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Another caucus to make a tea party like all the other caucuses here. >> you have to believe that mitch mcconnell and republican leadership feel like they have the tea party caucus in a good place. >> and last night the former half-term governor of alaska delivered yet another republican rebuttal to the presidents speech. >> his theme last night in the state of the union was the wtf. you know, winning the future. >> weve got to play to win the future. >> and i thought, okay, that acronym, spot on...

Becomes some sort of movement beco run by politician ppz. >> jim demint, rand paul, mike lee. >> they had a news conference yesterday. >> were not trying to form just another caucus to make a tea party like all the other caucuses here. >> you have to believe that mitch mcconnell and republican leadership feel like they have the tea party caucus in a good place. >> and last night the former half-term governor of alaska delivered yet another republican rebuttal to the presidents speech. >> his the...

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>> that was another one of those wtf moments that when he has so often repeated the sputnik moment that he would aspire americans to celebrate and he needs to remember that what happened back then with the former communist ussr and their victory in that race to space, yeah they won but also incurred so much debt at the time that it resulted in the collapse of the soviet union. >> wow the soviet union went down after the failure of the coup out there. that was in 91 in august. sputnik was in 1957...

Important news right now. the president returning to the white house after the traditional day after the state of the union trip outside the d.c. beltway. he went to wisconsin to promote the themes from his speech last night. he chose that backdrop for some very clear reasons, both historical and political. our white house correspondent dan lothian is traveling with the president. >> reporter: wolf, president obama took his message to main street yet again in a state where the unemployment rate ...

Talk about what the sputnik moment is its the fact that were broke. the american people know were broke. >> really. so how come you ushered in all those tax breaks again? liberals in the senate are determined to fight to protect social security. today bernie sanders and six other senate democrats started the defending social security caucus. at the same time the republicans were down at the other end of the hall starting the tea party caucus. a representative tweeted as bernie convened the new d...

In space. >> half a century ago when the soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called sputnik we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon. the science wasnt even there yet. nasa didnt exist. but after investing in better research and education, we didnt just surpass the soviets. we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. this is our generations sputnik moment. >> well, lets bring in jonathan mann now. as we dissect every sing...

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Thats good news. >> hes talking about the local unemployment rate, not the national unemployment rate. last night the president described americas fiscal distress and many other challenges an as a modern day sputnik moment. in 1962 a 20-pound chunk of the sputnik 4 landed in man to work. none of the words applies to the serious business at hand nor certainly to my good colleague ed henry who joins me live from the white house with more on the presidents visit, his vision for the next couple year...

Yet. nasa didnt exist. after investing research and education, we didnt just surpass the soviets. we unleashed a wave that created new industries and millions of new jobs. this is our generations sputnik moment. >> the president talking not just about the need to reduce unemployment and the need for more jobs, but the president talking in great, great detail about his vision of where jobs come from. i think its true that the speech was a prayer to the free market. the nation building in our own ...