bizarre too. that s something that politicians always say when they are in trouble in washington. i need to get out of here more because who likes washington. i think in 2006 we tried this too when president bush lost seats. the past six weeks anybody who has been paying attention knows president obama hasn t been in washington he s been traveling all over the country stumping for candidates and himself. i thought today was a missed opportunity for the president, when he had the nation s attention and he blew it. greta: what could he have done? between yesterday and today the unemployment rate is still 9.6%. he s really in a tough place. the only way he s going to dig out is turn things around. he and the republicans have to figure out some way to work together. i would not suggest there was anything substantive he could have done in 24 hours.
competitive. when somebody comes in with a curtain wall for a big office building buying from china, it is very hard to compete with that price. the quality, we have better. but you can t they have manipulated their currency to such a point. what i would do is i would tax like 25% tax. you want to buy from china, great. but you are paying 25% tax. if you buy it in this country you don t have that tax. by the way, you know what is gonna happen? people are going to start creating jobs in this country because they are not going to pay that tax. greta: what is the 25% tax, just commitment to free trade? we don t have free trade right now. we have a country, china in particular that is riping us like nobody s ripped us before. we are rebuilding china. our country is so big in terms of what we buy, that we are rebuilding china. in 10 years years, china will have a bigger economy
opportunity to engage with the american people on a day-to-day basis. and give them confidence that i m listening to them. greta: did the president get the message and will it be compromise or combat? dana perino is back with us. you ve been on the inside, tell me i almost fell over when i heard the president say i didn t know how the american people are feeling, those are my words, because i m in the bubble. the unemployment rate is 9.6%, you don t have to be in a bubble to not know there are people hurting. headlines and newspapers say people are unhappy. i don t know how living in the bubble to say that s the reason why i m out of touch. do you support the president on that or not? i found the whole president conference bizarre. i think this comment was
over. you know what is next. possible 2012 presidential candidate donald trump is here. he has some big ideas and he will tell u will there compromise between the white house and congres
admire how far and how quickly he came. it is hard to stop and say it just didn t work. maybe we need to rethink it from the ground up. if he would call john boehner down, given the wonderful statement john made last night and say let s not negotiate. let s have coffee and chat for three, four hours. let s start to get to know each other. let me tell you my concerns, you tell me your concerns. let s start over and really mean it. i think he would find that john boehner as speaker of the house as a patriot would want to be helpful to a president who is open to being helped. if all he wants to do is what he exhibited today he s going to find a long two years before he leaves. greta: i hope they work together and he does what you say. if the two sides could work together that is invaluable to the american people. much more, mr. speaker do not go away. what does president obama think today? is he going to change? and dana perino will be back. the midterm election is