let me finish tonight with why so many people look down on politicians. it s this, this skirmishing, this pie eating contest, this sack race, this absurd picnic atmosphere of one side against the other. waste of a summer afternoon with dank arguments in the basement. this isn t why i love politicians, this is the florida recount, this is al gore picking out which candidates he wants recounted. this is george w. this is baseball, not by babe ruth but by bunt. this is tennis, it s back at the line, this is chicken crap. look, we either have a solid politics or we don t. if we really do have a problem of spending more than we re bringing in, we need to solve it
still. do you think the president will get in that sack race and run with his new parter, republican john boehner? the question there is it depends. right off the bat the republicans are starting off when we get back on health care. i don t think that s the great message for running in a sack race together. your happy that they changed the name from the job killing health care bill to the job destroying health care bill? is that progress? it doesn t change the bad critique they have on health care. okay. gene, you always have a wise view. halftime report. you re in the halftime. you re sitting here. we should be wearing blazers. it s truly a halftime event and my question is does he still have the potential for historic greatness? i think he does. halftime report, look at three components of his presidency. look at accomplishments. he managed to keep the economy
when we get back on health care. i don t think that s the great message for running in a sack race together. your happy that they changed the name from the job killing health care bill to the job destroying health care bill? is that progress? it doesn t change the bad critique they have on health care. okay. gene, you always have a wise view. halftime report. you re in the halftime. you re sitting here. we should be wearing blazers. it s truly a halftime event and my question is does he still have the potential for historic greatness? i think he does. halftime report, look at three components of his presidency. look at accomplishments. he managed to keep the economy from falling off the cliff into something like a depression. i think most americans applaud that. he managed to get through comprehensive health care. many americans applaud that but not all. many don t like the way it was done and an increase number like the result. i think in the end that s going
administration to lay out an agenda with the state of the union in a week or so that says how he will woithin this new environment and what kind of partnership he looks to establish with speaker boehner. he doesn t have nancy pelosi driving the agenda the way she did the last two years. now it s a different drum beat. and the real question is important the president has the mindset to be the kind of leader that people are looking for. you force me to ask you a question in return. for me, it s a sack rice. one republican leg in, one democratic leg in. do the republicans intend to race in a sack race with the president or stand still? will they run with him? i believe they will run with him on certain issues. the congresswoman can tell you, the dynamics are going to be such that there are going to be issues where folks will stand
now it s a different drum beat. the real question is whether or not the president has the mindset to be the kind of leader that people are looking for. you force me to ask you a question in return. which is this. to me it s a sack race. you know what a sack race is? run republican leg in, one democratic leg in. do republicans intend to race in a sack whereas the president or standstill? will they run with him? i believe they will run with him on certain issues. you know as the congresswoman can tell you the dynamics in the house will be such that there are going to be issues where folks will standstill. the test becomes, the american people want you to keep running in a direction towards job creation and opportunity. will they do that? do you think the president will get in the sack race and run with a new partner named john boehner. the question there is it depends. right off the bat the republicans are starting off when we get back on health care. i don t think that s the gre