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Taking down gingrich and making sure gingrich doesnt have momentum coming out of iowa. if it hurts romneys candidacy in the short run, ron paul winning in iowa helps romney enormously. if you have to choose between the two of them, youre going to choose mitt romney. >> as far as gingrich is concerned, hes putting out positive ads like this. lets take a look. >> is there anything for inspiring than american towns and neighborhoods brightly lit for the holidays? >> reminds us of the fire of freedo...

Hold it right there. wasnt that kind of a bush thing that $600 thing? gosh, they just never change, do they? its trickle-down economics all over again. reagan democrats, hows it working out for you? president obama said it best about trickle-down economics just the other day. >> but heres the problem. it doesnt work. it has never worked. [ applause ] >> if you were a younger voter, if youre in your 20s or your 30s or your 40s, you didnt vote for ronald reagan, okay? and all this talk about reaga...

Wasnt that kind of a bush thing that $600 thing? gosh, they just never change, do they? its trickle-down economics all over again. reagan democrats, hows it working out for you? president obama said it best about trickle-down economics just the other day. >> but heres the problem. it doesnt work. it has never worked. [ applause ] >> if you were a younger voter, if youre in your 20s or your 30s or your 40s, you didnt vote for ronald reagan, okay? and all this talk about reagan democrats, i think,...

Compared to an average of about $600 for everyone in the 99%. hold it right there. wasnt that kind of a bush thing that $600 thing? gosh, they just never change, do they? its trickle-down economics all over again. reagan democrats, hows it working out for you? president obama said it best about trickle-down economics just the other day. >> but heres the problem. it doesnt work. it has never worked. [ applause ] >> if you were a younger voter, if youre in your 20s or your 30s or your 40s, you did...

The laying of the foundation saying that our system, the great thing of the free market is the free market "except," it doesnt work that was a bigger theme and i would like to see the courage of his convictions and drive that home but instead he and other people have already gone back to, but president bush ruin everything because of the tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. >> you may not like it, but the fact is the american people do believe that. >> i know, i know, i know but i also think he is doing a...

It doesnt work. it has never worked. >> the president going after the core of how republicans think about the economy and talk about the economy. the president doing it in the very, very deep red state of kansas this week. thats the politics of the matter. and politics of the matter goes hand in hand right now with an accompanying policy. >> for the first time in history, the reforms that we passed put in place a consumer watchdog who is charged with protecting everyday americans from being take...

These arent 1% values or 99% values. this isnt about class warfare. this is about the nations welfare. >> lets be clear, the president did not go easy on republicans. he blasted trickle-down economics, a policy republicans have glorified that for years. >> now, just as there was in teddy roosevelts time, there is a certain crowd in washington who for the last few decades have said lets respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. sure they say there will be winners and losers, but ...

Who for the last few decades have said lets respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. sure they say there will be winners and losers, but if the winners do really well, then jobs and prosperity will eventually trickle down to everybody else. but heres the problem. it doesnt work. it has never worked. >> have you noticed that the republicans are selling the same package, the same load of garbage that they put on the american people during the bush years? its the same stuff. and i...

Eventually trickle down to everybody else. heres the problem, it doesnt work. it has never worked. but heres the problem. it doesnt work. it has never worked. >> that speech in kansas. joining us now from the white house press secretary jay carney. good to have you on the show. >> mika, great to be here, thanks. >> many would say the president connected with issues that really are important to people in this country in that speech. can he argue he deserves four more years in office and his polic...

And that theory fits well on a bumper sticker. but here is the problem. it doesnt work. it has never worked. [applause] it didnt work when it was tried in the decade before the great depression. its not what led to the incredible post-war booments of the 50s and 60s. and it didnt work when we tried it during the last decade. [applause] understand its not as if we havent tried this theory. remember in those years in 2001