leaders to produce this proposal. the president didn t ask what democrats needed in the bill to achieve our support. he simply laid his proposal down on the table and proclaimed it a compromise. it sounds like the senate majority leader will move forward with the president s plan thursday. shepard: what s the word from the house of representatives, mike? from the house of representatives, mike? what are they saying? looks like the house speaker is saying essentially that the plan the president put forward will not work in the house, and she s saying it s a nonstartner the house of representatives. at first when we heard the president was going to make a proposal, we were optimistic that he might be reaching out to open up government so that we could have this discussion. but then we heard what the particulars were in it and it s a nonstarter unfortunately.
that s a 4 point drop from may and the number who disapprove jumped to 60%. and steve centanni live in washington with more. steve? well, harris, republicans are already criticizing the president even before he delivers his speech on jobs in the economy thursday. and presidential candidate michele bachmann had this take on the president s plan thursday s address to a joint session of congress. when the president made this extraordinary move to call 535 members of congress in a joint session, he must have something spectacular to tell the american people and must be planning something on the order, i heard one commentator say he s going to have to turn water into wine for congress this coming week and i think it will have to be something extraordinary to call that many members together. meantime, the voice of the tea party movement, senator jim demint of south carolina, is saying the ideas he expects the president to talk about on thursday, including payroll taxes and reductions a