To watch the Video you will be subjected to many "Commercial Breaks" but I urge all DU'ers to watch Gregory's (Dancing with Rove) interview with David Axelrod as Obama wings his way back to the USA(Knowng the Huge Democratic Losses in this Administration} and sends Axelrod OUT THERE ON "Press the Meet" to Defend the Losses in the Election, the first Leaked Report from "Deficit Commission" and the news that the RW Put out about his supposed FAIL in his ASIAN TRIP.
Listen to Axelrod for the whole interview and WEEP FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOING FORWARD. With a Spokesperson like David Axelrod...We Dems Might as well GIVE IT UP!
The Link to the video unfortunatley has NBC putting in Commercial after Commercial so you have to listen to Ads for BOEING and what it's doing for Air Travel repeatedly... and you have to keep hitting "Back to Interview" to get the WHOLE INTERVIEW WITH AXELROD...but it's WORTH IT for those of us who want to know WHAT OBAMA IS GOING TO PRESS CONGRESS AND SENATE ON ...after this huge defeat for our Democratic Party.
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LISTEN HERE, VIDEO...with the COMMERCIAL BREAKS... Sorry no TRANSCRIPT, YET for DU'ers who NEED TO READ.
http://www.davidgregorytv.com/blog/2010/11/the-economy-was-the-story-this-week-as-the-presidentwrapped-up-histen-day-trip-to-asiawhere-he-faced-international-resistance.htmlNovember 14, 2010
My wrap-up of Axelrod, McCain and an Economic Round Table--David Gregory, "Meet the Press."The economy was the story this week as the president wrapped up his ten-day trip to Asia where he faced international resistance to some of his biggest goals of the visit . He now returns home to deal with domestic opposition as Republicans push for an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts.
AxelrodThis morning I sat down with President Obama’s top advisor, David Axelrod, in his first interview since the Democrats midterm losses. The president's trip abroad has been ripe for criticism after the U.S. failed to secure a free trade agreement with South Korea and a G 20 document that has been criticized for being weak and vague.
I asked Axelrod about how the two failed trade deals will affect the U.S. economy and the Obama agenda in the coming months. Could the Dems midterm loses have hurt the president's influence abroad? He told me that was not the case and cited that American companies will get $10 billion in business and 50,000 jobs as a result of the president's trip. Mr. Axelrod was also in the news recently for an interview with The Huffington Post titled, “White House Gives in on Bush Tax Cuts.” President Obama later downplayed the story, but we discussed just how much the Obama administration is ready to negotiate with the Republicans when they come into power in the House in January. He said the president stands strong in his belief of extending the tax cuts for middle class Americans.
"The middle class has taken a beating in this last decade. They’ve seen their incomes decline. And-- they’ve born the brunt of this recession." He continued, " But we can’t afford to borrow another $700 billion to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires."
Though, when I asked him to comment on whether or not the administration would cut a deal with Congressional republicans to extend the upper-class tax cuts temporarily so middle-class tax breaks could be passed before the January deadline, he would not comment. He told me, "David, we’re looking forward to sitting down with leaders of both parties and talking about those issues. I’m not gonna negotiate that with you here." See our exchange below.
http://www.davidgregorytv.com/blog/2010/11/the-economy-was-the-story-this-week-as-the-presidentwrapped-up-histen-day-trip-to-asiawhere-he-faced-international-resistance.html
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