that hasn t worked. so we are getting worse off. the average middle american is worse off than they were in 2010, president obama s problems have not fixed that wealth problem. sean: this is the thing. more people are out of work and more peopler food stamps than ever and more people near poverty than ever before. the worst part is that we already spend $5 trillion that we didn t have. that s the problem. we are getting worse off. the whole country feels like you are really not in poverty, but we don t feel like vigorous americans. at the same time, we have spent all of this government money and got an extra $5 trillion into debt. do you know what the deficit was in the month of may alone? $twenty one give billion ib sane. that was announced today. sean: insane. what does that tell you about the policies and the aftermath effect on the debt. sean: let me read two sentences from the carville memo. it s a shift in narrative away from the economy or you die,
so we are getting worse off. the average middle american is worse off than they were in 2010, president obama s problems have not fixed that wealth problem. sean: this is the thing. more people are out of work and more peopler food stamps than ever and more people near poverty than ever before. the worst part is that we already spend $5 trillion that we didn t have. that s the problem. we are getting worse off. the whole country feels like you are really not in poverty, but we don t feel like vigorous americans. at the same time, we have spent all of this government money and got an extra $5 trillion into debt. do you know what the deficit was in the month of may alone? $twenty one give billion ib sane. that was announced today. sean: insane. what does that tell you about the policies and the aftermath effect on the debt. sean: let me read two sentences from the carville memo. it s a shift in narrative away from the economy or you die, meaning they won t be
moines. less than two hours from the start of the iowa caucuses. here with some perspective on tonight s big event is the republican governor of this state. terry branstad. welcome, governor. welcome, bret. great to have you at our capitol building. a gorgeous place, thanks for having us. i heard you talk about predictions or turn out. the weather is pretty nice and what is your thought about coming out. my friend says a lot of peopler concerned about the direction the country is going. the national debt going up more than a trillion dollars every year since obama has been president and this obama health care thing is unaffordable, unsustainable. i think that iowans want to see a change and i think they ll get out in big numbers tonight and predicting we ll have a record breaking turnout and i think it s going in the range of 130,000 people participating in the republican caucuses. now, in 2008. it was 119,000 plus. right. that would be a big turnout? that would be a grea
moines. less than two hours from the start of the iowa caucuses. here with some perspective on tonight s big event is the republican governor of this state. terry branstad. welcome, governor. welcome, bret. great to have you at our capitol building. a gorgeous place, thanks for having us. i heard you talk about predictions or turn out. the weather is pretty nice and what is your thought about coming out. my friend says a lot of peopler concerned about the direction the country is going. the national debt going up more than a trillion dollars every year since obama has been president and this obama health care thing is unaffordable, unsustainable. i think that iowans want to see a change and i think they ll get out in big numbers tonight and predicting we ll have a record breaking turnout and i think it s going in the range of 130,000 people participating in the republican caucuses. now, in 2008. it was 119,000 plus. right. that would be a big turnout? that would be a grea
dan simon, living the collective dream in san francisco. cnn newsroom continues right now. hello, everyone, president obama is just about to land in columbus, ohio, to campaign for the jobs bill that republican leaders of congress are openly rejecting. barely 24 hours ago the president showed off his american jobs act and demanded congress pass it with, and i quote, no games, no politics, no delays. but then came the details of how the $447 billion package would be paid for. two words. tax hikes. and you could hear the opposition digging in. the biggest hike by far would be a cap on itemized deductions for high earners. the white house estimates that would raise $400 billion over four years. the bill would also close loopholes enjoyed by oil and gas companies, raising an estimated $40 billion. it would raise taxes on investment fund managers and scale back depreciation rules for corporate jets and suddenly republicans who had been promising to hear the president out had h