popularity plummets to new lows, the nation is headed for a double-dip recession. this article says tonight s speech could be the most important of his presidency. providence journal for students entering college, september 11th is a distant memory of their childhood. it s turned to the war on terror and insurgents fighting. let s turn to politico and patrick gavin. good to see you. good morning. how come they didn t pick you to moderate the debate? john harris i m stuck at nbc doing the dirty week. he did a good job with brian williams. he did. tonight turns to the president as he addresses congress with a plan to create more jobs. what should we be looking for
over a month and try to sell it in various places to keep up political pressure in a swing state, swing congressional district. it starts tonight from the president. he s in richmond, virginia friday. we ll have the 9/11 commemorations after that. then he s on the road. let s see how effective he is along the way. i think it starts tonight. tone is what i m most curious about. chuck, to last night s debate, steve schmidt was just here, very insightful about the republican party having run mccain s campaign and stuff like that. what is your sense of the ponzi scheme from rick perry last night? is that harmful to him in the upcoming weeks against romney or out there for the general election? how does it affect him with regard to republican delegates? the romney campaign believes
approach 9/11. the progress we have to make going forward. congress, remind them about his a i approval rating and congress approval rating is low. as ben franklin said, well done is better than well said. he has to look at what he does. can i ask you something, harold, and you joe as well. you have been there in congress. what is going on here with the president of the united states? you have had a speaker of the house not returning a president s phone call three weeks ago. you have a president of the united states deferring to the national football league to a football game in terms of giving a major speak about the biggest crisis we face in this country, jobs. what is going on? harold? i guess people want to see the packers explain. i think your point, that s the question every american is asking. he has to fix it. it s almost like when
president of the united states during the debt ceiling debate. now, this week, you know the president couldn t speak yesterday because of the republicans opposition he s speaking tonight at 7:00 in order not to bump into a national football league game. what is going on? he s president of the united states. why didn t he tell the nfl delay your kick off until 8:30, i m president. look, the president has an opportunity tonight to speak to millions of americans. we believe and we are confident that millions and millions will tune in. honestly, the fact that there is the kick off of the nfl season tonight in a nationally televised game probably helps us to build an audience. the other stuff is a side show. it s the kind of stuff in this press room in my daily briefing, i took two dozen questions about the spat between the president and congress over the timing of the speech. that kind of stuff makes
americans pull their hair out. they don t care a lick. they do not care about that kind of stuff. they want their elected leaders to represent them and get the jobs done. put americans back to work and grow the economy and do it in a way that s paid for. i think it s very important. the president will make clear tonight the proposals he s putting on the table will be paid for, will not add to the debt. that s an important issue. good morning, jay. it s harold ford. to build on willie s point about what is passable, i know the spirit and the tone the president will talk about, one of conciliatory, asking congress to come together to work on behalf of the people. typically, the business community wants more certainty around regulations and taxes. they hope it stimulates demands. you have heard others say what is passable. thinking about those two, what can we expect to hear?