governor of florida now joining the governor of michigan and ohio on health care reform, republicans in the congress are going to have to come around on these other issues. we live in a republic in which the elected officials have to listen to people. and the public is what the president on all of these key issues. and we re going to win this fight. now, they re playing a delaying game, but the truth of the matter is that once we move forward with votes out of the senate just like we want on the fiscal cliff vote we will win on this. that is to say that the president, if he can garner a bipartisan vote in the senate, it will put the house republicans in a box. and that s i hear very few democrats talking like you. they re not really sure how this is going to go. it s refreshing to hear you say that we re going to win this thing, win it for the people. here s president obama talking about the inability of congress to get anything done on time. i don t know why it is in this town f
fundamentally clear that we have to protect the middle class. right? and he has said very clearly that he is not willing to affect these beneficiaries in these programs, that we re going to have to get our so it s defense cuts. but that it s got to be balanced. right? it s got to be balanced. it s going to have to be defense cuts and you re going to have to get republicans to go along with that. i think they re trying no, no, no. i think they re just trying to get some kind of political narrative going that will put the president on the defensive, and they re thinking that people don t know what happened back in the summer of 2011 and they re even trying to blame the president that this is his sequester. congressman lynch, you re going to have to win the echo chamber. can it be done? i think it can be done. although you have to say this is just another back door attempt by the republicans. they tried to turn medicare into a voucher program. instead of the comprehensive
well, as i say, i think a lot of this has to do with recognizing political reality, which is something that governors are better able to do actually in the end. often members of congress locked up here in washington. that s number one. he number two i can t stress enough that hospitals and health care providers want this, ed. and the obama administration understood that when they put together the package that s known as obamacare. there s a lot of money that s going to wind up in the hands of for-profit health care organizations. and one of the things that rick scott got in florida was special permission from washington to allow him to manage the expansion of medicaid in a way that will maximize the involvement of hospitals and private health care providers. that s part of the deal he s trying to work out for. but it s mostly for him about politics and recognizing political realities if he has to go up against charlie crist. there s one other thing. 9 governor of florida is pushing
come in through the back door, introduce a bill to restore the defense cuts, and with a bill that would pass both houses by 2/3 votes, that they could get a supplemental bill to restore defense cuts. this is what i think their plan is. and were it not for the president, we may they might have tried to they might have succeeded. the scary thing about this is that once you see these cuts kick in and once you see americans lose their jobs there s no guarantee that these folks are going to get back and get rehired and get back into the game. and this is the dangerous thing about these cuts that are one week from tomorrow. congressman shaka fattah, what about that? people lose their jobs, they re gone, there s no guarantee they re going to come back. how are you going to deal with that? well, look, you ve seen it. you ve been around the country. it s def c esting the families. but i want people to know we re going to win this fight. and just like you said at the front end of this sh
i ll tell you why that s an awful idea. and fat cats beware. there s a brand new push to go after capital gains taxes. i don t know how much longer i m going to do this. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. most people who pick up a newspaper in this country go to the usa today. it is still the most highly circulated paper in the country. this is what folks who picked up the usa today saw this morning. a front-page graphic of president obama with pairs of blue lines and red lines. you see, the blue lines represent support for president obama s policies. the red lines show support for the congressional republicans. and it doesn t take long to notice a very distinct pattern. a comprehensive new poll by the usa today and the pew research center shows america supports the president s agenda on issue after issue. if you need any more proof about this being a center-left country, here it is. on minimum wage, the president talked about this in the state of