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[applause] martha: that raised a lot of questions. in a new editorial liberal new york times columnist maureen dowd is blasting president obama for that very statement, writing quote, we were the change? we were the change? us? we re so lame. we were naive, brimming with confidence. we never should have let congressional democrats run wild with stimulus spending on pork that didn t create the right type of jobs and she goes on and on in this piece. also a piece by red state, erick erickson s website as well that asks the same question about relevance from another perspective. i m joined by tony sayag, aide with former vice president nominee jack kemp and daily beast columnist, kirsten powers. welcome to both of. good morning. martha: kirsten, start with you. obviously maureen dowd hadn t seen the late latest ....
Not the speech that heard. martha: tony, what did you think about it? i think the speech was universally panned in advance of it. new york times hardly a right-wing publication says president obama hasn t given a good speech in four years i don t think thursday night was any exception that final night of the convention. you are do see the frustration this is president who can t make affirmative case for his own re-election. michelle obama did as bill clinton and former michigan governor, jennifer granholm. this president is using socialist euphemisms, fair share, fair shot, dividing america, not using hope and change rhetoric he was so powerful for using four years before and able to get elected by such a wide march begin then. this is frustrating true believers the dowds of the left really are. whatever they may have felt four years ago they have been backing this president up every turn. she was never a true wleefr. martha: let me interject here. in the ericson piece written ....
Leadership. so, who is to blame. congress? the president, or both? joining us now, republican political consultant, tony sayag and doug schoen. good to see you, hi, jamie. jamie: what do you think in terms of who is to blame? there seems to be enough blame to go around? who will voters look to to hold responsible? i think they re going to hold everyone accountable. look, the democrats have more at risk, they ve got 23 seats in the senate, and for the republicans, the republicans obviously have a substantial majority in the house and the democrats have the white house. the election will ultimately be with referendum on the president, but i think, frankly, from the fox news polling content and everything you see, voters hold everyone accountable and are just plain mad. how does it translate. what does each side do in order to have voters believe their plan is the one that will pull us out of this? well, frankly, there s such ....
Different america from the one i m seeing and i think we re living in. jamie: doug schoen and tony, thank you so much, gentlemen, great to see you. kelly? well, it s another rough day of weather in chicago, along lake michigan. take a look at the high winds right now. and strong surf on famed lake shore drive. huge waves knocking over a bike vieder and today, the warning, waves could reach 25 feet. nlgs moe molina with more details. those are crazy images and fortunately, the gusty winds persist throughout the day and there s a rip current across coastal areas of lake michigan, that s rough there because of a large trough setup and an area from canada to the blakes and as far south as atlanta, georgia. 45 tonight and otherwise gusty winds persisting throughout the day and they will be ....
Gets higher, it s going to retard job creation and retard spending and ultimately hurt the economy. jamie: the outlook, tony, seems to be so gloomy and another poll on this respect. for people on jobs. tony, how quickly once the job numbers turn, when there are only 350,000 people looking for jobless berths nefits in a week. they re seeing a sigh of relief, where are they going. you ll see the president take and hyper political posture, even with the jobs bill which frankly didn t even have any democratic spots in the house or the senate. it almost was not even going to be able to be brought to the floor were it not for harry reed finally agreeing to the white house s request to introduce it. no democrat want today social their name to the jobs bill, it s solely cosmetic. the only thing that gets us out is economic growth and it s not going to happen with the barriers created by this administration and i think that s why people finally realized there s no quick fix ....