economy, stupid? well, now, here, president obama had this to say during an abc news interview. listen to this: my challenge and the challenge of every democratic candidate who s out there is just making sure that people understand there s a choice here. if the election is a referendum on are people satisfied about the economy, as it currently is, then we re not going to do well, because i think everybody feels like this economy needs to do better than it s been doing. martha: maria cordona was senior advising to hillary clinton, as well as communications director for the bfc, and conservative columnist with poll six daily, welcome to you both. matt, let me start with you. the president s argument is they don t have any better ideas, at least that s what it appears to, he s saying republicans haven t come up with anything, what they want to do is go back to the old ways. he s also saying that they need to get on board with some of the tax cuts that he has proposed for small business
this country. listen to this one: the idea was that if we just have blind faith in the market, if we let corporations play it by polyby their own rules, if we left everyone to fend for themselves, then america will grow and america would prosper. martha: he continues to put this idea out there, maria, that corporations are bad, insurance companies are bad, wall street is bad. i don t know how you turn around the economy unless you in some cases get on the same side with these folks, because they are the ones who do most of the hiring and business generating in this country. actually, 80 percent of it s actually 80 percent of small businesses, martha, that do the hiring in this country. and that s where this president draws the line. he s absolutely right in trying to make a distinction that if we just completely deregulate the way that the republicans did when they were in power, we re going to have a problem the way that we did in martha: yeah, but the
own person. lieutenant colonel danny due. dudak is in charge. i met colonel dudek last year, he walks with braces because his legs were paralyzed in 200. by a roadside bomb. he told us that his unit cares for 500, up to 600 troops. despite their physical injuries, wounded warriors are worth keeping. i can t imagine not being a soldier. i think i ll always be a soldier. taking the uniform off is something i dread. i really want to be a soldier and have the uniform on until they make me take it off. just a remarkable guy. let s continue our conversation here. torie clarke, among other things the bush pentagon spokesman, democratic strategic, maria cardona. torie, you went through this in
they had no choice. there s no federal help there. it s not right to have police to be ready to question you when they suspect you re not a citizen. it s completely unfair. there s been racial profiling. some of your views in the new controversial arizona immigration law. we re back with maine governor angus king. erick erickson. republican strategist torie clarke, who is the democratic strategist, maria cordona. on the right, more counterrepublican, jeb bush, karl rove saying they understand why this happened. they need help protecting the borders. but we think they went too far. is that a fair consensus? no, i don t think so. there s a divide between republicans and democrats.
necessary, are they willing to pool the money? i think when necessary, they will do what needs to be done in order to assure that democrats don t lose the majority in either house. look, midterm elections difficult for the party news flash, of course. let s go to another one on the radar. an overwhelming majority of americans right now are very sour on the economy. take a look at the number numbers from the pew research center. 88% say the national outlook is poor or fair. only 11% call it excellent or good. in that environment, torie, if republicans don t do great, people are going to say, hell three was a gift? yes, it s always about the economy. it s one of the biggest factors, if not the biggest factor but there s this incumbent anti-washington across the country. signing if the economy doesn t tick up in a meaningful fashion, those numbers don t change, you ll see democrats and republicans pay the price. maria, cnn has obtained a