payroll tax cuts need to be extended as well as unemployment insurance. still with me is a.b. stoddard and robert trainham. robert, i got to tell you, the listen to this argument the president makes, how do the republicans counter that here? anything that the american people who are working every day and nose who are looking for jobs would accept? it s a tough rhetorical box he put republicans in quite frankly. is it a rhetorical box? this is reality here. both, rhetorical, political and reality. the president did a good job of reminding the american viewer out there but reminding the republicans of, wait a minute. you were for tax cuts, but you changed the rules to make sure you paid for them. i m confused here. i m paraphrasing what he said here. this is christmastime. this is the time when unemployment is still at a very, very high level. this is a time when we should be moving forward, not moving
needed to get through this process. but there s very little talk about the sexual harassment claims against herman cain. take a look last night when maria bartiromo brought it up. for every person that comes forward with a false accusation, there are thousands who would say none of that sort of activity ever came from cain. after that, though, he did get a lot of applause for that response. there were moments in the debates, he gets points for saying 9-9-9. but he didn t answer a lot of questions that were asked about tough issues. and also, the moment where he talked about leader pelosi as princess pelosi was not something i would have chosen were i dealing with the situation he is. robert, many are saying, though, that mitt romney easily emerged as the we were last
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obviously representing massachusetts, you know, he s an interesting he s an interesting republican general candidate against president obama. there s no question about it. and then the other question becomes, is whether or not whomever governor romney chooses as his running mate if, he s, he s the nominee, does that put him over the top? it s marco rubio, the republican senator from florida. again, bringing that diverse it d to the ticket. bringing florida to the ticket. and also bringing the tea party to the ticket, it s a tough ticket to beat, no question about it. jen, robert, great to see you both. thanks for your time. thank you. so just over the past half hour, our other big story today is the penn state sex abuse scandal against children. a pressing question remains one that cuts to the very heart of this ugly and dark backstory. the alleged victims of former assistant coach jerry sandusky and how things might proceed legally on their behalf. their quest for justice. joi
great to see you both. was this really a deal breaker for perry, the fact that it lasted 43 seconds and 20 minutes he tried to pick up on it and make a joke? there s no question it was one of the more painful moments to watch in presidential debates in recent memory. whether it s the nail in the coffin, it s really hard to say. he still has money. he can still compete if he wants to. and really, it s up to republican primary voters. but this was a lot that this has overshadowed as we look back to what happened in the debate last night. you looked at what the candidates had to say about issues like student aid. it seems like they all believe that student aid is not something we need to do in this country anymore. they all there are jobs and the economic plan continues to be tax baen fenefits for the hi income. as we look back and analyze what happened last night, i think there s a lot more below the surface beyond the painful moment of rick perry s gaffe. right. robert, rick perry