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When nobody else has been able to get anything done in washington, the only jobs bill that has passed this congress was the veterans jobs bill. the president, today, was in scranton and he was talking about overall legislative strategy and he said that he thought he was finally getting to republicans and his example for that was your bill. was the veterans jobs bill. whats your reaction to that? >> i think hes right. it was the rare example of everybody in washington getting along on something o...

Mr. plouffe, good to have you here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> im sorry to make you sit through me teasing jon kyl everybody knows it does not reflect on you. the extension of the payroll tax cut is not a done deal. is it your belief congress will pass an extension? >> they need to. theres a vote in the senate later this week where all 100 senators have a chance -- its a very clarifying vote. we can cut taxes for 160 million americans, 98% of the small businesses giving them incentives ...

Success legislatively since you were founded. but in particular, this year, when nobody else has been able to get anything done in washington, the only jobs bill that has passed this congress was the veterans jobs bill. the president, today, was in scranton and he was talking about overall legislative strategy and he said that he thought he was finally getting to republicans and his example for that was your bill. was the veterans jobs bill. whats your reaction to that? >> i think hes right. it ...

What hes done in term in office, attacked him on a tax raiser. theyre banking on the idea, though you want to raise taxes by a small amount on millionaires, they think people will hear that as obama wants to raise my taxes. >> were very confident and comfortable having this debate. for the working people in america, the middle class, the president, this president, has a remarkable record of continuing to cut taxes. in fact, as he said in scranton today, if youre a middle class voter, your taxes ...

Federal workers out there, should he end up in the white house. at a new hampshire town hall yesterday, perry answered questions about the role of the federal government, so whats perrys plan of action if he thinks federal employees are not exactly acting in line with his vision for where things should be headed? well, listen to this. >> you have health and human service bureaucrats that try to block our being able to block grant dollars back to the states, so you all can decide how best to deli...

Its no coincidence, however, the president chose scranton. its a town considered by many to be ground zero for the kind of blue collar white voters obama will need to win in that crucial state of pennsylvania and what i call the oshkosh to scranton arc, the blue collar white voters that president obama has traditionally had trouble winning over, i must say. well, senator robert casey of pens pen, i called you president for a minute, is a sponsor of the payroll tax holiday legislation. senator ca...

Clear a possible explanation of what his policy priorities are and the fallacy of the suggestion that the president doesnt want to talk about the economy is demonstrated by the fact he talks about the economy almost every day because it is his number one priority. as evidenced by his speech in scranton, pennsylvania, earlier today. so, today he is calling for an extension, an expansion of the payroll tax cut for 160 million americans. everyone who gets a paycheck. and he is challenging the congr...

Here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> im sorry to make you sit through me teasing jon kyl. ae everybody knows it does not reflect on you. the extension of the payroll tax cut is not a done deal. is it your belief congress will pass an extension? >> they need to. theres a vote in the senate later this week where all 100 senators have a chance -- its a very clarifying vote. we can cut taxes for 160 million americans, 98% of the small businesses giving them incentives to hire long-term unemploy...

Bill clinton could do it. they seemed to come from middle class backgrounds, especially the former president. he never seemed like an elitist, never seemed like an ivy league guy even though hes a rhodes scholar. how do you get that from this president, that connection? >> im not sure you necessarily have to do that. fdr certainly came from a white-laced background and he connected, so i think the president can, and i think hes started the road back with these voters by what hes doing on the job...

When nobody else has been able to get anything done in washington, the only jobs bill that has passed this congress was the veterans jobs bill. the president, today, was in scranton and he was talking about overall legislative strategy and he said that he thought he was finally getting to republicans and his example for that was your bill. was the veterans jobs bill. whats your reaction to that? >> i think hes right. it was the rare example of everybody in washington getting along on something o...