Sec. Gates i think surrounding himself herself with really strong capable, independentminded people, empowering them, delegating authority and holding them accountable. If they are successful, reward them in whatever way they can, and if they fail, fire them. I think that this, this too much of thinking about the president , and the reality is, the best president s, the greatest president s have been willing to recognize they were not the smartest person in the room and to surround themselves with people they thought were smarter than themselves. Washington and jefferson and hamilton and so on and lincoln and both roosevelts, truman, eisenhower and reagan were all willing to bring strong people into their cabinets, listen to them, integrate their views with their own. They did not mind if that person disagreed with them, and expected candid advice from them. I think that is a really Important Message for a president. Brian i want you to look up at this screen and it is really your life
Hurting the Republican Party. But we also want basic fairness for all americans under obama care. What do you say for the workers, sir . My favorite is identity daily news. The house of turds. The president seized the bully pulpit to say once more we will not negotiate. Let me repeat, nobody gets to hurt our economy and millions of hard working families over a law you dont like. As the president stands firm, republicans continue to turn on each other. Theres so much opposition to that policy, its madness, going absolutely nowhere. I think what were going to do is play out the strategy that i would call thats kind of an oxymoron because its really not a strategy. With the gop in disarray, the rightwing media is working overtime to spin a Government Shutdown. 800,000 federal workers furloughed, okay . Most people wont know that. This is a pinprick. It is not the end of the world. People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government. Maybe im just one of the few p
Bully pulpit to say once more we will not negotiate. Let me repeat, nobody gets to hurt our economy and millions of hard working families over a law you dont like. As the president stands firm, republicans continue to turn on each other. Theres so much opposition to that policy, its madness, going absolutely nowhere. I think what were going to do is play out the strategy that i would call thats kind of an oxymoron because its really not a strategy. With the gop in disarray, the rightwing media is working overtime to spin a Government Shutdown. 800,000 federal workers furloughed, okay . Most people wont know that. This is a pinprick. It is not the end of the world. People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government. Maybe im just one of the few people, im just not this doesnt impact me mentally. Weve had 17 Government Shutdowns. Look at this. That is such an appropriate headline. How do they get away with that . Inappropriate and accurate. Its just not accurat
Hurting the Republican Party. But we also want basic fairness for all americans under obama care. What do you say for the workers, sir . My favorite is identity daily news. The house of turds. The president seized the bully pulpit to say once more we will not negotiate. Let me repeat, nobody gets to hurt our economy and millions of hard working families over a law you dont like. As the president stands firm, republicans continue to turn on each other. Theres so much opposition to that policy, its madness, going absolutely nowhere. I think what were going to do is play out the strategy that i would call thats kind of an oxymoron because its really not a strategy. With the gop in disarray, the rightwing media is working overtime to spin a Government Shutdown. 800,000 federal workers furloughed, okay . Most people wont know that. This is a pinprick. It is not the end of the world. People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government. Maybe im just one of the few p
70 disapproval rating. 70 , put the fault with republicans. Their numbers are declining. I know the American People are tired of it. Lord knows im tired of it. This is not a complicated piece of business. Eyeing the debt ceiling. All about the debt ceiling. All this talk about default. Its nonsense. Demagoguery. False demagoguery. When i hear people trying to downplay the conventions of that. Nonsense. A lot of demagoguery. Irresponsible. Alternatives are popping up. Some discussion about my powers under the 14th amendment. Thats going to make people nervous. Very hard to get into sound bites. There is no clear way out of this. There are no magic bullets here. We are now on day eight of the Government Shutdown. Day act of the Government Shutdown. Our goal wasnt to shut down the government. I dont think we should default on our debt we have got to stop repeating this pattern. The American People are tired of it. Lord knows im tired of it. Tonight Senate Majority leader harry reid introd