more to the middle might have been able to get something through congress. once he started talking about a big tax increase on the rich, there s no way republicans were going to go for that. i think this has become a political debate not a debate about what we can pass right now. that s a problem when you have 14 million unemployed people. didn t the summer teach the white house there was going to be no consensus and trying to do a deal, trying actually to move to the center is what the white house tried to do over the debt ceiling isn t going to work. if you talk to people at the white house precisely for that reason you talk to people at the white house they say actually we really tried hard to do a deal and we think it s a huge mistake because the other side doesn t want to bargain and that s what the president is hearing. from his base. they did make a deal on the budget. not a meaningful deal that moves economic deal. economic warfare, tax the rich that s not a
moammar gadhafi? i ll talk to an expert in the middle eastern region. plus 4:00 eastern, we ll go over fortune magazine s top 40 under 40 list. your $$$$$ starts right now. president obama on the road this week pushing his jobs plan but is he fighting for your job or campaigning for his own. welcome to your $$$$$. i m christine romans, ali velshi is off. chrystia freelander and economist stephen moore. the president traveling through battle grounds on a key trip, wants to push congress to pass every part of his jobs act piece by piece. what is this about? whose job is he looking for. my view is if he had really been serious about passing a jobs bill earlier this year, if he had moved to the middle he might have gotten something through congress. once he started talking about a big tax increase on the rich, there was no way republicans were going to go to that. i think this has become a polit debate, not what we can pass now. that s a problem when you have 4 million