eight months now, and i watched as her as her green light lit up when she cast that yes vote. when that happened, the other members must have been watching too, the whole place cheered. it really just filled up all of our hearts and these were some pretty frozen hearts. so gabby helped us melt them. congresswoman, it is willie geist. it was a chill-inducing moment, a great moment. we all needed one. there is a lot of speculation this morning, some reports that after yesterday and how great the congresswoman looked that she will seek re-election next year. do you have any information you can share with us on that? we re certainly getting her ready to make sure she can run for re-election at the points that they re ready to decide on that. she continues to focus on her recovery. she s going back to houston to have another herring we round of physical, occupational and speech therapy. she s going to continue to work hard in that recovery. as you ve seen, she has the heart of a lio
welcome back to morning joe, 48 past the hour. democratic congresswoman from florida, chair of the democratic committee, representative debbie wassermann schultz. an incredible day. we re not talking about the vote, are we? no, no we re not. that was something else? how is congresswoman giffords doing? she s doing great. as the whole nation saw, she made a triumphant return to the house chamber last night. was able to cast a vote and send a strong message to her constituents on what have of her constituents that the nation should not default on heifer th obligations and want to come in and support compromise and balance so we could continue to get our fiscal house in order and focus on getting the economy
progress. but her supporters in arizona and across the country, her colleagues are making sure that she doesn t have to start from scratch when she makes that decision. it is amazing. debbie, harold ford. good morning to you. the impression we have gotten from washington, the democratic leaders, is the position will shift to jobs for the party. any insight for us on that this morning? i think we have been focused on jobs, particularly president obama has been focused on creating jobs and continuing to get the economy turned around. now we re going to be able to let this commission do its work, come up with the balanced plan that the stage is set for, make sure that we can get the balance between cuts so that all the pain is not piled on the middle class and working families. and continue to focus like a laser beam on jump starting the economy even more, making sure we can get the jobs created. because that s what we really need. the economy needs that shot in the arm. we all got