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look, it s not going to advantage the president, even if these numbers stay where they are today because at the end of the day they will say you are the guy in charge, why didn t you get something done? keith, a colleague of mine from the white house, had a very interesting blog post this evening in which he point the out at a news conference, the secretary said the obama administration was very engaged with the europeans on settling their debt issue and yet was completely unengaged with the super committee here in the united states. well, you have heard this president say that if he has to he will run against a do-nothing congress. not to be cynical but was there some motivation all along on one side of the ticket or both for this thing to fail? well, the president has not been invested in this at all. keith hennessy s blog post pointed out there s five opportunities he had to tackle entitlements and he whiffed on every one. they did nothing on entitlements or redu ....
what happened on friday. tonight, we ll talk to a student who took a face full of pepper spray and a professor who says the chancellor needs to go. also tonight, occupy wall street protester jesse lagreca and how these pictures resonate around the country. the supercommittee failed, and that s a good thing for middle classers. senator bernie sanders is here with analysis. and this weekend, i was in wisconsin where the walker recall effort is in full throes. tonight, volunteers to recall walker are getting death threats. they said if you d don t stop circulating the recall petitions, we will kill you. coming up, a full report from wisconsin. good to have you with us tonight, folks. people across the country want to know why this happened. a peaceful student protest at the university of california at davis was broken up friday like this. [ screaming ] students were sprayed with pepper spray at pointblank range by campus police. 11 students were treated for ....
look, it s not going to advantage the president, even if these numbers stay where they are today because at the end of the day they will say you are the guy in charge, why didn t you get something done? keith, a colleague of mine from the white house, had a very interesting blog post this evening in which he point the out at a news conference, the secretary said the obama administration was very engaged with the europeans on settling their debt issue and yet was completely unengaged with the super committee here in the united states. well, you have heard this president say that if he has to he will run against a do-nothing congress. not to be cynical but was there some motivation all along on one side of the ticket or both for this thing to fail? well, the president has not been invested in this at all. keith hennessy s blog post pointed out there s five opportunities he had to tackle entitlements and he whiffed on every one. they did nothing on entitlements or redu ....
number? they have to engage and point out that the president failed to lead on this issue. look, it s not going to advantage the president, even if these numbers stay where they are today because at the end of the day they will say you are the guy in charge, why didn t you get something done? keith, a colleague of mine from the white house, had a very interesting blog post this evening in which he point the out at a news conference, the secretary said the obama administration was very engaged with the europeans on settling their debt issue and yet was completely unengaged with the super committee here in the united states. well, you have heard this president say that if he has to he will run against a do-nothing congress. not to be cynical but was there some motivation all along on one side of the ticket or both for this thing to fail? well, the president has not been invested in this at all. keith hennessy s blog post pointed out there s five opportunities he had ....
i m luke russert in for chuck todd. how will the markets open after yesterday s plunge and chris matthews joins us for a look back. in the midst of the collapse, why the group was unable to bridge the ideological gap. they couldn t agree on why it failed. democrats believe that the government having made a lot of commitments and promises that we really can t keep with, you know, the current revenue. america is stuck with the absolute rigidity of people who want to protection the wealthiest people in the country instead of providing $1.2 trillion of deficit reduction. we have an nbc news political reporter from politico how are you? thanks, luke how are you? congress approval rating is 13%. from here on out, how does it resinate with the public heading into the election? congress has been unpopular. it s going to continue to be unpopular. a lot of people sit and shake their heads. it s another example of washington gridlock. the president didn t get involved ....