host: peter edelman?st: i endorse the agenda and the idea that our democrats, and i am one of them, ought to be a lot clearer about where they want to take this country, where we want to take this country. i would certainly start by very much endorsing in getting the wealthiest people here to pay their fair share of running this society. the president is absolutely right in emphasizing that. it is a moral issue. they can afford it. there was a piece this morning in "the washington post" about the widening of the super-rich. -- whining of the rich. we need these resources to balance the budget and we do need to bring this silly balance. right now, we should have a much bolder program to deal with the continuing recession. i am all in favor of president obama's jobs bill, but we need to be doing a lot more. guest: and which did not think the tax the millionaires was some kind of political detour. if we spend 25% of the time talking about making a more competitive work force as we do on this "tax the million