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Should Obama Embrace Stimulus Spending?
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Former Gov. Gray Davis, (D-Calif.), on why government spending helped improve the economy.
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- Date Sep 4, 2012
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Former Gov. Gray Davis, (D-Calif.), on why government spending helped improve the economy.
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Honored to be joined by former California governor gray Davis.
And our governor we're imagining that far from retreating from spending -- the big government.
Without that it was saying during the break there that they Democrats like get a backbone here.
Keith matter what you're doing be proud of what we've been been spending a building music that's -- resonate.
I think it is because.
President Obama was -- another Great Depression.
Right in the face and job growth the last -- nine months auto bailout.
Helping kids say on their parents.
Health insurance.
Doubling the pell grants all that stuff gay people opportunity and it's very difficult time.
-- lifted -- -- in the ditch.
We're not -- wanna be were clearly going in the right direction so we are better off than we were four years ago.
Without a doubt all right well that might be a tough sell because a lot of no I think it's it's not sell as we need to do better.
But we're clearly better than zero new once again -- they -- you have to get.
I know what you're saying -- -- agree that it's never really thought things black and white.
But I think it's gonna be a tough sell to -- of our -- 52% of group that kids are getting worse not better six at a -- -- said the spending.
Didn't revealed the -- what they had hoped and global calling of the ways.
This crowded here it's very different from the American electorate pulled out there isn't.
It is season -- true believers but facts are they -- address the graveyard is now.
Now I because I believe.
President Obama will win this election again it will be a close.
Tough contested election but he has done an awful lot to lift America out of the ditch and we were in a world of hurt when used with.
Got an odd that you could be risky if we go backwards of the George Bush and and he inherited -- -- -- don't they would get a little old for Americans yes but people understand how we got here we guidelines.
-- -- -- You know what have you not you but I -- -- okay you're one step away from blaming Millard Fillmore.
And look at.
And by the way -- Millard Fillmore is not without blame the -- -- was a couple of centuries ago itself.
But -- -- thank you go back if you go back but not every president builds on the last present no question about it.
But -- Obama has done a lot of positive things to lift people -- give them more opportunity but governor and at best it's.
Yet to -- remember teleport all -- problems you would freely admit our viewers shortcomings.
Even though they really weren't all your shortcomings you -- -- of the resisted the power grid failure that it was a over which you have little control I could go on and on.
But in other words you were very accepting.
Mutual responsibility for problems behind which she was unfairly -- -- targeted.
With this president.
He doesn't admit.
Failure he never says he's done it wrong he says that if anything it's his execution.
-- BS told the story well enough for things like that.
That's not right.
You know I think what people care about it is -- there's open their lives whether they have a job.
-- their kids he get a job I understand and had to stop blaming.
Had to start taking responsibility I don't think people care about that they -- I was like getting -- again they care about someone -- blames others right.
President Obama's got a very -- -- ability factors so I think bottom line he's given high marks for trying.
And his work is sorry detail right -- they've got a resident I do.