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Goolsbee on Obama Victory
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Former Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee on the re-election victory by President Obama.
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- Date Nov 7, 2012
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Former Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee on the re-election victory by President Obama.
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President and Austin.
Surprise yeah.
I'm not that surprised.
You know -- I think -- this had to decide would did you believe the state polls going into it or where the state -- messed up.
And I think this as the night got a lot of -- got to show it maybe the state polls were right as as they were proceeding.
Yeah well you know you might be right about that part of the state -- by and large have been born out every state.
That Barack Obama was expected to win he did win every state to Mitt Romney was expected to win.
He did when I Anderson Missouri is the only one that might might accomplished either way.
What now also what eating habits that would his fiscal -- approaching everything's going to be constantly you're gonna still have.
-- democratic president you're gonna happen a democratic senate you'll have a Republican House.
And what happens now concerns of negotiating a deal before the year is out.
You know I'm not sure and I think it matters a lot you know if you go look at -- Congressional Budget Office forecast that says if Washington can't sort out a deal.
We go over the cliff and a recession into a third day.
So I think the pressure will be on but I'm not sure because it's really the same people who were -- last summer for the big bite.
I don't know what that dynamic whether it will change I do think donated 2013.
I think that if this is state mandate for any thing this this election it's more of a mandate for a kind of -- centrism.
As opposed to what a debtor to audio -- where they were cut -- -- clear agenda of one party or the other what they -- gonna try to build.
In which case you know maybe there's a decent chance of a grand bargain at -- thirteenth but over the next.
Well it was credit and that's what I as well hello it's up expires.
So I think it's a big -- will do today today.
Table -- for six months to year or or or or or I don't know president deal look -- one.
There are consequences for that regardless -- that -- -- one.
Do my bidding.
I think the president does what but my impression is that the president.
Ran all on the platform and that is gonna let die -- tax cuts expire that we could -- Ford.
To continue those tax cuts that we needed to apply the money to a grand bargain to try to get the deficit down.
So I think part of his argument will be look we had an election about this issue and I won that election admit to it in fairness.
It Mitt Romney had -- you heard -- Spiegel saying this week.
They said how could you say you're gonna be bipartisan if you say on day -- you're gonna repeal obamacare.
And they said well look elections have consequences.
So.
So that's partly why -- say.
I think it's gonna of that next greatest six -- I think we're gonna see a lot of this playing out boldest -- to determine -- goes I do think many of the business conservatives.
The folks that have signed up -- fix the -- at both parties.
I think they are in the mind set -- Bowles Simpson.
And that if there is some revenue that's coupled with some real entitlement reforms.
I think they -- before that so I think you could see got about building a book colon.
Martin let it delayed backbone -- and Nowak wanted to.