where is the leadership for that? everyone warns of the consequences, but the public has not really seen action after several years of warning of the consequences. you don t hear them making that very specific argument for privatizing medicare these days. and the president is in the same position. he knows what must be done, but he can t make the case now for fear of losing the election. and again, once this election gets out of the way, there is a chance something could happen next year on this issue, and hopefully it can. let me go back to the conversation you had with mr. rogers about that. if this president does win the election, does he philosophically agree with this in such that he would take the leadership on entitlement cuts? i think he recognizes that there needs to be some substantial changes. i m not sure if he goes i don t know that he agrees with the ryan approach which means that you fundamentally change the shape of the program. he has dabbled at t
to get through a primary. it was a very big primary. [laughter] he did take some positions in the primary. when you look at the polling, sometimes the democrats are popular and sometimes they are not. lately, democrats do better on foreign policies. romney have really gotten himself out on some limbs that he s had problems getting back. he says he wants to talk about the economy. that means that the economy s ups and he wants everyone to know about it. the economy sucks and you want everyone to know about it. getting specific only cause him problems. here is another issue where you get into a little bit of a specific problem. this one is for charlie. in mitt romney s except and speech, he said that he will repeal obamacare. there are two issues imbedded in there is obamacare really so bad that the republicans would take it on squarely when is it a democrat sneak in with the few more positive things about it? it s poll numbers are starting to go up a little bit. also the
the atmosphere there this morning during the dedication? eric, i have to tell you, you and jamie both and the world watching, this is a fantastic day, the atmosphere has been very electric and super charged when martin luther king iii spoke as well as bernice reverend bernice king, those are two of the four children of dr. martin luther king and coretta scott king. when they spoke, the crowd just was actually swooning for them because of what they had to say. so eloquently speaking about their father and remembering him. but earlier in the morning, i had the privilege of speaking with reverend jesse jackson, a man who walked and talked with dr. king and this is what he says. in jamestown, virginia, where slaves landed to this place 132 miles, to go from the ships to have the statue erected between presidents jefferson and lincoln and washington, that s a big deal. reverend jackson reflecting on what this deal is to him, now seeing this dedication taking place. he says