Pollster anna greenberg, and time magazines michael duffy. Im Candy Crowley. And this is state of the union. Hurricane sandy has sidelined the president ial campaigns in some spots. Both candidates have canceled events in critical swing states, and in more conventional political news, a surprise nonetheless, the Des Moines Register endorsed mitt romney for president. The first time in 40 years the newspaper picked the republican nominee. While the editors praise president obamas early efforts to revitalize the economy through his stimulus plan, it concluded his record on the economy the past four years does not suggest he would lead in the direction the nation must go in the next four years. Joining me now for the politics of weather and Everything Else is Obama Campaign Senior Advisor David Axelrod. Good morning, david. Let me start here with the storm. When you look at virginia where this is likely to be the swing state most affected, does anything worry you about that state being mo
Nigel hamilton recalls roosevelt commander world war ii and in his debates with his leadership and other allied leaders namely Winston Churchill. [applause] thanks very much. And for coming out this evening and i must start by saying how delighted and privileged i am to be speaking in my local and favorite store and i have the very special affection for it because i own a bookstore not nearly as nice as this in london and for a while i was a teacher and running a bookstore i was a very bad teacher but i did learn to communicate to reasonably but having a bookstore gave me an opportunity but also j allowed me to interact with real readers of the public. And the source of that, i am delighted to be here again. So let me start them i hope to write and publish this book is to change the way we think about fdr in world war ii. Let me explain that. After world war ii all the surviving generals and admirals, macarthur, admirals, macarthur, marshal l, a general of the air force , colonel stins
Im andrea mitchell. Chris is away this week and welcome to the show. With us today the washington posts bob woodward. Gloria borger. Joy reed from msnbc and time michael duffley. While most were gratified congress had acted to avert a financial ca taste raef most were discouraged by all the drama. Many have been calculating the tax hit they will take under the new law. The president is calculate, the degree of difficulty he faces ahead. We is k settle this debate. Or at the very least not allow it to be so all consuming all the time. Lets talk about this. The president wants a legacy of environment, gun laws, energy, is he going to get this or trapped in this debate over budgets and taxes and spending cuts . The budget, tax and spending, not so much on the tax but when history looks at what happened in the deal on the fiscal cliff, a lot of positives there. The 99 of the people get permanent tax cuts. That is a big deal if youre president of the united states. Or even in congress. 1 0
Howard fineman, take us back to the mood of the country september 2002. Wounded, proud, united, as you said. Still following symbols and signs and acts of unitedness in the country and signs of americanness. Whether it was baseball games you were watching. What i did on the First Anniversary of 9 11 was go out to mount vernon where George Washington lived and appreciated the beauty and peace of the place. I think everybody in america looked for signs and symbols of togetherness. Chris andrea, i remember being at Yankee Stadium back then with Rudy Giuliani and everybody back then just rooting for the yankees. You wad had to do that that year. It was an amazing feeling, a feeling of we were in this together but at the same time there were warning signs that many people overlooked and that was the lack of questioning authority, not looking deeply enough about accepting the verities of the government as part of its rush to war. I think we all felt vulnerable still and i think there was thi
With us today the washington posts bob woodward. Gloria borger. Joy reed from msnbc and time michael duffley. While most were gratified congress had acted to avert a financial ca taste raef most were discouraged by all the drama. Many have been calculating the tax hit they will take under the new law. The president is calculate, the degree of difficulty he faces ahead. We is k settle this debate. Or at the very least not allow it to be so all consuming all the time. Lets talk about this. The president wants a legacy of environment, gun laws, energy, is he going to get this or trapped in this debate over budgets and taxes and spending cuts . The budget, tax and spending, not so much on the tax but when history looks at what happened in the deal on the fiscal cliff, a lot of positives there. The 99 of the people get permanent tax cuts. That is a big deal if youre president of the united states. Or even in congress. 1 0 going to pay more. I would say certainly thats the right policy. So m