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Created 1.8 million jobs. barack obama has created 1.1 million jobs. so, you know, that s just not correct. also factor in the jobs lost. jim demint nailed it. jim demint said the president should have just admitted last night the stimulus didn t work and we spent a trillion dollars and unemployment remained virtually the same a year later. uh-huh. we were saying yesterday, why don t they just say something bold in this speech. otherwise, people start nodding off and it s sort of the same sort of thing year after year. he did call for last year, he was flat out angry. last night, you know, i ll be honest, i thought it was dull. i thought it was kind of rambling and boring as well. he did suggest an earmark ban. he also talked about that s a novel idea. exactly. it s already been done! didn t even pass. didn t pass, john boehner said he s not going to let the bill get to the president with an earmark in it. anyway because what s extraordinary about that is the fa ....
Income taxes. business loves that idea. he says he wants to lower corporate taxes but do it by closing loop holes. he says he wants to reform social security without cutting benefits for current recipients. at a briefing yesterday, the president s economic adviser, gene sperling says they don t see this as a deficit-cutting exercise. the president is going to have a bunch of fights with congress even though he s doing it with a big smile on his face. another one you have on your list, earmark ban. he said he would veto any bill that came to his desk with earmarks in it. hasn t john boehner said he won t send a bill with earmarks to his desk? that s exactly right. the president a year ago said earmarks can be a good thing. that s part of the rhetoric. this is where we see the president really moving abruptly centrist, doing a full clinton, much faster than president bill clinton himself did. the president s already re-oriented himself. clinton aides tell us after ....
Giving the president more power. he has enough power already. bret: not a fan of earmark ban. i don t doubt that there are some democrats and some republicans. we saw this at the end of last year that are not going to agree with the president on this. if everybody will lighten their belts and make domestic spending cut and cut money from the defense budget, if everybody will tighten their belt, that has to mean everything. the president is serious about this. bret: in just the past few minutes we received an excerpt from the republican response already put out by congressman paul ryan, house budget committee chairman i ll read a piece of it. in this very room he will say the house will produce debate and advance budget. last year in unpress dented failure congress chose not to pass or propose a budget. the spending spree continueed unchecked. we owe you a different choice ....
Help him with independent voters. this is the last stage for him before there is a real showdown on spending cuts. how specific will he be? he doesn t have to be but if he is not he will miss an opportunity. if he starts about the investment and education and energy and infrastructure and he talks about the earmark ban and a budget freeze, without being specific, i think people are going to tune it out this is his moment to build his credibility, on the issue of deficit reduction. if he lets it go, then it s back on the republicans playing field, and they are in a huge fight. i think that this is a very important moment to be detailed. bret: charles? i think the question is how serious is he going to be. ....
The future and compete for tomorrow. that is reforming expectation and tax code and increasing experts overseas. again, creating jobs right here in america. those are thingous will hear from the president. bret: we heard about a possible earmark ban. republicans have talked about it what about the president and what he will say about it tonight? well, look, i think what you hear from the president is one of the things that animates this budget discussion, american people ought to know what the government is spending money on and we ought to be transparent about it. president will draw sharp line on pet projects, going into the spending of our government when we need to tighten our belts. senator reid, the senate majority leader was asked about that today. listen to his response. it takes power from the legislative government. i don t think it s helpful it s pretty talk but only ....