i really had a clear shot all the way. look here, you mentioned the pittsburgh post-gazette editorial. also, the philadelphia inquirer daily news. they look carefully at the records and go behind the scenes. the harrisburg paper in endorsing me was very emphatic that my vote was a vote of principle and that i was really at odd wts with the republican party. there were ir reconcilable differences caused by my stimulus vote. it wasn t about my job. i had a clear shot at re-election. it was to save the depression in this country. well, your race does seem complicated by the shift in parties, because you have on the one hand, there was a headline today in the philly paper that says, quote, specter haunted by
some his policies that have passed this year are sitting with the american people. sure. 15, 16 months into his administration the country is ready to elect someone new. it s a sign of the time that people get tired of people very fast, the rose is off the bloom, and the policies aren t popular, joe. the policies aren t popular. the things we were talking about, sam, before about independence and moderates wanting smaller government and less debt, you know, smaller deficits, that was a political reality six, nine months ago. the president said, you know with his bailout culture, that started with george w. bush. they talk about the first vote which set the tone was the stimulus vote, which got no republican support. listen, they don t care about this number two years out. they care about the job numbers that are going to come out today. if those are fine, the numbers will eventually move up. who knows talk austerity, joe. if there s going to be austerity
last time around. paul: you mentioned the trifecta and some are calling it the killer trifecta and stimulus vote for health care and cap and trade and are those the big three the republicans are using? those are the big three and they get to the heart of the anger, among the conservative democratic vote,who believed the blue dogs when they said they wanted fiscal responsibility and seems to blow a hole in it. paul: okay, so, what is boyd doing to fight back? well, he s mostly, he s trying to localize the race and likes to talk about the things he s been bringing, and talking about education, about veterans benefits and that s just not what the race is about. his big problem right now, are people who want to get him out of office because they re angry with him and helping a great deal and his republican candidate has given him a lot of openings, but this is boyd and anger at him. pork is a good defense, but not as it often is in elections? no, in fact, his best would be to s