bill burton is former deputy white house press secretary. >> good to see you. >> 2:1 americans say thery is seriously on the wrong track, when you look at all of these numbers. what does the white house do with them? >> well i don't think there's a lot of surprises in this poll. the white house didn't need a poll to tell them americans think the economy is in tough shape that americans think the country is moving in the wrong direction. but i will say that the president has created 2 million jobs in this recovery, the economy is moving on the right track but these are hard times and the race is about the future. >> those have been the white house talking points and this is a guy who is quite the communicator. he energized people when he was running for president, made them feel hope, he made them believe change was possible, when you look at the numbers, you've got to say, bill, don't you, saying these jobs have been created, the auto industry is doing better, we are making progress. that message isn't working. >> that's the context for what it the discussion will be in this election a

. >> reporter: bill burton was a deputy press secretary for president obama until earlier this year. he started working for obama when he was a candidate, calling for a greater focus on afghanistan. >> he does things that are politically dangerous, folks feel at the time. but he does it all with as much fact as you can possibly have. so he mitigates that risk with information. >> reporter: but this decision also comes at a time when the president himself is under siege. an abc poll found that 73% of americans want a substantial withdrawal of troops from afghanistan this summer. weighing on the president had to be the enormous financial cost of the war, at a time when the nation's economic recovery continues to stall, if not falter. >> america, it is time to focus on nation-building here at home. >> reporter: but even in spite of the economic woes at home, those fighting the war, including obama's top general, think he may be wrong and wanted a slower drawdown. >> i know that general petraeus thought withdrawing them so quickly was higher risk than leaving them in there longer. yet pr

let me bring in bill burton. president in not this budget but in the outline, the april outline sets all kind of targets. he talks about cutting a half trillion dollars from medicare and medicaid through unspecified inefficiencies. he talks about reforming the tax code, but again, not specific. ooze we point out -- as we point out, the senate democrats haven't written a budget this year is that showing leadership when a country faces a national debt crisis? >> for starters, it looks like there will be a senate budget introduced coming soon. >> chris: late in the process. it's june. the government hasn't stopped working. what are we going to do about jobs? what is the government going to do to get jobs going? the president has created jobs. the economy is growing, not contracting. if you look down the road, what the president wants to do is get trade deals passed to create jobs. there are a series of measures that had they passed, had republicans allowed them to go forward, be it the small business bill, be it une

kevin madden joins us and bill burton as well.inting a rough road ahead for newt gingrich. can he salvage this campaign? >> i think it's going to be a difference between whether he's going to be a factor in the campaign and whether he's going to win. i think it is very, very hard for him right now. it's going to be a very long back to winning the nomination. but newt gingrich is somebody who has never really relied much on staff. he's relied on newt gingrich. he's relied on ideas and he's always tried to force a debate about the world view that we're going to have in politics and policy. so i think that -- i wouldn't count him out. i think there's going to be a chance where he can get his campaign back on track to the point where he will be a factor in the race but in order to win that nomination, he's going to have to have infrastructure and money. and it seems like he's out of both. >> he can't do it alone. though when you look at this, he does like to force debate. do you think this is more of a vanity campaign? >> if you look

. >>> joining me now, bill burton, former press secretary for president obama, and michael gerson, formerriter for george w. bush. welcome. we have been talking about afghanistan all this week. how much sway does afghanistan have a year from november. take a guess, michael? >> i guess some depends on the out come. if this is undermining the strad gee, and afghanistan is a serious problem. it does factor into an impression of weakness for the president, but it may not be that way. the question is whether the level of cuts is going to seriously undermine that strategy or not. >> i do think it's possible looking at the polling that americans if they saw afghanistan imploding after we began to pull out, we go, okay, well, we tried. do you think if something goes wrong on the ground and we're still pulling out that it's a negative for president obama? >> i agree with michael that the out come is very important. two things about the afghan decision that are very important. one was the president set forth a strategy and set forth success in the strategy and was able to keep a promise he made. an

