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And richard canton, executive editor of "the nation.com" and playright and host of a radio show and jonathan alter, the author of the book "the promise." great to have you here, jonathan. >> because the past week was, i think it was widely acknowledged the first week of the general election, i want to talk about what the race looks like to me. as the incumbent, president obama has a good-enough record to run on, passing universal health care coverage for the first time in the country's history. but the most central argument for re-election, a slowly-improving world economy is the one message t...

Them. these are the kinds of things that will create private sector jobs in america. >> chris: a trust but verify moment? >> i think that is a good way to put it. i'm happy that the president is pivoting. we all know why but it is kind of a trust but verify moment. let's see if he is really willing to do it and if he is i think he will find a lot of help among republicans in congress. >> chris: let's talk about spending because you and house speaker boehner have been talking about a plan to cut spending back to the levels before the stimulus and all of the actions of the last two years. this w...

Them. these are the kinds of things that will create private sector jobs in america. >> chris: a trust but verify moment? >> i think that is a good way to put it. i'm happy that the president is pivoting. we all know why but it is kind of a trust but verify moment. let's see if he is really willing to do it and if he is i think he will find a lot of help among republicans in congress. >> chris: let's talk about spending because you and house speaker boehner have been talking about a plan to cut spending back to the levels before the stimulus and all of the actions of the last two years. this w...