State of the union, Hitting Reset on his reelection campaign, and taking his message on the road to voters in battle around states. Plus as the president touts his record, the new february jobs report beating expectations, we break down the numbers and what they mean for you. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central this hour, President Biden will arrive in the critical 2024 battleground of pennsylvania. This is part of a new campaign, push to amplify the message we first heard in a confrontational and somewhat unconventional state of the Union Address last night at times, it sounded more like a stump speech. To be fair, he was contending with some heckling republicans no surprise, things were politically charged because of that looming election rematch with former President Donald Trump lets get you out to the Campaign Trail with cnn senior white house correspondent, mj lee, whos in pennsylvania for us. Mj. What do we kno
american voter and i think especially the independents that you highlighted, chris, are going to say but gee, we are not going anywhere and look at the deficit spending and what it portends in terms of increased taxes down the line. seniors are still disaffected about the healthcare reform bill. people are up in the air about afghanistan, especially on the left. those independents are looking for some track objection some where and the problem for the gop as bill properly described it is that they don t have any leadership. they don t have any platform. it looks like there is no one personality that you would say you know what chris: there never is when you don t have control of either house. right now you would have expected somebody to emerge. people are independents. i think 52% of independents voted for obama back in 08 and now down to 38% in gallup. you would think there would be a message carrier who
american voter and i think especially the independents that you highlighted, chris, are going to say but gee, we are not going anywhere and look at the deficit spending and what it portends in terms of increased taxes down the line. seniors are still disaffected about the healthcare reform bill. people are up in the air about afghanistan, especially on the left. those independents are looking for some track objection some where and the problem for the gop as bill properly described it is that they don t have any leadership. they don t have any platform. it looks like there is no one personality that you would say you know what chris: there never is when you don t have control of either house. right now you would have expected somebody to emerge. people are independents. i think 52% of independents voted for obama back in 08 and now down to 38% in gallup. you would think there would be a message carrier who
a message carrier who personifies what the gop stands for. what does the gop stand for except anger at president obama? i will give you 20 seconds to answer that question, mr. hume, if you so choose. they certainly do stand for resistance to the obama agenda and the implication of that obviously is, yes, they would extend the tax cuts, yes, they would be more aggressive on cutting spending. yes, they would be for lifting the regulatory yolk that a lot of industry and business are feeling. there are areas in which the republicans i think will articulate the rough outlines of an agenda. whether it will be the same from every republican voice who knows. theyville something to say. i think bill is right that it would be nice to have a comprehensive agenda but a small one will probably do the trick this fall. chris: we have to take a break there. up next, the justice department files suit against arizona s new immigration law. our panel tackles that, in a moment.you want some