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even former obama spokesman bill burton thinks that bachmann has a shot.ican nominee will be either romney, bachmann, or tim pawlenty. among those three bachmann seems to have the wing nut vote locked up. tim pawlenty is trying to catch up. his economic plan would eliminate the entire federal government and that puts him in psycho talk next. what do you w) can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 and talk to chuck about ttd# 1-800-345-2550 rolling over that old 401k. >>> and in psycho talk tonight 2012 hopeful tim pawlenty says he has a better deal for the american economy. remember this is guite who left minnesota with a $6.2 billion budget deficit at the end of his tenure as governor. he has no credibility in the economy i

even former obama spokesman bill burton thinks that bachmann has a shot.ys the republican nominee will be either romney, bachmann, or tim pawlenty. among those three bachmann seems to have the wing nut vote locked up. tim pawlenty is trying to catch up. his economic plan would eliminate the entire federal government and that puts him in psycho talk next. what do you got? restrained driver... sir, can you hear me? just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. >>> and in psycho talk tonight 2012 hopeful tim pawlenty says he has a better deal for the american economy. remember this is guite who left minnesota with a $6.2 billion budget deficit at the end of his tenure as governor. he has no credibility in the economy in my opinion. he took a crack at it today in chicago. he wants to slash taxes by $7.8 trillion over the next ten years. that's three times the cost of the bush tax cuts. pawlenty has a plan to make up for the lost

karl rove has a group, bill burton who used to work in the white house has i democrat leaning group that raise all this mon and inject it into the political process before elections. stephen colbert wants to do this because he wants to call attention to the fact there's so much money in politics. so instead of following the money, kyra, i guess we have to follow the funny with stephen colbert. >> i would love to see you on his show. you would grill him for sure. you'd get to the bottom of this. >> yes, i would. >> thanks, jim. >>> next hour we'll have your political updates. you can also go online to our web site cnn politics domg. that's 24/7. that does it for us. we'll be back here tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. eastern. suzanne malveaux takes it from here. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed for thursday, june 30th. >>> casey anthony's defense team could wrap up today, potentially putting this explosive case in the jury's hands this weekend or early next week. now, the young florida woman is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. today a

but this new ad is from a group run by his former spokesman, bill burton. >> we decided it was important to respond to the fact that karl rove was running $20 million in negative attack ads some 17 months out from the election. >> reporter: one of the front-runners in iowa, minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann, got some good news from a gallup poll, indicating that among republican, george, she has very high name recognition. 69%. and very positive voter intensity. when voters like her, they like her a lot. >> signs she's doing better in new hampshire. big crowd for michele bachmann in south carolina last night. but, jake, we also learned the president will hold ththis pres conference later this morning. he's going to be back on the economy and really focusing in on these increasingly tense debt limit negotiations. >> reporter: that's right. one of the messages that he will be conveying to the american people in this press conference is what he has been doing to reduce the debt since last august. what the efforts have been, george. >> okay, jake. thanks very much. i'll be anchoring l

bill burton created his own superpac. president obama has railed against superpacs. if president obama believes that they're bad for america that as he has stated, white does he not pick up the phone and call bill and say, do not do it? but of course, he will not. because once again, he desperately wants to retain power. many people ask me how we can -- conservatives can defeat president obama next year. it is a simple answer. when barack obama came into office, he had no record. he was elected on the ideas of hope and change. unfortunately, the american people felt for what barack obama was telling them. politico broke a story on how one-third of his [unintelligible] had joined the administration. 80%, those that raised over $500,000 for his election to a key administrative posts. i guess that is the chicago way. obama's change we can believe in has become obama's business as usual. to defeat barack obama, we must talk about his record. thankfully, with the help of the conservative movement. america understands what he meant when he wanted to change america. when he

burton: i commend the appropriations committee chairman chairman rogers and chairman kingston for crafting a bill that's $0.401 billion less than the president's fiscal year 2012 budget request. and $2.67 billion or 13.4% less than the fiscal year 2011 enacted level. however, i believe the financial catastrophe facing our nation requires us to do even more so i hope my colleagues will realize this and do what's necessary to get our fiscal house in order. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. farr: how much time do i have remaining? the chair: the gentleman has 2 1/2 minutes remaining and the gentleman from georgia has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. farr: madam chair, we've heard a lot today, a lo -- we've heard a lot about spending because that's what this bill is, an appropriations bill. but to talk about spending is wrong because it's not putting in the priorities of what's really important. our service to the people of this country. we don't need to be here to protect the rich and protect multinational corporations. we need to be here to protect the rights of peop