arguing past eemp other on cable shows. the constant fund raising. looking over your shoulder to how the base will react to every decision. imagine if we broke out of these tired old patterns. imagine if we did something different. machine

wind at his back tonight. i think that jonathan had it right. there was a tone that was more optimistic than we've seen. this is "hardball." >> everyone in this congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage i say this. if you truly believe you can work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a

the upbeat themes he gave this boston back in 2004. the speech i said here is our first african-american president. let's look at that. >> just over a decade ago, i gave a speech in boston where i said there wasn't a liberal america or conservative america,

oh, what a relief it is. >>> tonight, after a breakthrough year for america, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. >> well welcome back to

president made his case for middle class economics and outlined a proposed new tax plan that would shift more of the burden to the rich. >> let's close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top 1% to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. we can use more money to help families pay for child care and send their kids to college.

burden to the rich. >> let's close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top 1% to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. we can use more money to help families pay for child care and send their kids to college. we need a tax code that helps working americans trying to get a leg up in the new economy.

same work as a man. it's 2015. it's time.

it's been a wild couple of hours for the opposition party as they took to spoil the president's hot hand. they tried. this is hardball, a place for politics. machine . >> if we're going to have arguments let's have arguments, but let's make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

better am. >>> this congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is getting paid for the

said there wasn't a liberal america or conservative america, black america or white america, but a united states of america. over the past six years the pundits have pointed out more than once that my presidency hasn't delivered on this vision. how ironic they say that our politics seems more divided than

>> america, for all that we have endures endures endured, for all the grit and hard work required to come back for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this the shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. >> all night tonight you saw that difference with the vice president jumping up like a jumping jack every time the

calling for a renewed effort to combat climate change. the soars speech in 2004 that moved many of us who watched him. >> i want them to grow up in a country that shows the world what we still know to be true.

the soars speech in 2004 that moved many of us who watched him. >> i want them to grow up in a country that shows the world what we still know to be true. we are still more than a collection of red states and blue states. that we are the united states of america. >> what will be one of the most

toadstool not sitting there at all. that was way of keep track of what the partisanship was beginning on there. the president said the country has come back trfrom the brink. >> we were told our goals were misguided or too ambitious. we would crush jobs and explode

[jerry bell iii] deep couch sitting! . >>> when we make rash decisions and the first response is to send in our military we neglect the broader strategy we need for a safer more prosperous role. that's what our enemies want us to do. i believe in smarter kind of american leadership.

minimum wage i say this. if you truly believe you can work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year try it. if not, vote to give millions of the hardest working people in america a raise. machine ♪ [audible safety beeping]

of my own flaws of which there are many but also as proof that the vision itself is misguided, naive. there's too many people in this town who benefit from partisan partisanship and gridlock for us to ever do anything about it.

we would crush jobs and explode deficits. instead we've seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by two-thirds, a stock market that has doubled and health care inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years. >> maybe not on the level of the new deal was the phrase, the president made his case for

heels of tonight's address he's launching a social media blitz on you tube. you're watching "hardball." >> i served this congress with many of you. i know many of you well. there are a lot of good people here on both sides of the aisle. many of you have told me that

there's too many people in this town who benefit from partisan partisanship and gridlock for us to ever do anything about it. i know how tempting such cynicism may be. i still think the cynics are wrong. i still believe that we're one

the president said the country has come back trfrom the brink. >> we were told our goals were misguided or too ambitious. we would crush jobs and explode deficits. instead we've seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by two-thirds, a stock market that has doubled and health care inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years. >> maybe not on the level of the

hasn't delivered on this vision. how ironic they say that our politics seems more divided than ever. it's held up as proof not just of my own flaws of which there are many but also as proof that the vision itself is misguided,

many of you. i know many of you well. there are a lot of good people on both sides of the aisle. many of you have told me that this isn't what you sign second-degreeed up for arguing past each other on cable shows, the constant fund