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Partnership with all of you. i have got a pen and i have got a phone thats all i need. [ applause ] >> your thowtsz, a.b.? he has a congress that is supposed to legislate. >> there is that whole three branches i learned about in government. the reality is this is nothing new. they have been saying it for a while. i have executive power and executive privilege. >> why is he saying that. >> president of the united states. you know actually why. he is saying it to buck up the democrats going into m...

Partnership with all of you. i have got a pen and i have got a phone thats all i need. [ applause ] >> your thowtsz, a.b.? he has a congress that is supposed to legislate. >> there is that whole three branches i learned about in government. the reality is this is nothing new. they have been saying it for a while. i have executive power and executive privilege. >> why is he saying that. >> president of the united states. you know actually why. he is saying it to buck up the democrats going into m...

There to make the case. this may be a year where theres absolutely nothing gained legislatively. the only thing the president can do is to go out and win the crowd. go out and win the people to the point where more americans will side with him, that maybe itll shake the republicans to do something before the midterm. what can be accomplished in a state of the union address in your opinion? >> i think what the president has got to do is make the people understand what this right wing extremist id...

Before. i think hes trying to highlight those issues, not to distract voters or turn the situation a bit away from this. nothings going to get done. no conversation will be turned until we get some very basic answers. >> theres also the fact that the way the political capital works is that you -- it ebbs and flows rather quickly. i think barack obama has discovered that and other people have discovered that. here is ken cuccinelli, he of the recent loss to terry mcauliffe in virginia, here he is...

He does not serve the goals of that organization by staying as chairman. >> does not serve the goals of the organization. i think its hard to argue with that, right? >> hard to argue with that, particularly this midterm. when you have at least half a dozen governors, many of whom are in this class of 2010, who are already embattled, big target on them in ohio, in pennsylvania, in michigan, in maine. people who were in some senses already controversial, scott walker, for instance. and people who ...

Particularly this midterm. when you have at least half a dozen governors, many of whom are in this class of 2010, who are already embattled, big target on them in ohio, in pennsylvania, in michigan, in maine. people who were in some senses already controversial, scott walker, for instance. and people who are going to need all the help they can get to raise lots of money and to keep themselves apart from a democratic onslaught this election season, when democrats really want those governorships b...

President outlined here and just in broad terms? >> they understand the basic issues which are important, one is that they should have a right to be able to go to the bathroom and not have some government agent knowing what they are doing in there. two, that technology and whole bunch of other stuff and governments willingness to want to get more power is at work. three, there are legitimate threats and this is a complicated issue. people dont -- people do get theres a real issue and i dont have...

Where i think the big -- where i think they will see bigger fights are unemployment insurance, immigration. when those issues start popping up, obviously unemployment is being debated right now, but thats where i think ulg see big divisions not only in the senate, but with the house. thats where i think you have a big problem. >> so if youre looking at 1.3 million americans still up employed and perhaps may or may not get their unemployment benefits back, how do you see thatupemployed and perhap...

Create jobs. the jobs bill is sitting there three years that kong refuses to pass. >> they say it is moving in the house but not picked up in the senate. where are the pro economic policies? >> heres the problem. sorry. >> they are not there. heres the problem, the answer that julie couldnt give you. there is no confidence in america. consumer consumption makes up for 56 percent of americas gdp. small businesses who create half of americas private sector jobs are scared to death and they dont tr...

Typically, historically speaking, there are a couple of outliers but historically speaking a president doesnt do that well in the midterms to start. add in bad approval ratings hes not going to help the party a lot. >> the other two things he points to despite the approval rating, the economy. also we know were kind of stagnant in that area. also the electoral playing field. so he breaks this all down. my question to you is, is the president going back to the political games, so to speak, or str...