and richard canton, executive editor of the nation.com and playright and host of a radio show and jonathan alter, the author of the book the promise. great to have you here, jonathan. because the past week was, i think it was widely acknowledged the first week of the general election, i want to talk about what the race looks like to me. as the incumbent, president obama has a good-enough record to run on, passing universal health care coverage for the first time in the country s history. but the most central argument for re-election, a slowly-improving world economy is the one message that polling and focus groups show that voters are least receptive to. the president can t say that things are getting better because the electorate is still so anxious. soit so the president is pivoting.
and richard canton, executive editor of the nation.com and playright and host of a radio show and jonathan alter, the author of the book the promise. great to have you here, jonathan. because the past week was, i think it was widely acknowledged the first week of the general election, i want to talk about what the race looks like to me. as the incumbent, president obama has a good-enough record to run on, passing universal health care coverage for the first time in the country s history. but the most central argument for re-election, a slowly-improving world economy is the one message that polling and focus groups show that voters are least receptive to. the president can t say that things are getting better because the electorate is still so anxious. soit so the president is pivoting. the congressional republican budget is something different all together. it s a trojan horse, disguised as deficit reduction plans. it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on
promise. great to have you here, jonathan. because the past week was, i think it was widely acknowledged the first week of the general election, i want to talk about what the race looks like to me. as the incumbent, president obama has a good-enough record to run on, passing universal health care coverage for the first time in the country s history. but the most central argument for re-election, a slowly-improving world economy is the one message that polling and focus groups show that voters are least receptive to. the president can t say that things are getting better because the electorate is still so anxious. soit so the president is pivoting. the congressional republican budget is something different all together. it s a trojan horse, disguised as deficit reduction plans. it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly-veiled social darwinism. we saw the president painting mitt romney as stiff and out of touch. he said that he s v