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>> you see a republican and a democrat, congress is broken and you need to fix it. it never gets there. i want to ask about the economy. the president and his advisers signalled this will be a heavy speech. the speech was being touched on. did the president -- did he make a mistake that he won convincingly by not talking more about the economy. >> they see it as a book end that was more about this social agenda apart from the economy and he got pushback from republicans, what about jobs? what ar...

Deal with an obstructionist republican party since day one and still trying to speak in the theme of unity. john boehner says president obama is picking a fight on the student loan issue and republicans pounce on everything that he does. when president obama talks of shared sacrifice and tax fairness, the right cries class warfare. president obama has soundly rejected trickle down economics. >> im here in kansas to reaffirm my deep conviction that were greater together than we are on our own. i ...

Share. [ applause ] >> when everyone plays by the same rules. these arent democratic values or republic values. these arent 1% values or 99% values. they are american values. and we have to reclaim them. >> bill: okay, nice speech. the problem is mr. obama seems to be blaming the bad economy on wealthy americans and corporate greed heads. talking points believes that is a reuse. there is no question some companies are piggish. they short change their workers while lavishing benefits on executive...

When everyone does their fair share. [ applause ] >> when everyone plays by the same rules. these arent democratic values or republic values. these arent 1% values or 99% values. they are american values. and we have to reclaim them. >> bill: okay, nice speech. the problem is mr. obama seems to be blaming the bad economy on wealthy americans and corporate greed heads. talking points believes that is a reuse. there is no question some companies are piggish. they short change their workers while l...

Democrats and what the republicans might want to do. >> well, we had debbie wasserman schultz on last night, and it looks like theyre beginning to work together. former speaker pelosi and the democratic national chair are all working with the president coordinating, theyre beginning to act like theyre in the same political party which is a good sign for them and perhaps the country. president obama emphasized that the stakes couldnt be higher for the middle class these days. lets listen to him. ...

The rich and of the 1%. so i think in that way he was able to really, you know, paint a real big picture, a real contrast between himself, the democrats and what the republicans might want to do. >> well, we had debbie wasserman schultz on last night, and it looks like theyre beginning to work together. former speaker pelosi and the democratic national chair are all working with the president coordinating, theyre beginning to act like theyre in the same political party which is a good sign for t...

Right now gop voters are saying they can see newt gingrich in that role. >> hes winning on that question of whos the better bet to win, which i think is a critical question. if electability becomes the strength of newt gingrich, i dont know what to say anymore about politics. anyway, thank you. im out of words anyway. thank you. up next, president obama tried to channel teddy roosevelt in his speech out in kansas. weve got an expert here. roosevelt is a favor of republicans but he also called ...

8% now. >> we have 20% of blacks and latinos who dont like whats going on in congress. that number nationally is 13% who dont like -- >> who controls the senate? who controls the senate? >> and the perception is the republicans are obstructionist. >> karen, democrats control the senate. democrats control the white house. the administration -- and then for a time for a long time they controlled the house, too. they controlled all three branches. >> and a lot got done in 18 months. >> karen, the r...

Strongly by israel, who has an incredible record of support for israel, and the only thing the republicans have left because theyre wrong on every issue that matters to the jewish community is lying about the presidents record, and we are not going to give them an inch. >> i want to ask you one more question. weve got to keep it tight because weve gone a little bit, but you are in the middle of trying to educate voters about a lot of new laws expected to take effect before the 2012 elections and...

Was really a republican at that time. but, you know, this is something that weve seen from this president before. he will please his base in a lot of ways but in some ways were past the point of big speeches and its time for this president to do something. i thought he was great out on the stump when he was able to do something and talk about these executive actions that he was making around student loans and around mortgages. but i think one of the most positive things that he did for democrats...