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Back to their constituents and say we need more spending, or we are going to spend more government money they will be out of office. i think there is no political will in favor of a big, new stimulus program but thats what the left wants. megyn: his hands are very much tied in a way, president obama, because the left really wants another stimulus plan. they wanted the first one to be bigger than it was now they want a second one. he realizes he cannot get that through, not with this congress. wh...

As well, sort of a soft sell on where were at. why would we do that if that allegation is, in fact, true? >> to me its utterly inexplicable. we have an administration that spends hundreds of billions of dollars on so-called stimulus programs without blinking an eye, and yet its cutting the pentagon budget. of all the departments in government, the pentagon is the only place thats seeing major downturns. i could make a pretty good argument if you want to spend stimulus money, spend it on military...

Owed by millions of american oklahoma honers who are under water on their mort gauges. is that a good idea? joining me now, kate obenshain and susan estridge. the reports have gone viral and they are in a bunch of mainstream public cakes as possibilities. it sounds good in principle for those whose mortgages are under water. >> obviously stimulus programs and bailouts and massive government infusions have not worked to this point. we are seeing unemployment go up. south would probably be disastr...

Vote on a jobs bill tomorrow. the $26 million bill would keep thousands of state workers and teachers employed through november. jury deliberation for the rod blagojevich trial resumed. day nine. hes awaiting a verdict on 24 counts of corruption. and president obama is hosting the new orleans saints at the white house. they will follow it up with a visit of walter reed medical center while the president heads to texas for a fundraiser and a speech at the university of texas. the federal re...

Has had more than a half dozen multi-multi-hundred being stimulus programs and hasnt helped their economy out one bit. all it left them with, and all were left with is the deficit. >> jamie: well, its not very good news. i wanted to ask you what we can do about it. but i guess we have to just vote in the mid-terms. and hope that change of strategy comes. thank you so much, jonathan. >> free the economy. thank you, jamie. >> jamie: theyre telling me i have to wrap. good to have you on. >> sure th...

International ant research. >> love that one. >> thats a good one. >> were getting to the good ones. $308 million for a joint clean energy venture with british petroleum. does that kind of burn you? number one, this is my favorite. $554,000 for the forest service to replace windows in a closed visitors center in mount st. helen. ladies and gentlemen, thats the top five. those are my favorite. how geitner or anyone in the government can defend that is totally beyond me. >> well, you know, jonas m...

When you consider how much money was thrown in to all these stimulus packages. you look at the cost, for example, of cash for clunkers per car, two, three, four years from now we might be saying, gosh, our deficits are really high and our spending has gone way out of control, what do we get in the long run out of it? bear if mind, 15%, 16% of americans were underemployed right now, even while we are seeing some improvement in parts of the car industry. so, yeah, you could argue this was a good u...

To know. it looked like we were sort of gaining momentum earlier in the year. now weve had two down months of sales back to back here. it seems the recovery is shifting into lower gear. the key catalyst to spending obviously would be the jobs, which has been eluding us from the recovery. small businesses are up against taxes and restrictions and a lot of paperwork. they are just not hiring. until thats fixed, this is how its going to be. very touch and go. and consumers will feel pessimistic. >>...

Sort of touch and go here. we were gaining some momentum, i think, earlier in the year to the point where retails were feeling comfortable, charging full prices, consumers were feeling comfortable paying full price. now we sort of reverted a little bit. shifted into lower gear to some extent. and seem to be losing some momentum, which is why theres growing fear both on wall street and main street. >> what do we see some of the retailers doing to try to lure the customers back in? >> some of thes...

Through this. a lot of the country is less so. i think there really is a problem throughout this country. the economy is not improving as fast as you and i would like it to do. so to some extent, this is another economic psych. it doesnt mean it isnt painful, it doesnt mean people dont need our help. the question becomes how do you get out of it? i would be on the side of stimulus programs are good. definites do matter, but vgs said that, weve got to keep making investments. some peop . >> if ne...