without dealing with the main entitlements. there is no way well, that s exactly right. there is no way at this stage without dealing with that. in that speech he made it very clear where he said he is not going anywhere. we do not have to sacrifice this generation, our current generation, because of what we re paying to help the generation ahead of us. in other words, he is not looking to create this fight, which many do see needs to happen over just how much we are willing as a country to spend on things like medicare, medicaid, and social security. the white house said if they re going to see spending cuts, then they ll see more revenue on the table. they ve been very clear about the fact that there is this discussion about taxes that s not over. here we go again. thank you very much. mike duffy, amy, jonathan, and the great chris. coming up next, the reaction to the inauguration from gay rights activists, but, first, new gun
his beliefs are liberal. when it comes to climate change and economy and jobs it felt like that was a gaping hole. if you re not so concerned about the debt, many americans are, sometimes rank it second in their concerns but certainly the economy and jobs were not mentioned alot. as if almost 8% unemployment is okay and eight million people in the job market is okay and we re moving on to other things. you said, unleashed. if we re a bunch of dogs tied down. yes, that is exactly what i meant. i thought so. thank you for stating it clearly. martha: obama unbound. that he would feel of course, unfettered now that he doesn t have to face election again. he can sort of lay out his thoughts. just a vocabulary word. martha: i m fascinated. if the president is going to embrace, sort of entitlement society, a government society where government is here to help, right, which is the exact opposite what ronald reagan said. he said that was the greatest oxymoron ever.
he was talking to rachel maddow last night, and she said in the past you have heard people sort of check a box, gay rights, civil rights. there was a feeling in the way he framed on that platform it felt different to her. it felt different to me. that was your reaction as well? it felt different to me as well. we re all sitting around whether we re journalists or not. we re listening for things. from our own experiences. so when i heard the president of the united states say stonewall after saying seneca falls and selma, sort of an electric shock went through me. whoa, the president of the united states just woef in the gay rights movement with the women s rights movement and the traditional civil rights movement, but he didn t just leave it there. that would have been box checking, but in the next paragraph he talked about our
writer. welcome all. allege interests biforcated inaugural address. would i throw voting rights in there too. exactly. this was i have seen it described as obama unbound, the way i put it was this is a speech of the president that doesn t have to worry about getting reelected gives. there s a reason that this speech tonally and in terms of content was very different that be the first inaugural address that barack obama gave, which was much more. there is a harder and wiser barack obama. i think he has given up on what i do believe he thought by force of personality he could
haven t been that many of them, so when you include language like president obama included, it sends a message not just today but going forward. it s the first time the word gay has ever been used in an inaugural address. my guess is it probably won t be the last time, but maybe it will. all the way in which he said, look, i support gay people getting married. it s been a sort of remarkable i do think it s both a political journey, but also a personal journey for him. mike duffy, now the really hard stuff on if there s going to be action on climated change,