republicans say they want the economy back on track but instead were to end a proven jobs program. that s our con job of the day. senate republicanets and four democrats block the vote to reauthorize the economic development administration. an agency that gives grants local projects. eda recommends it created more than 161,000 jobs just since 2009. but that s not good enough for south care kwlien senator who led the charge against the agency. in a wall street ad he wrote, quote, the bureau and its grants are supposed to promote economic competitive nis and create jobs in reality the eda has given taxpayers little in return on their investment and instead become a slush fund for the well connected. he still has a ntsz about a workshop run by the eda on his own website. gee, i wonder where demint
gored? in an essay he wrote for rolling stone, quote, president obama has thus far failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climbate change. he hasn t provided a presidential venue for the scientific commune it to bring the reality of the science before the public. wes, is al gore right? as you know i spent three years putting up wind turbines across the u.s. president obama has done zero for the environment. it is really shameful. because it is the most important issue facing our country today. ryan, tough assessment by both wes and gore. is that fair? i think he s done a little bit more than zero. but i do think when people look back at this administration, 20, 30, 40 years from now, they might see his failure to deal with clim climbate change as the most significant failure of his administration. we lost the clinton/gore years
for whatever reason. i guess the country wasn t ready to go for it or they were still dominated by oil interest. people weren t buying it. we lost the bush years for obvious reasons. then we finally had an opportunity to turn this. around. and we don t really know how fast this can spiral out of control. so you know, people will say, well, the economy was struggling. this isn t the time to do it. the economy will be struggling when the water level rises by three to six feet over the next hundred years. that s not good either. john, i want to give you a clans to respond to all of that. let me give you one more tough gore quote to give you the contest. he said during the final years of the bush/cheney administration, the rest of the world was aggressively waiting for a change np when it became there was no clear change if the bush era, how do we complete the