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Plan. >> what do you say about this op-ed? >> what larry is saying we should have short-term stimulus to get the plan going and long-term deficit reduction to get our house in order. the devil is in the details, of course? >> look how much money we've spent on the stimulus, what's it done? >> save the economy. >> has it saved the economy? >> it has saved the economy. >> you call this saving the economy? >> i would say we're better off than where we would be. >> it depends. we're walking a tightrope here. we had basically a $1 trillion stimulus plan when the president first got in. we got anoth...

>> that was president obama coming to the defense of the middle class last month. according to the white house, tonight's state of the union address will be a book end to the populist pitch the president made in that speech in kansas. here with us now, white house senior soeadviser valerie jarre joining us. >> good morning, everyone. >> hello, joe, hello everyone. the president is really looking forward to giving his address, state of the union, one of the most important opportunities for a president to have, each year to address the nation. and he will, it will be a book end as you said, mika...

I'm looking forward to that. >> you're going to love it and i guarantee you they're going to absolutely love you there. >> a little-known fact when i first ran for congress in 1994, joe gaylord gave me rick santorum's plan when he ran in 1990. i was the first republican elected in my district since 1872. rick was in the swing district. and i followed it. so these pensacola people are going to absolutely love you. so -- >> i'll never forget, joe, the first day that it was, i we came back for a nafta vote and you were in a training session on the floor of the house. and i walked into the well of...

Go to scorched earth on the lifestyle. we're batening down the hatches here. we're putting the -- we're closing the doors to the fort to keep the enemy out. and so you really got to watch the outgo big time and any income that you have, severance or anything else, pile that up and make that your war chest to plow through this time. and then as soon as you get re-employed, all that pile of money essentially becomes a signing bonus. >> of course, you say to cut back on your lifestyle and stop using credit cards which is one of your main mantras anyway and cut them up. you also say, though, to tr...

The revelation he made the other day that his tax rate that he pays approaches 15%. he still refuses to release his tax returns, even chris christie, the governor of new jersey, one of his biggest backers said the governor needs to release those tax returns sooner rather than later. we have already gotten a glimpse of what mitt romney is trying to hide. that he is completely out of touch and really -- and doesn't pay nearly the tax rate that most middle class americans pay. we need to make sure that mitt romney comes clean on all kinds of things. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, chai...