together, this is as good a chance he s going to have. it s tough. it s not because of this president but because of our times, which is diminished from what it was in the cold car. amazing. he s going to clear the stage. patrick leader of the free-week-old. patrick, thanks so much. still ahead, jay carney, senator chuck shumer, michael hayden and steve schmidt. he s got an interesting take. we ll be right back. okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that s yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i m yummy. lower cholesterol.
democrats put forward. everything the president puts forward in the american jobs act had bipartisan support in the past. we are talking tax cuts for regular working americans. help to allow teachers to stay on the job and first responders. putting construction workers back to work. when you talk infrastructure, guess what, it s bipartisan. it has to do with leveraging public sector money and private money, building highways, bridges, schools. it has the support of the chamber of commerce and labor. why not get congress to pass it, put it into law and get americans back to work. jay, i have a question about the presidency itself, about the concept of the presidency. a few weeks ago, we had reports that speaker boehner did not return a phone call from the
clinton, when these guys, the democrats in 94, they asked if he was still relevant. he was. he s a great speaker. tonight, he s got to call on different qualities, different powers and remind congress that politicians and government, their standing has never been lower. we are being challenged. we have to put aside what our differences are. lay off for simple things. whether republicans endorse it, lay out three or four things he wants to get done. i don t know if joe has a different opinion. mark halperin, what do you think? the president is qualified to bring the country together and deal with the challenges we face. the jobs crisis is a huge crisis. if he s a guy who wants to get things done to bring the country
meat and potatoes. a lot of republicans say why do you talk when speaking face-to-face. a couple things to keep in mind, very high stakes, not a lot of people expecting much out of it. how does the president breakthrough tonight and not make it another speech? what can he say tonight that will breakthrough? if i were him, i d get above congress. i would ask for both sides not to collapse throughout the speech. to give them a chance not to be partisan. republicans like certain things. the headlines joe read and what we are seeing across the country, people aren t interested in things that just excite democrats. the president realized in speaking before certain audiences and saying certain things. i think tonight the tone has to be about creating jobs for the country and how we ensure the america we love was the america we love going forward as we
rick-ramming. new york times electability a primary liability for perry. huffington post: sleeping like a baby. and there sçub many more headlie where that came from. republican strategist noelle nikpour says keep em coming. for the texas governor they are only helping. big fun raiser in the republican party, a go a big fundraiser in the republican party. you think this helped the texas governor? wow, did you not see that, perry went pow point and you had romney go pow counter point. i thought that was excellent. neil: who got the better of the pows? this was an introduction for perry. but the second thing i thought was great, look at romney. i think that actually, the debate between those two specifically made romney a better candidate.