binge spending and hyper regulation is not what this economy needs. they want to see senate democrats, they want to see this white house really tackle these economic problems head on to cut -- make the tax cuts permanent across the board for all levels of the tax ladder. they want to see entitlement reform tackled. they need a leader now who is ready to make real change. not more of the same welfare situation. >> kelly: as john pointed out, though, the president wanted to make real change and he was stifled by some of the members on the right who said that they didn't want to move forward. >> he pushed for health care. >> kelly: they did. >> they prevented him. >> kelly: did they really prevent him -- >> they -- >> kelly: hold up. let me ask the question. did they really prevent him when the president, instead of going after job, job, job, in the initial days of his presidency, went after health care? >> we can walk and chew gum at the same time. he went after health care u