point. how do you think it factors into the ballot box essentially. we will get a better sense of that in the fall when this plays out in the immediate budget battle. part of it is the strategic decision of how hard you go and what you do and what you try to extract in terms of trying to get this changed. there is a risk for republicans that if they shut down the government on this, it could back fire against them. but there are some republicans who don t think that s the case and we have to seat leadership try to figure out the path forward on this. i mean, bill may be right that there is a step or two short of that that you could get something done. shannon: final word? you re going to make a threat and do something, make sure it s something you are prepared to do. it will be nuts for the republicans to end up shutting down the government. it always ends up hurting them. you should make other demands that are less that are less impossible and you might actually succeed. other
two seals and the first ambassador killed in 30 years. obviously, a coverup. we will get to the bottom of t. gentlemen, thank you very much. thank you, eighteen. sean: we have a lot more breaking news on hant. sometimes even i am stunned at the audacity of our political, opportunist president. when we come back, wait until you hear that he is using the tragedy in newtown to push well not gun control. it s deeper than that. speaking of the president, when is he going to help this former marine? that guy right there? he has been sit income a mexican prison since august on false gun charges. it is time to bring jon hammar, an american hero home for christmas. mr. president, will you help him? [ male announcer ] with a select terrain dial that adjusts the jeep grand cherokee s performance
four dead americans, including two seals and the first ambassador killed in 30 years. obviously, a coverup. we will get to the bottom of t. gentlemen, thank you very much. thank you, eighteen. sean: we have a lot more breaking news on hant. sometimes even i am stunned at the audacity of our political, opportunist president. when we come back, wait until you hear that he is using the tragedy in newtown to push well not gun control. it s deeper than that. speaking of the president, when is he going to help this former marine? that guy right there? he has been sit income a mexican prison since august on false gun charges. it is time to bring jon hammar, an american hero home for christmas. mr. president, will you help him? trust duracell to power their donated toys? duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage.
facing discrimination and even our you know, our top military leadership has come around, but our republican senators, not so much. joan walsh, always a pleasure to have you with us. thanks so much. nice to be with you, ed. now rapid fire response from our panel on these stories tonight. republican senators thumbed their nose at america s military leaders blocking their chance for an up or down vote on don t ask, don t tell. the conservative columnist caught my attention, saying that the tea party is a reaction to all those elected republicans who are voting with democrats. with us tonight, bill press, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and michael medved, also a nationally syndicated talk show host. between the three of us, i believe we have 10 million listeners. you got t. gentlemen, let s play this sound bite. this is admiral mullin on don t ask, don t tell. it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.
jared bernstein. peter, of course, more inclined to be skeptical of this data. jared has been the half-full persuasion, which is why it s an enjoyable conversation. let s have at it gentlemen. we ll let jared start things off. look. i think we have a trend here now. one of the the things we were looking for in this monthly report was are you going to get what economists look at as a downside surprise? something that could kind of throw us off this bit of momentum that we have seen in the job market. and i take your point, by the way, dylan. i take your point about the fact that we are not growing fast enough. but at the same time, if you go back a year and average over the past three months, take that out, we were adding 150,000 jobs per month. over the past three months,