you heard robert gibbs try to make this distinction now. this race now that's sort of emerged between these two surprise front-runners on the republican side, rick perry, of course, the governor of texas, and michele bachmann, the very conservative member of congress from minnesota. the hope from democratic strategists is that they will move so far to the right -- we haven't even talked about mitt romney here -- he's sort of taken a back seat lately -- they will move so far to the right that they're going to make themselves largely ineligible among independent voters who will decide the election next year. if it's a referendum on the president's economic policies, it's not looking very good, but when you're talking about rick perry, who has really taken on the political world like gang busters over the course of the last week since he announced his candidacy on the heals of that ames, iowa, straw poll that was won by bachmann -- the white house, robert gibbs, close political adviser to the president in his campaign effort, had this to say a

. >>> new this morning, robert gibbs, who is now an adviser on the president's re-election campaign, was taking some shots at 2012 hopefuls. the former white house press secretary spoke with savannah guthrie while she was hosting "meet the press." >> when it comes to somebody like governor rick perry, they're going to wonder why a place like texas has one of the worst education systems, they're going to wonder why, quite frankly, they're 47th in wages, just like they're going to wonder why mitt romney, when he was governor of massachusetts, was 47th in job creation. >> you can watch the full "meet the press" interview today at 2:00 right here on msnbc, but now i'm joined by ron christie, republican strategist and former special assistant to president george w. bush, as well as krystal ball, democratic strategist and former candidate for u.s. congress. guys, good to have you back. >> thank you. >> krystal, i'll start with you. we're seeing a preview of what's to come for president obama's re-election. are those going to be the talking points we'll hear, instead of praising what presid

former white house press secretary pb now an adviser for the obama re-election campaign, robert gibbs. >>> plus -- >> i think the greatest threat to your country right now is this president who's trying to spin our way out of this disaster. >> why are so many republicans still searching? what's the gop plan for jobs? we'll talk to a man who considered getting into the race, indiana's governor and former budget director to president george w. bush, mitch daniels. >>> then, wall street's wild swings. the world economy once again on the brink. what's on the horizon? can the president win re-election in this economy? our roundtable weighs in. former democratic congressman from tennessee harold ford jr. columnist for the "wall street journal," peggy noon. e.j. dionne. and host of cnbc's "closing bell," maria bartiromo. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the president is on day three of his ten-day vacation in martha's vineyard spending time with family and friends, hitting the links and doing some book shopping. aides say the president is being kept up to date

his re-election efforts, a familiar face to many from his days as white house press secretary, robert gibbs, now a key adviser to the president's campaign. robert, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me. >> let's start with a number i'm sure you're familiar with. the president's job approval rating on the economy. gallup has it as 26%. this is the lowest nmber of the president's entire term. my question to you is simple. how can he win re-election with a number like that? >> we've got to do a few things, savannah. first and foremost, the president's not worried about his job. he's worried about creating jobs for millions of americans who've been out of work for six months or two years or lonr. that's what his focus is. that's what it has been for each day of the last 2 1/2 years. and i think the president hopes that when congres gets back into town, that they'll act on some initiatives that we all know make sense and can pefully help businesses hire more people again. in terms of politics, look, i ink we're going to have a very robust campaign. and we're going to have a c

robert gibbs. robert, good to see you. >> mr. geist, how are you? >> doing well.u and nicole go at it about the celebrity ad the mccain campaign put out. how dare you. old home week here, robert. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> you've got that glow that former presidents amend staffers have. >> i have a lot less daily stress in my life, that's for sure. >> reversing the grays, it looks great. >> you're about to get more stress. it looks like the campaign is picking up here. 9% unemployment. 73% of americans think the country is on the wrong track. the president's approval rating, 40%. what's the case to be re-elected as he goes out on the road. >> look, i think the case -- you saw it with i think what you see with rick perry and mitchell bachmann and mitt romney now. you're going to have a choice between going forward or going back to a lot of the problems that got us in to this mess. i think if you think we're a tax cut for millionaires and billionaires away from a great economy, you have three perfect candidates to pick from. and michelle bachmann, mitt romn

this morning president obama's former press secretary robert gibbs pointed the finger right at republicanse the -- >> at some point you get to ask yourself, are they not dealing with these things, because quite frankly they just don't want to see this economy get better, because they want to see an election that might turn out better for them? >> mike at, is he right? >> i think so. i think somebody finally has the courage to say so, somebody in the obama camp steps forward and articulates a truth that many of us have believed for a long time, the republicans are willing to do anything, especially the far right wing, to make us lose our aaa rating, to talk about a reduction in spending, and to raise the debt reverend al, of really sticking it to poor people, working class people and the working poor. so i think that if the economy isn't doing well, then president obama's chances of reelection in their minds won't be as strong, and as a result of that, they have proved they're willing to take this economy and country hostage to their narrow parochial and bitter beliefs. >> ron, there are so

