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Thought they d be doing three months ago at this point in time. oh, my gosh. before he was i think they thought they would be signing an immigration bill. there was really they thought there might be a 30 to 40% chance they would be doing that. now you have to wonder is he ever going to sign an immigration bill. the town halls, the fight seems to be about health care, most frankly biting the republicans i think coming home to roost a little bit there, but still, it s not popular and it s still a debate point and still the implementation the administration has to do. i think putin is going to be the main sort of topic of conversation there. you know, think about this seven months. this is a first, let s address it here. the foreign policy right now, a lot of challenges on the president s plate that haven t gone so well, whether it s egypt, syria, whether it s what s going on with snowden that s sort of brought to the forefront issues with china and russia that the united states ....
Initiatives on clean energy, climate change, and the usual laundry list that you would expect in a democratic state of the union and it is focused on strengthening the middle-class and things that he previewed in a pep talk after he left last thursday. our economy grows when everybody s getting a fair shot and everybody is getting a fair shake and everybody is playing by the same rules. president is also expected to cast second-term agenda items from immigration reform to gun control and climate change in economic terms. white house says that every one of the president s proposals will be paid for and will not add to the deficit, and of course, it is how he pays for it that is going to be the debate point. after his tuesday night speech, president obama hits the road for a three-day tour, and stops in asheville, north carolina, wednesday and atlanta on thursday and chicago on friday. and here s what we will make the state of the union different than other presidential ....
Or read about questions about his taxes. the next several days takes him all the way up to the debate point, his last chance to really change the dynamic in this election. and he has wasted the buildup to it. bad politics on the timing. bad policy in terms of the fairness question. there s something else here. he claims that these are capital gains. and that he s a job creator. let s remember, this is a loophole for venture capitalist. he didn t go out and start a business in a basement. if he could tell that story, he would be in a better position with the american people. in fact, he s a financial guy. these are fees. it s a deferred income. it s a loophole. if you re looking to campaign as a reformer, someone to clean up the tax code, this isn t the way to do it. dean baker, romney defends his tax rate as fair in part of the double taxation argument. but the bottom line, isn t he gaming the system? he s totally gaming the system. a couple of points here. first off, my understand ....
of south carolina. plus south carolina s powerful evangelical voting bloc. who will win the lion s share with reverend brad adkins and bob jones iii. everything is up for grabs in my estimation. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. over 100 leaders in the social conservative community met in texas for two days and emerged with a single name, rick santorum for president. it is a blow to texas governor rick perry, a born again christian whose political grounding is fiscal and social conservatism. tony perkins, head of the family research council and a major player at the meeting, says perry checks all the boxes except one. the group doesn t think he can win. what they wanted to do is to make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward, securing the nomination, and winning the general election was the candidate they put their support behind. governor rick perry joins me now from myrtle beach, south carolina, where you re tell ....
future. romney supporter senator john mccain on the perils and promise of south carolina. plus, south carolina s powerful evangelical voting bloc. who will win the lion s share? with rev right hand brad adkins and bob jones iii. everything is up for grabs in my estimation. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. over 100 leaders in the social conservative community met in texas for two days and emerged with a single name, rick santorum for president. it is a blow to texas governor rick perry, a born-again christian whose political grounding is fiscal and social conservatism. tony perkins, head of the family research council and a major player at the meeting, says perry checks all the boxes except one, but he doesn t think he can win. what they wanted to do was make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward of securing the nomination and winning the general election were the candidate they put their support behind. gover ....