much of that. well, unfortunately, i don t think there will be many states you can go to that aren t going to have to increase some sort of taxes because states aren t like the federal government, right, they can t run the deficit and quantitative easing and when an economic down turn comes they re hit the hardest and the fact is that the economic stimulus plan doesn t account for state budgets hit so hard. tobin, they could cut spending. no, no, no, how long have you been in the country? now, now there are a couple of things, first off, only 40% of you pay taxes and only 40% say that s not true. that s income tax. and not the other issue, don t give up on the tea party. they did a fabulous side on the federal side and need to turn their organizational skills onto the states and the next battle ground for, let s raise, you know, speck and not have revenues go up it s going to be the states and i believe the tea party is going to make a difference. now, jonas, you think
disagrees. but tonight, 25 days until the election, vice president joe biden is upping ante. in a way, many democrats might cringe when they hear. the stimulus plan doesn t do enough, the vice president says, because, quote, we couldn t spend enough. let s talk jobs and the politics of jobs with republican strategist cnn political contributor doug robbins, john avila for the daily beast.com, in washington, paul begala and cnn national political correspondent jessica yellin. paul, in a campaign in which the republicans have been saying the problem is too much democratic spending, a lot of democrats are not going to appreciate their vice president saying the problem is we detective spend enough. he s economically correct but politically incorrect. the truth is the economy needs more spending. we need more customers. business needs consumers to have a little extra change in their pockets so they can go spend. economically he s on very solid ground. the problem is this is not an economic
a gap. brown 52%, whitman 43% among likely voters. at a minimum, it s bad timing. what do we think the political impact is? there s obviously a concern this could hurt women voters. i don t want to discount the use of this word and its impact, but it is in the context of him saying that i stand for principles and she will sell out, so the more you talk about it, the more he s reaffirming the narrative of his campaign. i can add that the national organization for women in california has today just now come out endorsing jerry brown saying that he has throughout his career defended and promoted women s rights. so let s see. i m not going to dispute that n.o.w. would have endorsed jerry brown anyway, but as meg whitman starts to trail and this recording that hurts brown is leaked, the recording is leaked and this organization endorses brown. hmm, politics works in a funny way, doesn t it, paul? it does. first, who s taping jerry brown s calls? what they say happened is that he lef