extension, things are just, could get a lot worse before they get better. and that will not be good for the administration. they have to get something, nothing they have done has worked in materials of people at home feeling like the economy is getting better and their job situation is getting better. that will not be good going into november until that turns around very quickly. shannon: public perception is definitely negative at this point. you have unemployment staying above 9%. for every job opening in the u.s. there are 4.7 people unemployed. not only dealing with the content of this, this administration has to deal with the pr side of it, the perception. do you think that the public is starting to feel like this administration or president doesn t know how to turn things around? i think there s definitely, you know, negative impact on his job rating and on his approval rating but, when you look at it, you know, they have heard government officials over and over again say, summ
if we can t agree on that, then we re not going to be able to pass the cr. wefz continuing recent lose we have to cut the current stop gap measure before we ll go for it, so what do we have now? we have senate leadership, senator reid coming out, saying that i m sorry speaker boehner can t control his tea party caucus and now is threatening to shut down the government. then you have boehner going, listen, if the government is shut down, it s the democrats that are going to blame for it. so there are 1e6r8 spending bills as you know up there. this is the one that will keep the government going under next off. huge battle, and we re starting the pr side of this. secondly, and i forgot to send you a car, but i m sorry. it is the second anniversary of the stimulus bill republicans and democrats have distinctly different views on how
should be universal health care. sean: who? there isn t one single republican that believes i can t name one. you are telling me there one republican that s one of the reasons your party isn t doing well if you don t think that every american [ talking over each other ] that s the problem this administration put themselves in a position where they are opposed to the will of the american people we don t want this health care, nancy pelosi says you re getting it. they meet behind closed doors. you guys did a great job on the pr side and dick army did a wonderful job sean: you can recognize they ve rejected what the president has been offering? no, i don t think the american people rejected health care reform, absolutely not. robert gibbs is saying in is a pr issue we haven t communicated well enough that is not true. the american people are a lot smarter than the left wants to give them credit for.
republicans believe there should be universal health care. sean: who? there isn t one single republican that believes i can t name one. you are telling me there one republican that s one of the reasons your party isn t doing well if you don t think that every american [ talking over each other ] that s the problem this administration put themselves in a position where they are opposed to the will of the american people we don t want this health care, nancy pelosi says you re getting it. they meet behind closed doors. you guys did a great job on the pr side and dick army did a wonderful job sean: you can recognize they ve rejected what the president has been offering? no, i don t think the american people rejected health care reform, absolutely not. robert gibbs is saying in is a pr issue we haven t communicated well enough that is not true. the american people are a lot smarter than the left wants to give them credit for.
pass and they re trying to find out where they find promises for carve-outs for rural districts and help seniors where they d be hard hit by a spike in premium prices. that kind of wheeling and dealing sometimes can get you across the finishing lines and sometimes as chris mentioned can embolden people to say it s too dangerous and making promises of changes on the senate side. it s not going to happen, i m going to vote no because it s a loser. shannon: guy, what about the optic. we know the president is a negotiator and what he does and said would be his strength in washington. he holds huge rallies last night with 19,000 an overflow crowd and seems to be very good on the pr side of getting things done. he holds a big rally with