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God bless you. >> joining me now is jared bernstein and melissa harris-perry. thank you both for being here tonight. melissa, what did this speech mean for the presidents campaign moving forward? >> well, he went to the number one issue that is going to define the campaign. he defined his position there. it was really what i think the president needed to do more than any other thing. not to play defense on this issue of the economy and sort of where our economic indicators are right now. hes bee...

Gridlock in washington today. and the only thing that can break the stalemate is you. >> now, jared, he also talked about his jobs act. he said they will not -- they refused to accept the jobs act. and the former mccain economist said it would boost the economic growth by 2% and 2 million jobs. and reduce unemployment by a whole percentage point. they will not move on this. were caught in the stalemate. president challenged the crowd and voters today. break the stalemate. >> right. exactly. and ...