versus regulation. we can do this throughout regulatory bodies. it may be semantics. not semantics, it s important. good to see you as always. thank you very much. david gergen, cnn political analyst. mark skoda, founder and chairman of the memphis tea party. does a better than expected jobs reports for december mean we can finally expect the big economic recovery we ve been waiting for? it s the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that s why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it s all about absorption. [ slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. tum tum tum tum tums
ali, in this case there s an additional question, which is serious. that is that the president is permitted to make recess appointments, that is appointments when the congress is in recess. republicans argue, and they have got a strong case here, that the congress is not officially in recess. so this appointment not only of cordray but national labor relations board members doesn t come during a recess and clearly was done with the political intent. the president wanted to stick it to republicans. he s running against the congress. i happen to think going into this last year of his presidency, running a whole year without getting much achieved here is a mistake for the country. it helps his campaign. i think we need we need to get some work done in washington and not just politics. mark, let s talk about where the tea party stands on this. the tea party does this pride itself being comprised of the wealthiest 1% of all americans. we ve been through a lot in this economy.
taxation doesn t define not a free market value. as will just pointed out. here is my question, mark. what happens? really michele bachmann was the head of the tea party movement in congress. she was a tea party darling. those candidates who have become tea party darling are not doing what you re talking about. mitt romney wasn t the tea party darling in this thing. if you look at what he does, he s about fiscal responsibility, smaller government and free markets. those are valleys of the tea party. the issue is can he kent to the trust issue. the idea which has been in the mainstream media being a liberal leaning governor. he had 800 vetos in his time there. he cleaned up the utah international governance of the olympics. certainly when we look at his platform and what he promises to do in terms of cutting overall tax rates and being able to reduce the size of government, the question is can he connect to the trust issue within the tea party. now for me i think it s very practic
on rick santorum s policies. he has he rejected nafta, rejected free trade agreements. he embraced medicare part d and no child left behind. in the end, just like david gergen just said, he s embraced this economic populism that he is going to, in fact, specifically drop the corporate tax rate for just the manufacturing sector but leave it or reduce it to 17%. this is picking winners and losers in an economy, not economic liberty p, whiches says to me the economy may be important but not principles economic populism can be handled in a few different ways. one is the way ron paul is handling it saying you re freer to make decisions with your money than the government can do for you. or rick santorum economic populism even liberal economic populism. let s go to the tea party and talk about what influence they are having. mark skoda, founder of the memphis tea party. mark, this is a bit of a
your $$$$$ starts right now. as we count down to new hampshire, the economy is still the driving force in the minds of voters in the united states. but is it the driving force in the republican primary? welcome to your $$$$$. i m ali velshi. the latest cnn opinion research corporation poll shows 57% of americans think that the economy is the most important issue facing this country. i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst david gergen. david, the polls say mitt romney has the best chance to beat president obama in the republican field. do conservatives still reluctant to get behind romney feel he lacks what it takes to turn the economy around or is it something else all together? he is actually doing well when people asked is your most important issue the economy in iowa. he won a healthy plurality of those voters who thought the economy was number one. he s having some trouble connecting with voters emotionally. they seem stiff, reserved, can t quite understa