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Those out of work. this obviously would become a popular, you know, thing that you think would be remaining bipartisan. its stalled and the congress mostly because republicans are blocking on the senate side, also because democrats are balking in the house largely and some of the senate saying we have to start paying for these, we cant pass emergency measures. democrats are struggling with these two, defending the stimulus program and at the same time trying to convince voters they take the defi...

Rewarded for pursuing and passing his big agenda. >> because his big agenda is not seen by the public as things the public is concerned about. the economy was job one and they did something on the economy the public didnt like and believe in and doesnt believe in until the day which was the stimulus program and since then the president has been onto other things, that were nowhere high on the public priority list. and im speaking of course of the health care reform bill, financial reform, regula...

Almost weekly trip to the heartland. having a hard time convincing the public that the stimulus plan is working so we sat down with the president in michigan for an exclusive interview on the road. mr. president, thank you very much for taking the time to do this. >> thank you. >> lets start with youre here. another groundbreaking for a battery plant. an attempt to show positive results of a stimulus program that is being received a little more skeptically by the public even now opposed than 15 ...

>> neil: republicans are the ones looking like villains because they have given that easy offset an idea and democrats reject it but paint republicans as the scoundrel. >> republicans, if you notice, said the same thing over and over again, we are more than happy to pass unemployment benefits for americans who were hard affected by the mortgage crisis. theyre not saying much else because they dont need to. democrats are in a position where if they concede that they can use stimulus money to offs...

President come into our community, you know, what we need is we need that type of civility in politics if were going to address the tough issues that face us as a nation. >> another one of the tough issues facing you and your colleagues here in washington and could if you win this race for governor this year is what about help to the states for teachers and firefighters and police officers? there was some of that money in the stimulus program and there is a debate in washington now about whether...

Integrity. and, now, rove believes that critics could have been proven wrong. but that the attacks went onto poison american politician. the "wall street journal" is owned by the parent company of fox news channel and that is where you will find that very interesting editorial column today. bill: "wall street journal" today. the president is taking to the road, president obama selling his stimulus program, and can he answer the question about where are the jobs? we heard from republicans, repres...

Presidents plan to talk about the benefits of the recovery act, the stimulus program, thats happening in michigan today. as we get updates, well bring them to you. jon: and "happening now" in the top box, a new warning from the al-qaeda-linked terror group that claimed responsibility for the deadly bombings in uganda during the world cup. the leader of al-shabaab now threatens more attacks. in an audiotape he tells the president of uganda that sundays attacks were just the beginning. in the mi...

Out of this looking poor. nobody, nobody believes these numbers. >> greta: going back to february 25th, 2009, vice president biden, everyone knows in washington hes a real likeable guy. he said the stimulus program was designed to drop kick the economy out of its deep recession. drop kick seems rather swift. here we are 18 months later. we have the same unemployment level essentially. >> right. dont forget, remember what they said during the time of the debate of the stimulus this was for shovel...

To. >> they thought the stimulus would be working by now in a positive thing. whi that robert gibbs set off the panic caused by the fact that has democrats looking at the calendar and seeing there is not enough time left to sell a different message and if the poll numbers stay the way they are they see a lot of gavels handed over to the other side. >> a huge political impact from these numbers. >> yeah. it is a political impact because the economic argument i think is more implicated. youre basi...

I think the white house came out of this looking poor. nobody, nobody believes these numbers. >> greta: going back to february 25th, 2009, vice president biden, everyone knows in washington hes a real likeable guy. he said the stimulus program was designed to drop kick the economy out of its deep recession. drop kick seems rather swift. here we are 18 months later. we have the same unemployment level essentially. >> right. dont forget, remember what they said during the time of the debate of the...