create jobs right now. we can t raise taxes in this economy. democrats say george w. bush caused the problem, cutting taxes and fighting wars in iraq and afghanistan at the same time. that is exactly whatdy under the george w. bush. look what happened? the biggest deficit. democrats familiar with the debt discussion say the president will push for $1 trillion in deficit reduction, in ten to 12 years, twice over the priest talks and what they focused on. what i am hoping to see in the next few weeks people put dogmas aside, the sacred cows aside and come together to say here is a sensible approach. mr. obama pioneered the president s use of social media, holding q&a sessions at facebook and youtube. but his critics use social media to attack him. up with of the questions today tweeted by house speaker john boehner who asked where are
important that arkansans work together. we help each other out especially in times of crisis like this, but when volunteers are going into these areas it s important they don t just show up without a plan. they need to contact somebody ahead of time. somebody knows where they re going, there s a place for them. you get a bunch of people together that just want to show up and help sometime it s it s a hindrance because there s no clear direction where to go. looking at the pictures our thoughts are for everybody in arkansas and we wish you the best getting through what is really, it s been a really heavy and damaging springtime for you so far. rene pressler, thanks so much. we are used to the white house press conferences. the q&a sessions on capitol hill, but today we re going to hear from the prominent figure in the economic world. this afternoon, ben bernanke, times person of the year in 2009, holding the first regularly scheduled meeting by a fed chief. a level of openness we
if it monday, it means it s kelly. what does it say about our society if we pay a nobel prize winning poet much less to speak to graduating college students than an uneducated reality stars? are reality shows replacing reality? kelly, the floor is yours. thanks so much, dylan. when i heard snooki had been paid more than tony morrison to speak at the same institution, i was convinced it was nothing more than an april fool s joke. the joke is on us. i don t know how much all of you make in an hour, but rutgers university recently paid jersey shore cast member $32,000 to speak at two q&a sessions at the university while paying a nobel prize winner $30,000 for a commencement address. to be fair, i haven t seen a single episode of jersey shore, i m proud so say, so it s possible snooki is a more gifted wordsmith than the woman who won
office held only 47 brief q&a sessions with reporters, 1/3 the number george w. bush did in his first year in office, rick. rick: and, the press conference he had yesterday with the afghan president, two questions, and then he was out the door. all right. the white house press corps, james, there is no much they can do, is there. reporter: they are trying to push back as best they can, the white house correspondent s association president, had a sit down with robert gibbs, and, tuesday when the kagan video surfaced, one of the dean s of the white house beat asked gibbs, who did the interview and can i have one and prompting a reply, from gibbs, i think it is on the web site. the white house staffer interviewing her. she s not told me that, she d want to do another one, no. frustrating. i will. i will.
tea party express, we applaud you for uniting and for putting up with all the b.s. from the lame stream media, false accusations of being this group being racist, being violent. again, at this point it s pretty well established that while the tea party is absolutely correct, in my opinion, about some of their fundamental values, they to attract republican and racist. meantime, controversy brug over a palin speech at a california college scheduled for this summer. students found part of her speaking contract in a campus dumpster. it revealed her demands including bendy straws for her water bottles, travel by first-class or learjet and prescreened questions for q&a sessions. at what point does sarah palin or can sarah palin maintain the balance between highly paid entertainer/crowd drawer, and policy advocate, political candidate? well, she seems to be doing it pretty effectively.