focus trying to make romney look human and who the guy is, but actually what daniel points out is that romney said, i have a plan to create 12 million jobs. and then he only spent 180 words on his five-point plan. in that whole 40-minute-long speech, there was only 180 words on what mitt romney will actually do to create jobs over the next four years. and he s got to flesh that out more. he s got to give people an alternative to the past four years and an alternative they see as a real vision and real leadership and real concrete job proposals for the country. and i think otherwise i just don t see how he s going to turn around those numbers in the swing states. let s bring in from capitol hill, republican senator from oklahoma, tom coburn. senator coburn, good to see you this morning. good morning. how are y all? we re doing okay. we ve been talking a lot about what mitt romney could do to change the dynamic in this race. if you were giving him advice about what he ought to be t
arrival in the congress. last september, the president went on the road. he toured the country pushing for infrastructure up grades, spending for construction jobs, infrastructure attention. bridges, roads, it would have created jobs instantly. he even spoke at a damaged bridge in house speaker john boehner s district, but republicans still blocked any attempt at new job proposals. they were thinking, we only have one year to go here. why help him now? despite the engines of washington running against the president. despite the historic number, historic number of fill abusters in a do-nothing congress, and good spite the partisan agenda designed to take down this presidency, what do we have? we still have 30 consecutive months of private sector job growth. imagine that. without anybody else s help. this is all under president obama s watch, what he was handed, what he s done with it. at the end of this chart, you re
they arrived. and they found rodney king at the bottom of his swimming pool. the officers jumped into the pool and removed him and began cpr with mr. king. mr. king was unresponsive. rialto fire department paramedics arrived on scene and immediately transported him to the arrowhead regional medical center where he was later pronounced dead at about 6:11 this morning. we are joined on the phone now by los angeles times columnist pat morrison. pat, thanks for joining us. basically, this was a californian who was clocked by police as speeding. they tried to pull him over. it led to a car chase, topping speeds of over 100 miles an hour. when he was finally stopped, there was a brutal beating, a fight was then tape-recorded by someone who was watching and then led to a year-long tension in los angeles. i wonder if you can put this death and this man s life into perspective as far as history is concerned of race relations. i spent a lot of time with rodney king at the end of
for a second term as president. what would obama phase two look like with senior white house adviser david plouffe. and then he has been president for 3 1/2 years, and talk is cheap. sizing up mitt romney with former republican presidential hopeful rick santorum. plus, days away from a supreme court decision which could gut the health care law. is there a plan b? doctor and senator john barrasso and congressman chris van hollen join us. and the cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and matt bayh will join us. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. there was a showdown this week with mitt romney and president obama giving speeches in ohio. an economic growth amid tightening polls, white house advisers said that the president would use the speech to reframe his economic argument. he tied mitt romney tightly to george w. bush and outlined his goals. that is my vision for america. education, energy, innovation, infrastructure. flashback,
the president has expressed frustration with congress for not doing more on the job plans he s out out there and job proposals. congress seems to be acting the way it is. what is the back-up plan? if congress doesn t take up some of this stuff, what are the new ideas? i think one of the things is to press people on the things that are so bi-partisan, so common-sense that it s too hard for them to say no. and the one i m just speaking of, universal refinance, i don t know any republican families paying 7% on their more tpwapblg thamortgage that won t rather save 3 or $4,000 baby 3.5%, 4% on their mortgage. we offer taking the barriers away from refinancing, that would help this economy. the president last year proposed cutting payroll taxes in half for small businesses. that s been supported by people like michelle bachmann before. that would have an instant on job growth and wages and our economy right now. the president has another proposal to cut taxes for small