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is filling out, some members arriving as early as possible to get seats at the aisle to get on camera with the president. tonight, expect to hear both his governoring agenda and many of the themes he's going to be hitting on the stump in months ahead, largely focusing on taxes and the economy. ron paul took today off, the other three were campaigning in florida, about tonight's speech and taking issue on the man giving it. appears to be from a different planet. and flowery rhetoric. >> high unemployment. record home foreclosures. debt too high, opportunities too few. this is the real...

The last year, congress really being sort of a field of war as opposed to a place of deliberation and consideration of legislation. >> i think democrats are making it a culture war in the fairness argument goes to if the pie is smaller and somebody has to do without a little more, maybe the the people who have done better should do without. but i wanted to ask you. in the book it says that you think that if politics destroyed us and got us to this place, maybe politics can help fix it. i would love to hear how we can fix it. >> i'm not an optimist. >> i believe i can give you an answer to the ...

With it. the only answer now is i have to raise additional taxes on maul businesses and wealthy americans and we get into class warfare. i see the purpose of the speech last night. this president needs to inspire us and move the ball forward and he's not doing that. megyn: you are a republican so you can dismiss it. but the question is, is that working? this fairness argument, this middle class argument and this sound can the drum that he is the captain trying to right the ship, he's not the one who created the rocky waters to begin with. >> democrats will be supportive of this president. they...

It, why is that? >> i think you are having legitimate philosophical discussions about tax increases. you have to coordinate with it fairness. a lot of folks think the budget shouldn't be balanced on the backs of the least fortunates in our country. fairness is what this is about. >> sean: 50% of americans pay no federal income tax. top 7% pay 70% of the bill. the average person i know that pays income taxes, including myself, new york state tax, county tax, sales tax, property tax, federal income tax. i pay 55% of my income. and here come the president saying we are not paying our fair share. ...

Proposed. we have to fight for the middle class. this is not a partisan issue. this is not a political strategy. this is the right thing to do. $3 trillion reduction in deficit in a fair and balanced way where we simply ask people to pay more than a million dollars to pay their fair share and making spending cuts and tightening our belt. the vast majority of people said that's what they want. they don't want the middle class to bear the sacrifice. they want it spread evenly. that's what the president and house democrats are fighting for and will continue to fight for. >> i can see the fairness...