and say i think probably the biggest story were the great jobs numbers we had yesterday. but getting to james 235,000, that s can i throw a flag? can i just throw a flag? i mean, i agree. the jobs figures are tremendous. but i have to have a smile when i say this because if they were the jobs figures that had come out on president obama s watch, he d be saying they re all fraudulent. now all of a sudden he accepts them. i had the opportunity to speak to a lot of ceos this week. you are hearing the renewed spirit in the economy. hearing folks talk about programs and investments. that s why i think we re seeing these job numbers start moving already. folks are betting in advance of the reforms they see coming from the tax code, from repatriation of funds, so that s there s a lot of optimism, a lot of i think energy in the economy. i would say that s the biggest story of the week. i know you want to get into james story, to which point i would push back here and say the
win. do you see that happening here? i mean, obviously, you re confident about yourself. i do. i do. anderson. you see the success of carson and trump somehow peaking? well, my view is, anderson, people want somebody who can land the plane and right now people are saying okay, throw anything out there and let me take a look. i m so frustrated with the status quo and anderson, to use a basketball analogy, i can play, i can hit the three-pointer and play the inside game. i ve been an outsider fighting the establishment most of my career. you don t get to a balanced budget in washington or turn ohio around without stepping on a heck of a lot of toes but i know how to get it done. if there is anything this country needs now, it needs to have a really revitalized economy and i know how to do that in washington but i ll tell you one other thing it needs, that is a renewed spirit, stronger family, stronger neighborhoods, neighbors caring about one another.
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