everybody who is working. now, the other things i think are kind of softer, in other words are we on the path to make sure social security is self-sustaining over the long term, things like that? i really do think that what will matter most to the average person as i say, most people think they are in the middle class or at least want to tell surveyors they are, is the economy perceived getting better or not. not a matter of getting great or jobs more available or bedrock things i think are part of the public psychology. jenna: one of the things we will hear a lot of middle class is slimging. yes. jenna: on one hand reason they re hope by both sides. there is reason to be concerned for shrinking middle class. sure. jenna: is the middle class actually shrinking in this country. by he have did is that middle segment is the miffed dill segment. that gets to stagnation of earnings over a long period of time. it has been going on for 30 years. that middle slice, that very
michele bachmann and herman cain as a write-in, and it will be interesting to see what happens in south carolina. but i know that i m certain that this turns off a lot of voters in places like south carolina and florida, because i ve heard from them or spoken to them. jon: so you re saying it s not necessarily a bad thing to go negative in this republican primary. you re just saying the issue is one that won t work. yeah, absolutely. i mean, going negative, i ve always sort of i love negative campaigning, because it really does show the differences between candidates. and i think voters are smart enough to dismiss that which is sort of below the belt or penalize people who go below the belt. but negative, hardo hard hitting negative ads are great and they toughen up a nominee and they expose the sort of real issues that are likely to come out in a general election. it s all very healthy. but this, this is not even this argument, it s a laugher!
of these tax incentives to bring more jobs back here to the u.s., jenna. jenna: something we ll watch carefully for, ed. meantime mitt romney on the campaign trail this morning hitting the president on issue of class warfare. does the white house have any reaction to that? because obviously a lot of talk about the middle class but also talk about class warfare in general? they basically say they will keep moving forward with the same rhetoric and same policies we ve heard from this president. in fact it is interesting because this insourcing event i was talking about, was talking to an obama campaign official who is saying this is not so subtle shot essentially to mitt romney because of bain capital and all the stories that we ve been hearing among republican field in recent days about bain capital not just pushing americans out of work but pushing and outsourcing some jobs overseas. this event here at white house, not so subtle shot at romney. interesting because that up sets the ro
high-risk and you re not, there are a lot of people out there who don t want me on their plan. another issue. what if i test kids and i want to because i want to prevent diseases but am i going to make a lot of anxiety in parents saying oh, my gosh, john any is due to get diabetes at 40. i better do everything i can. put him on a spartan diest now. i will drive little johney johnnie nuts because there is risk he could get disease later. last big one with, what are we testing for in terms of having permission? do you want your boss or employer to do the test. i can get dna from a glass, coffee cup, tissue. do i need your permission to run the tests. will we i m out on a date, are you a good marriage partner. run a little dna off your napkin find out whether you re high-risk or low risk of disease? jenna: those are possibilities i hadn t even thought of. very realistic. people checking out their children and potential husbands and wives. absolutely.
of the playing field they like. as you mentioned the president will be referring also to some tax incentives he may be introducing in the weeks ahead to encourage more of that. last night as you mentioned vice president biden while all eyes were on new hampshire and what the republicans were up to, vice president biden was speaking via webcast to new hampshire democrats and made clear this line we ve heard from the administration about a fair deal, fair shot for the middle class will be front and center. take a listen. we have one overarching commitment, to give the middle class a fighting chance, a fighting chance to maintain a financial independence, to give them a fighting chance to reach the aspirations they have. a fighting chance to get the kids to school. a fighting chance to live in a decent neighborhood. in a nutshell, that is what this election is about. reporter: when you talk to administration officials one place where we re lookly to hear a lot about this is later this