across-the-board way, it will result in lost jobs, which is why we proposed this alternative. now over the longer term, there s no doubt we have to reduce our deficit, but we have to do it in a smart and balanced way as the president has said, and that s why we have proposed a combination of cuts and we ve already done $1.5 trillion in cuts as part of the budget control act and other action. we did some revenue as part of the most recent agreement on the fiscal cliff, but we need to continue to do a combination of targeted cuts and revenue from closing those tax loopholes. i remember i think the american people do mitt romney and paul ryan talked about all those tax loopholes that benefit very wealthy people. well, let s get rid of some of those to help reduce the deficit. i wanted to talk about the policy fights that are going on. and time is of the essence with what s going on with the sequester. we ve got immigration, gun control, electoral changes that are in the works, all t
congressman cantor coming out yesterday to talk about rebranding of the gop, and i just want to remind everybody what he had to say. take a look. our house majority will pursue an agenda that is based on a shared vision of creating the conditions of health, happiness and prosperity for more americans and their families. we ll advance proposals aimed at producing results in areas like education, health care, innovation, and job growth. congressman, how does this rebraineding or the mission or the hope that the republican party has of trying to put some new paint on the brand mesh with all of the big policy fights that are going on right now in washington, d.c.? well, republicans know they re hurting after the last election, but they think the solution to this is somehow just to change the packaging, to change the way they talk about their policies, when the real problems are their underlying policies themselves. so, for example, the american people support comprehensive
supporting the middle class, they have strong popular support. i mean, these are the issues that the american people voted on and supported the president on and i think he s doing the right thing. he s activating his base and he s asking them to help get this agenda through a very dysfunctional congress. so when we talk about the dysfunctioning congress right now, let s talk about some of the policy fights that are taking place, and immigration is front and center. and right now, if we take the temperature of the american people, the abc washington post poll shows exactly where they feel that the president is doing, 49% are approving of the president s stance on immigration at 38% back in july, 43% disapprove. that number was higher back in july at 52%. is this something where unless the president stays ahead of the curve here and basically like a surfer reads the waves that are coming in, they re going to lose ground because republicans have everything to gain from looking like th
was wearing reed krakoff. i don t know anything about that. real quick here, ed. i read interesting trivia were. george washington during his second inaugural address spoke for just a short time. the shortest ever, 135 words, and that s it. do you think we ll be around that tomorrow or what do you think? reporter: the president s critics probably hope it will be that short. what i ve been told by administration officials, probably mor more in the range 5 to 20 minutes which is shorter than some of his other speeches, by the way, back dooring the campaign. they realize it s an important tomorrow, not going to be as short as george washington, of course, but they want to keep it relatively brief. about 15 or 20 minutes. they want to set the table. thethey want to have big themes about coming together. they want the public to stay engaged on some of these policy fights. they ll leave the details to that state of the union address
well for the president s party, is this unique how do you make the case that this isn t unique to obama? that somehow what you ve done can be transferred and done for other candidates, other political parties, other entities, other policy fights, et cetera. i don t think it can be necessarily transferred and say, let s check the box and move on. i think the effort can be replicated. so what it boils down to is the head of the organization, whether there s a candidate, an executive director of a nonprofit, or a ceo, needs to decide that they re going to have a meaningful relationship with the people who are most important to them, their supporters and the people they re trying to reach, in our case, voters. and to invest in that relationship technologically, but also ideologically, to make sure you re spending the time and hearing what people are saying back to you and valuing your time and participation. looking back at what happened between 08 and 10, if you were giving advice