president obama will seek re-election vowing to rein in one of them wall street. mitt romney will focus on the other washington. well, wall street versus washington. that s it. john heileman is national affairs editor for new york magazine and joe williams covers the white house for politico. john heileman, let me ask you about this different blame game. from the beginning of our country s history, politicians have blamed new york bankers, big east money. almost like apple pie going back to huckleberry finn. this is what we do in american politics. blame the big city, new york and the wealth. will it work this time for president obama running for re-election? i don t think president obama is has ever been a comfortable full-throated economic populist. there s no doubt the white house and his re-election team is pushing him more in that direction. we saw the speech he gave in kansas a few weeks back. there s no doubt they are going in that direction. but the president is, as i s
let me remind you if you re a candidate. teddy kennedy. the damage he did to who was my candidate at the time, jimmy carter, was so ferocious. by the time reagan came along it was easy. the damage done in primaries does stick through to the primary. but he was the incumbent. that s it different. there is a difference. let me tell you something. thank you. coming up a preview of coming attractions. if president obama runs against wall street greed and mitt romney runs against washington, who wins? by the way, they ve both got a problem. you re watching hardball on msnbc. brad, where we going? just a second. just, just one second. what are you looking at? don t look up there. why are you looking up? get outta the car.
responsible for the content of this message. now you re in the ad business. you know how to make an ad. just explain something. you can take an ad like that that s on now in january and you can basically take the best parts and run it again in october can t you? yes. there s no reason why you can t do that? absolutely not. is there any political reason you wouldn t do that? no. in fact, those ads ran the first time in 1994 in the ted kennedy race when you were in that one? you were still in school? yeah iwas just a child. they ought to be sending bob shrum a check. it s a cancer on his candidacy. this is going to keep coming back. and ultimately, the obama campaign will get to this question. what kind of an economy do we want to have for america in the next century? an economy that works for mitt romney and his buddies at bain and everybody on wall street? or one that works for the people that lost their jobs, lost their health insurance and some couldn t feed their f
teddy kennedy. the damage he did to who was my candidate at the time, jimmy carter, was so ferocious. by the time reagan came along it was easy. the damage done in primaries does stick through to the primary. but he was the incumbent. that s it different. there is a difference. let me tell you something. thank you. coming up a preview of coming attractions. if president obama runs against wall street greed and mitt romney runs against washington, who wins? by the way, they ve both got a problem. you re watching hardball on msnbc. [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready
this isn t about class warfare. this is about the nation s welfare. it s about making choices that benefit, not just the people who have done fantastically well over the last few decades, but that benefits the middle class and those fighting to get into the middle class. a strong middle class can only exist in an economy where everyone plays by the same rules from wall street to main street. that s sort of a sunday morning attempt to be a populous. one guy doing it. what do you make of this president who is so successful in american life he hardly has a personal grief with anything about the system? look how well he s done. he doesn t ever make it as an angry guy. now he s offering himself up as the people s tribune, champion, against the successes of wall street. it s going to be an easy argument for them to make.