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former white house press secretary pb now an adviser for the obama re-election campaign, robert gibbsat to your country right now is this president who's trying to spin our way out of this disaster. >> why are so many republicans still searching? what's the gop plan for jobs? we'll talk to a man who considered getting into the race, indiana's governor and former budget director to president george w. bush, mitch daniels. >>> then, wall street's wild swings. the world economy once again on the brink. what's on the horizon? can the president win re-election in this economy? our roundtable weighs in. former democratic congressman from tennessee harold ford jr. columnist for the "wall street journal," peggy noon. e.j. dionne. and host of cnbc's "closing bell," maria bartiromo. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning.

. >> mark, matt lauer asked robert gibbs why it has taken so long for the president to come out with an aggressive jobs plans. here's gibbs' response. take a listen. >> there are things quite frankly, matt, that the president has talked about on a number of occasions that we can't seem to get the republican house of representatives to deal with. i think what the american people want is for people to put aside party labeled and instead work together for the united states. >> how much of this is a perception problem for the president? that all of this is too little too late? >> there is a perception problem going on with the president of the united states, people are saying, where is the leadership? where are all the economic plans. he did say yesterday while in iowa, he's going to have a detailed economic plan that will address the economic and also the debt and deficits in september, but people will end up wondering why didn't it come sooner? the white house will end up responding that it was so taxing they had to get that done first. >> mark murray, thanks, appreciate that. >>> pres

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. >> let's take a look at what bob, robert gibbs, the president's press secretary said about him on "morning joe" today. let's listen. >> just two years ago the governor of texas openly talked about leading texas out of the united states of america, and now he's this, this campaign caused him to profess his love for the united states. i think it's a remarkable turnaround and i think any day now rick perry will probably ask to see the president's birth certificate. >> yeah. i think there is something there, and i mean that, wayne. i know you're an objective reporter, but i smell birtherism about this guy. his attack on obama isn't just policy. it's about the nature of the person who's president. it seems to me. your thoughts? >> yeah. i was struck at the response through the christian prayer rally. i was there for seven hours, watching that extraordinary event, and one of the things that perry said was, there is a dark cloud over america. dark in the skies and he presented himself as like this bright light for the future. there's something kind of odd, really, a dog whistle i guess is

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unintended bipartisan, president obama's former press secretary, robert gibbs, joined the perry pile-on. never too early. >> when it comes to somebody like rick perry, they're going to wonder why a place like texas has one of the worst education systems. they're going towonder why a guy who doesn't like the government, the largest employer in texas is ft. hood, an army base. $25 billion from the economic recovery act went to texas and helped rick perry balance his budget. they're going to wonder why, quite frankly, they're 47th in wages. >> whatever else rick perry has done in this first week as a candidate, he has shaken things up. thanks for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. up next for our viewers in the u.s., "fareed zakaria: gps." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is gps, the global public square. >>> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. first up, a tour of the world and the united states with a terrific panel. we'll tackle the euro crisis, britain,

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among her guest, robert gibbs and she'll speak with indiana governor mitch daniels and check your local listings for time where you are. >>> moving on to weather where the cleanup continues in wisconsin. the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down in the northern part of the state on friday. one man died in the storm, making it the 57th killer tornado so far this year across the states. rain was the story yesterday in illinois. a heavy shower sent thousands of people looking for shelter at the chicago air and water show. >>> portland oregon finally getting summer heat. temps rising above 90 degrees saturday for the first time there in 2011. so what is sunday going to look like around the country for us. the weather channel's alex wallace has the details for us been hi, alex. >> how's it going, thomas? tracking it farther east. we'll watch a line of showers and storms moving from the eastern great lakes toward some of the east coast cities. so as we head into the afternoon storms impacting new york city, d.c., philadelphia and boston as well. this is around 11:00 and sti

steve mcman let me show you what robert gibbs said with matt lauer on "today" about the way perry hasng the last couple of days. >> just two years ago the governor of texas openly talked about leading texas out of the united states of america and now he's this campaign has caused him to profess his love for the united states. it's a remarkable turn around. i think any day perry will ask to see the president's birth certificate. >> i should point out that it's just proof that gibbs has got his talking points down. he said the same thing on "today", but that was from "morning joe." steve, what about the rick perry launch and the spark that he is bringing to the campaign? >> if i were michele bachmann i'd be real worried right now. there's always been a competition among the right to see who's going to be the sort of finalist against mitt romney for the nomination. mitt romney still is favored. i think mitt romney is a more formidable general election candidate. the republicans tend to do with the establishment candidate. rick perry is interesting. he gets in the race and he immediately

