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I ve shown in new jersey, winning in a very diverse state but where blacks are a small minority, that i can get record black and brown turnouts, and inspire suburban voters and other key members of our demographic. i ve got the best electability argument of anybody in this field because i know i can resurrect the coalitions we need to win big in november. brand-new cnn poll out this morning. we asked voters about the economy. 76% of voters that we talked to said the economic conditions in the country today are good. that is as high of a number as we have seen in years. last night this was talked about on the stage. one of the things we heard is, oh, well, the middle class isn t feeling it. when 76% of people polled say the economy is good, that s not to include a slice of the middle class. that s not just the 1% responding. how do you make the case that you need to get the president out on the basis of the economy? ....
Get out of single digits. yeah, but i think that we ve seen going after one another hasn t really worked. i think people are tired of that. they are put off by it. and this debate, you know, we re, what, 11 1 weeks out an haven t heard anyone take on the economy as the signature campaign issue. we haven t heard that. when the economy polls, number one issue, the economy isn t great despite the numbers. the middle class isn t feeling it. labor participation is low. and so this is an opportunity for those candidates like rubio and carson, i mean, excuse me, like cruz to actually demonstrate their chops of policy chops, economic chops and i think if carson doesn t have a solid performance on that, he could trip up because he s not necessarily known for policy specifics. jeffrey, i have no doubt moderators, fox is doing this. they are smart. i think they are going to go like a laser on economic issues ....
The american people. medicare cannot continue the way it is if we re going to survive. medicaid cannot continue the way it is if we re going to survive. to put those off limits is erroneous, wrong and hurtful. here s the difficulty, and you both know it, senator conrad, is that the american people want more government than they re willing to pay for. look at this poll, washington post /abc news from this month, about the popularity of taking certain steps that you just outlined, senator coburn cut medicare spending. 78% oppose. cut medicaid, 69% oppose. cut military spending, 56% oppose. the only thing that s popular is raising taxes on those making more than $250,000. so, look, you and members of congress, republicans and democrats, who need to go out there and campaign. what makes you think they re going to take the tough steps that the president s not willing to take in terms of really dealing with entitlements? because we must. look, we ve just had a definitive study done by ....
With refugees and the wounded, and i went to the hospital there in misrata and i saw a lot of young men who were dead and dying and gravely wounded. this is a pretty bloody situation, and it has the earmarks of being a stalemate. now, we hope that gadhafi will crumble from within, but hope is not a strategy, and it s pretty obvious to me that we need even though i was glad to see the predator now in the fight, it s pretty obvious to me that the united states has got to play a greater role in the air power side. our nato allies neither have the assets, nor, frankly, the will. there s only 6 countries of the 28 in nato that are actively engaged in this situation. so, if you talk about predators being used, supplies for the rebels. if it comes to it, senator, would you like to see this president okay ground troops going in, if that s what it takes to break the stalemate? no, i would not, david. i think it would be totally ....
This should also be about how do we pay for the programs that people want? and yes, you re right, that s not just raising taxes on the rich. i think it s a more broadly based tax but they want a country where the government can balance competing interests. i think the polls and they don t see that right now. the poll you mentioned should be extremely alarming to everybody in the political class, because usually when you have an economy coming up, which ours is we ve had good jobs numbers, unemployment coming down usually public opinion goes up. that s the way it worked in the great depression and under reagan. now we have a disconnect where the economy s going up, public opinion s going down. right. that s in part because of gas prices, but it s in part because of structural problems in the economy, the middle class isn t feeling it, and it s partly because people have given up hope in the political system. just to amplify your point, two data points that i think are im ....