hellen says, "no raising the minimum wage, it's not meant to be a living wage, but an entry wage." >>s, "next they want to give pay raises to the employees because it hurts the feelings of the less productive." joining us now, the a-team, extraordinarily productive and achieving pulitzer prize winner, judy miller, former clinton adviser, democratic consultant as well, doug shone. great to talk with dennis, a fire breathing liberal, and amazing how many of the economic views are rational and pragmatic. the idea of a minimum wage, what took this president in that direction? >> well, i think we were talking the other night, lou, about the president's desire to do something basic about the economy, and this is about as basic as it can get. this is a country in which the middle class has been losing ground over time. middle class income has been falling. i think it was a natural for him and surprised he didn't think of it earlier. lou: by, golly, are you as excited, doug? >> i'm not. i think it's class based politics, one of the issues that tests out about 75% in the polls. it's popular, b