? have we? i think the problem with the message here, if you listen to the audio the president is sort of searching for a word there and lands on soft. not a great word. i think if you remember in 08 when phil graham called america a nation of whiners, when things are going badly in the economy and people are suffering a lot, they don t really like to hear a message that sort of sounds like it s not me, it s you from their leaders, and so i think it has the danger of veering into that category, putting on a cardigan and going the jimmy carter malaise route. but what he wants to do is say listen, american decline started several decades ago, this is a problem of many polices of many presidents