Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
- Currently in his second term, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), chairman of the Republican Governors Association, recently criticized the Republican Party, saying it was time for the GOP “to stop being the stupid party” and there were “a number of Republicans that damaged the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments.” Following the State of the Union, Gov. Jindal also told NBC’s Brian Williams that while the GOP must remain consistent with its principles, “we have to show how our principles are aspirational, how they help people join and thrive in the middle class.”
- Gov. Jindal also wrote “Leadership and Crisis.”
- Watch Gov. Jindal’s latest Meet the Press appearance.
Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA)
- Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) is in his second term as governor and has declared he will not seek a third term in 2014. Gov. Patrick was recently in the national spotlight when he picked a former aide, William “Mo” Cowan, to temporarily fill the Senate seat vacated by newly sworn in Secretary of State John Kerry. A special election will be held on June 25.
- He’s the author of “A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life.”
- Watch Gov. Patrick’s most Meet the Press appearance here.
Roundtable: Ford, Noonan, Inskeep, Bartiromo, Cramer
- Former Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) said of sequestration, “Who I’m most upset with is Washington. If you’re a pedestrian watching, this is the same conversation that took place from Election Day until Dec. 31. They’re saying the same things. I’m a Democrat, I’m for the president and it’s, in some ways, distressing to watch both sides.” Watch his most recent Meet the Press appearance here.
- Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan wrote in her column this week that with President Obama, “it is always government by freakout.” While it may work in the short-term, “government by freakout carries a price. It wears people down. It doesn't inject a sense of energy, purpose or confidence in those who do business in America, it does the opposite.” Watch her most recent appearance on the show.
- Steve Inskeep is the host of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” This week on the show Inskeep covered the ongoing debate about comprehensive immigration reform this week, and whether the president’s leaked proposal could make reform a partisan issue again.
- CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo spoke this week about the impending sequestration and dysfunction in Washington, but also the long-term implications of the country’s debt and deficit and the effect it will have on future generations. She said, “If that doesn’t wake Washing up, well I don’t know what will.” Watch her latest MTP appearance.
- CNBC’s Jim Cramer recently said talk about the sequester will build until the deadline is here but, he said, “I just don’t want to go overboard with what I think could happen. The scare stories about the military make me feel like we’re putting our force fields down, our defense shields coming down. It’s just probably not going to be like that.” Here is Cramer’s most recent appearance.
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- Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA): @BobbyJindal
- Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA): @MassGovernor
- Harold Ford: @HFord2
- Steve Inskeep: @NPRinskeep
- Peggy Noonan: @Peggynoonannyc
- Maria Bartiromo: @MariaBartiromo
- Jim Cramer: @jimcramer
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I'm brasing myself for the whiner Peggy. When she starts her "Welllllllll" I'll have to mute her. I really don't know how she can be added to the program, she is annoying
Scare tactics. What about the president will take your guns away!! The economy is going to die- we'll be 3rd world build a bunker now!
What I want to know is why the press is letting congress get away with burdening the public with the bidget instead of including themselves. The sequester hurts most aspects of government, including their aides. Yet they voted themselves a raise and are exempt from the consequences of their actions.
The sequester hurts no one, as Obama and NBC would love you to think it does. What the sequester does is slow the rate of growth that's all it does. We have to stop spending it's killing us as a country. So all you low information voters get your heads out of your @#$ use your brain this has been a scare campaign for Obama to raise taxes even more. He could care less about SPENDING CUTS but is using them to scare you into thinking they are NOT needed, that we don't have a spending problem. When Bush left office we were 10 trillion in debt in 4 short years we are now closer to 17 trillion in debt where did we as a country spend close to 7 trillion in 4 years and why did we spend it? What do we have to show for the 7 trillion we spent. still have high unemployment, we have more on welfare and food stamps we have GM what else do we have to show for 7 trillion spent. Has anyone of the 51% who voted for Obama even ask were did 7 trillion go on his watch? Has NBC ask that question on any of the inter views it had with Obama ADM.
When will the press hold congress responsible for not having a budget in the last (atleast) 6 six years. Also, who could vote for, again and again, people that hold themselves above the rest of the country. i.e. A raise for themselves while most of the rest of government has to deal w/ either no raise and sequester; not accountable to laws that the rest of the nation is held against.
Term limits are in the hands of the voter, use your vote to elect someone else.
Am so tired of Fox endlessly bashing our President. No better hearing Peggy Noonan and the rest today. Only Cramer seemed fair. Harold Ford should just change parties. He is more concerned with pleasing Joe Scarborough types (wolves in sheep's clothing). The President tried too hard to work with the Republicans his first term. He reached out and they rejected everything he offered. Be honest! Republicans and their supporters want to be in full throttle when they are in the WH and want it their way when they are not. There is no winning for Democrates and or Independants. When there is compromise by the President, the masses feel let down. Republicans are never held accountable for anything.
I, like the other viewer want to throw-up when I hear Peggy Noonan...change the station whenever Micheal Steel or Harold Ford do their "dance." They belong on Fox! Please NBC/ MSNBC stop mimicking Fox in negativity. You are giving away the store! While they laugh all the way to the bank.
Cramer and Maria are not worried about the effects of the sequester on the stock market. That's not a surprise. Bernanke is pumping 85b of emoney a month into the financial market illusion and the cuts are 85b a year. That's a big diff! How come the news media cannot tell us the truth about what is driving the financial markets? We always get different excuses (for instance) on gas prices. The main driver here is Bernanke's QE which is the biggest manulator of all.
David seriously you keep having a show based on the Elite Demo and Gop talking past the reality of the American people with 7 dollar min wage and $4 gas. The guests on your show think their gas cost are .001 percent cost on there end of year Income Statement. You keep having the out of touch baby boomers who have made it even though they are dumb as hell. Peggy Noonan how is she even on TV her Supply side theory has been factual proven wrong yet you keep the same old conversation going that got us into this EPIC miss for the young generations. Your Show is possibly the biggest waste of time known to mankind. Get guests that are in reality that know that when you start a company you need customers not tax breaks and less regulations. The same old same old GOP talking points by moron guests that don't have a clue about the new world economy and crap economy that your out of touch guests have left us with. David why don't you just keep asking why Supply side didn't work why was it such and EPIC failure and how can Maria be worried about defense REALLY REALLY Maria we spend more than the top 13 other countries in the world. Only an out of touch moron in the bag of the rich could make a statement like that when she doesn't even know how much it takes to fill up her car with $4 gas. David your show is a direct result of way the USA is becoming a third world country ignorant baby boomers that made it when a monkey could have off of government debt. They never created anything. David rename your show the dying out of touch Supper Club crowd that will soon be gone and then the rest of us will have to dig out of the biggest hole ever left to many generations. NBC NotBecomingCommonSense NBC Harold Ford is also out of touch with the middle class on the poor, oh yeah it could have only been worse if you would have had Marco Rubio the $800,000 house middle class young brain washed GOP'er hahahahahahahahahahaha he actually went on TV saying he is middle class and he is a young kid with an already $800,000 home. David you live in a bouble of EPIC out of touch. Oh yeah why do you bring on John McCain too an unstable Millionaire. I wouldn't walk across the street to talk to such a moronic man.
In a country based on religious freedom I don't understand why we follow the activities of the Catholic church so closely on national news. This is a denomination that is the least represented by the world's population. It promotes condoning child sexual abuse - why does national news report on its activities as if they support their views? I am tired of watching the news and hearing about the Catholic church.