you think the white house is getting their point across? that is a countdown clock showing nine days that that is how much time the white house has to extend the payroll tax cut or your taxes are going to go up. americans can go to this site and actually share their stories of what will happen to them if they lose their $40 per paycheck. that s the average an american will lose. let me bring in dan lothian and, dan, this seems like a full-on pr campaign by the white house and they re keeping the pressure up and i don t know if people saw it on the screen. this is what happened if congress doesn t act. it crossed out the word congress and it specifically says, the house doesn t act. they ve been keeping the pressure now on house republicans all week and now it s another effort by this white house to drive that point home today where the president is holding an event here at the white house shortly after noon to show what s at stake. you ve been talking about how the white ho
judgment about trust. tonight, one of the leading republican candidates, if not the leading republican candidate, is failing the trust test. sure, all politicians shade the truth and spin the facts, but what we re about to show you, the first paid television ad for romney for president television campaign crosses the line. reprehensible in any campaign. but more so for this one because of the profound challenges facing the country. watch and listen. we need a rescue plan. it s going to take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, we re going to lose. lose. lose. reporter: one more time. just that last snip it from the president. if we keep talking about the economy, we re going to lose, lose, lose. reporter: powerful stuff, right? especially with high unemployment and sluggish economic growth. yes, powerful stuff if it were honest, fair, context chul. listen here to senator obama late in the 2008 campaign. senator mccain s campaign actually said and i
handbook. senators, i should say, doctors, nice to see both of you. nice to see you. the government has a new 2012 book out. you guys have a competing medicare 2012. this is your book, is this a parody? you might consider it. it s much more truthful than the other one. in what way. ? terms of describing what the obamacare legislation has done to medicare patients. how they took $500 bill whereon away from seniors on medicare, to object save and strengthen medicare, but to start a government program for other people and they will have unelected bureaucrats deciding who gets what care and who pays for it. when you go item by item why medicare is more at risk now in terms of going bankrupt, than it was before obamacare passed. so if i am clear, we were on an unsustainable path before obamacare s national health care. he he shepherded through the national health care and we are
handbook. senators, i should say, doctors, nice to see both of you. nice to see you. the government has a new 2012 book out. you guys have a competing medicare 2012. this is your book, is this a parody? you might consider it. it s much more truthful than the other one. in what way. ? terms of describing what the obamacare legislation has done to medicare patients. how they took $500 bill whereon away from seniors on medicare, to object save and strengthen medicare, but to start a government program for other people and they will have unelected bureaucrats deciding who gets what care and who pays for it. when you go item by item why medicare is more at risk now in terms of going bankrupt, than it was before obamacare passed. so if i am clear, we were on an unsustainable path before obamacare s national health care. he he shepherded through the national health care and we are
dealing with our deficit in an effective way. i think that where it s going to get tough is right now republicans are very resistant to any kind of revenue. and would rather see us make some sacrifices in programs that the vast majority of american people think are really important. making sure that seniors on medicare have the kind of security and protection that they need, for example. or making sure that, you know, government functions like food safety or weather satellites are still up there. making sure that our veterans are properly cared for. you know, you can t pay for those things unless we have some additional revenue. and that s going to be a tough debate that takes place. but i take the republican leadership at their word when they say it would be disastrous for us to not increase the debt limit. i do not want to see the united states default on our obligations. and as you know, chuck, as you have been reporting, the