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we talked to robert gibbs yesterday, they are still fighting. on somebody else. they have not yet entered the responsibility era of the obama presidency. whether it's a plagsholder or latest straw man, this is what they do. in their defense, this has worked out for them thus far. i think he may be entering a point though where the american people would respect him more for saying, you know, we were distracted. maybe health care wasn't the right thing to focus on. and i think that what happens when your approval numbers slip down in the low 40s. you've lost credibility with the people that no longer approve of your performance as president. i remember this with george w. bush when public support for the iraq war slipped into very, very unhealthy numbers for him. he gave a series of three speeches where he admitted all of the mistakes on the diplomatic front and all of the mistakes on the military execution and all of the mistakes in the rebuilding of the country. and it didn't win back people, people like you, but it did win back people in the mi

host: robert gibbs was on one of the morning shows. he said that republicans must decide whether they are going to swear allegiance to the tea party or work with democrats to create jobs. that is the next to a democratic jamar from dallas, texas. -- caller: i to say everybody pays taxes at work. the me give you an example. people say nobody -- i only make $39,000, from department of defense, and i pay $5,000 worth of taxes and only reason why i get anything back, which is not that much, if i can do my home deduction. they make interest of all our money that we pay in. i don't have any kids to be dumped, but a lot of people say you don't pay taxes -- you do make -- pay taxes and the federal government makes money. i advise people who say no taxes -- ok, like i said, when floods have been, things happen, they want to shut the government down and don't want any taxes. so, don't pay anything and just wallow in your field or what ever happens, storms, whatever, just let it go. you have to have money to do things for people. and i have never

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here is former white house secretary robert gibbs talking about the payroll tax cuts. >> republicans in congress have said, it's a sugar high. thousand dollars for 150 million families, if we're not positive going to extend that tax cut, if, if we're not going to extend that tax cut, reason for politics? >> reporter: job plan is expected to include tax cuts but also plenty of spending with an infrastructure that will help with the long term unemployed and have a separate plan to cut the deficit. congressional republicans say it will take more than that to get the country back on track. >> the difference between president and ours, we believe business creates jobs. overseas trillion dollars, sitting over there, let's cut the corporate tax rate and bring them back. corporations are sitting on a trillion and a half and they are not investing. give them a climate where they can. >> the big question, can the president's plan pass? it will be touch to get anything through the republican held house but a loss could give democrats to hammer republicans with in the 2012 elections. >> thank yo

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turns out robert gibbs on "good morning america" continues to build on that narrative.esident talked about on a number of occasions that we just can't seem to get the republican house of representatives to deal with. at some point you get to ask yourself, are they not dealing with these things because quite frankly, they just don't want to see this economy get better because they want to see an election that might turn out better for them? i think what the american people want is for people to put aside their party labels and instead, work together for the united states. >> clayton: we'll see what's resonating now on the campaign trail because now after the big ames, iowa straw poll, now we seem to have a republican field that's starting to take shape. >> brian: i can't believe that if you don't agree with the proposal that the president puts forward, and it's great to talk about it now because he hasn't put it forward, if you don't agree it, then you're fighting against the country. maybe they don't agree that his principles and economic teams' track record is strong e

. >> robert gibbs somewhere is going man, i got out of there just in time. >> whew!i glad i'm not a part of that anymore? >> how unusual to see that kind of questioning. >> here's the real secret and governor huckabee reminds us of this all the time. there's very little they can do to create jobs. they can foster an environment that businesses can create jobs. charles krauthammer pounding this home on "special report" saying dirty little secret is the president is out of options. he's tried things. he's out of options. >> the key there, though, is the fact that the president had a gigantic stimulus, remember about a year ago, close to a trillion dollars. and it was the wrong thing to do. he farmed it out to congress, he said ok, i'm going to get a stimulus. nancy pelosi, harry reid, what should we do with the money? and it became a pork project and a whole bunch of jobs wound up costing $200,000 a copy and now fast forward to today and we are in a pickle. >> he would do the same thing. if the house was not controlled by the republicans right now, he would already hav

why wouldn't they be doing exactly what robert gibbs is saying? somebody would make a comment like that. republicans are also americans. republicans live in this economy. and the idea that you have to demonize people on the other side is one of the real problems. that's why we formed no labels, to get rid of comments like that. >> brian: and what do you think, tamara? >> i couldn't disagree more. respectfully disagree. the republicans campaigned for their majority of congress based on jobs, and the economy. we have not seen the economy grow. we have not seen jobs grow. and it's both sides, enough of the blame game from gibbs and the administration and enough of the blame game from the republicans. the american people want to see jobs, regardless of their political affiliation. >> brian: but the blame game is continuing on the stump. the president saying, i'm with you, the people. i can't get the congress and republicans to come along with my policy. >> he is widening that policy gap. he is doing nothing to close the gap. with that type of rhetoric