w. bush s press secretary ari fleischer is here. after labor day he ll reveal a jobs proposal that will have specifics in the way his critics have been calling for. according to my sources it will be actual legislation. that s real detail. i m told the package will be new initiatives and not a rehash of the policies we ve been hearing him promoting recently like patent reform or infrastructure bank. my sources say there will be proposals in three main categories. targeted tax cuts. another big one for the white house is new infrastructure investment and then long-term help for the unemployed. i should point out this is all being worked out right now. it will continue to be hashed out over the president s vacation. the president is meeting with his top economic advisers tomorrow. i m told it will come up there. republican leaders issued warning shots saying this package should not include any new spending. the president says it will. sounds like we should brace for a fight.
time now. american peems s top priority is the creation of jobs. create jobs. create jobs. job creation. focus on jobs. new jobs. jobs. jobs. jobs jobs jobs jobs jobs. jobs. talking about jobs. are talking about jobs. and now it s time to talk about jobs. well, they re all talking about jobs. the president included. the question is, what are they actually doing about it? this afternoon cnn s wolf blitzer spoke with mr. obama. he asked him why wait until september? he pointed to initiatives already pending before congress. then he asked if the president may be planning something much bigger. there s been reports you want to create a new department of jobs, something along those lines. is that true? you know, that is not true. but what is true is that i think we missed an opportunity a month ago when we could have dealt with our debt and deficit in a serious, balanced way that would have avoided these huge gyrations in the financial markets, given
answering questions about her views on sexual orientation, sway bit strange, because the congresswoman has never been shy on the issue before. as a state senator, she sponsored an amendment to minnesota s constitution banning same-sex marriage. she spoke out sharply against homosexuality. she even spoke out about againsting the adjective gay in connection with same-sex orientation. that s how outspoken she was. it s part of satan i think to say it s gay. it s anything but gay. if you re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it is bondage. it is personal bondage, personal despair, and personal enslavement. claiming that millions of gays and lesbian americans are living in personal bondage or personal despair, personal enslavement, claiming that the very use of the word gay is satanic sounds like personal and judgment, certainly not a fact. she also refers to the gay and lesbian lifestyle by which one can only assume she means it s a choice. bachmann went on to descr
isn t this august, not supposed to be a lot going on. don t you wish one day we d say there s nothing going on, go home. change the channel. a lot has to do with the economy, up first president obama talking jobs in the heartland of america. the president is in iowa this morning. no straw polls. no campaigns it s a campaign stop. it s a campaign-style trip through three mid western states. he ll meet with a group of farmers and small business owners today. he s been making his pitch for job growth and sounding a familiar theme that republicans are playing politics with the economy. the problem we have is not with our country. the problem is, that our politics is broken. [ applause ] the problem is, is that we ve got the kind of partisan brinkmanship that is willing to put party ahead of country. that s more interested in seeing their political opponents lose than seeing the country win. well, the president was glad handing after a town hall meeting in iowa, he was c
results from the closely watched gop straw poll. i m don lemon. joining me is our chief political correspondent, candy crowley. here s the announcement moments ago. with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner of the straw poll is congresswoman michele bachmann. thank you, everyone. have a good night. a man of few words. congresswoman michele bachmann came out on top in the poll which is one of the earliest tests for the oval office in 2012. some of the thunder may have been stolen by rick perry who just announced his candidacy today. several states away, not even here. we have a poll team of folks standing by. the best political team on television anywhere. toward break down the results for you, cnn political producer shawn travis is here. our political correspondent, tim acosta standing by in south carolina. the site of rick perry s announcement. and mark preston is in new hampshire where perry traveled afterwards. then of course, candy crowley who knows everything about polit