he believes in what he is doing and he believes he will move forward because as he says, he made one comment. he apologized for it and he is moving on. now it is going to be up to these other folks who asked him to step aside to see if they re going to move on. you say voters in missouri very well could forget and forgive him for what he says was a mistake? well, it is possible. we don t know. the first poll out was from a democratic affiliated ppp polling. there has been some controversy over that but they show that mr. akin is within a point up of claire mccaskill. and how missourians will really view this on election day remains to be seen. missouri has 39% of its electorate describes themselves as born began evangelical christians that is a big number. those types of voters will be people who might respond to todd akin and rally to his cause. jon: well he has said he won t get out of the race. this morning on good morning america, george stephanopoulos asked him if that is basi
general in the history of this country has faced a contempt vote before. janet reno it was reported during the committee, but even newt gingrich didn t bring it to the floor of the house of representatives to a vote. but it looks like we ll be able to see if speaker boehner is more extreme than newt gingrich on this vote. you brought that point up in your remarks today. i want to play what a committee member patrick meehan of pennsylvania said today on msnbc. take a listen, i want you to respond to it, please. there was a representation made by the justice department, and then it did a 1 0 and they changed that representation. so the they made a statement that was fundamentally incorrect to congress and now we re trying to ask why that was made. there s evidence as well of intimidation of individuals who were whistleblowers who are very concerned about those representations made and brought information that contradicted the justice department representations. and other republican
about a few weeks ago that would be more likely to garner bipartisan support and actually get done? the problem the president is facing republicans have said no to basically everything so far. i think they will agree to certain provisions, certain tax cuts in the president s plan but it s going to be like pulling teeth for the president. when i said republicans want a lousy economy on election day, i certainly didn t want to paint with too broad a brush. it s not every republican. but undoubtedly the just say no policies of the republican party do tend to lead one to believe that a lot of republicans wouldn t mind a bad economy on election day because that is almost a sure way to get rid of president obama. there is a danger, though, with that. if this economy, which is shaky right now, takes another turn, another clear turn down ward shall the next president of the united states, if it is not barack obama, is going to have a worse situation that they inhair ilt that they
the economy lousy through election day. let me ask you, if the president is really serious about fixing this economy, wouldn t he have drafted a jobs plan he spoke about a few weeks ago that would be more likely to garner partisan support and get done. the problem the president is facing republicans have said no to basically everything so far. i think they will agree to certain provisions, certain tax cuts in the president s plan but it s going to be like pulling teeth for the president. when i said republicans want a lousy economy on election day, i certainly didn t want to paint with too broad a brush. it s not every republican. but undoubtedly the just say no policies of the republican party do tend to lead one to believe that a lot of republicans wouldn t mind a bad economy on election day because that is almost a sure way to get rid of president obama. there is a danger, though, with that. this economy, which is shaky right now, takes another current, a clear turn do
so that s the interesting thing. you know, did the president really herman cain brought this point up, did the president want to go up against the republican debate? what if the president didn t get the best ratings and the republican debate got better ratings? that s probably worst than losing out to football but maybe his time will be earlier so he doesn t conflict with football. got to keep it before that game. why does the president want a joint session of congress? he could do the speech from his oval office, absolutely. could do it on wednesday night but he wants everybody in congress in that hall so he can stand there and say i am the adult in this room. i have got some great ideas and you are keeping me from enacting. a lot of this about 2012 finding an enemy. he s going to want to say that the republicans are holding up his jobs and that s why unemployment remains tight. keep in mind, three congresspeople are running for president. that presents a bit a problem for ron