audience to robert gibbs. why has the obama administration that focused on president clinton's example? >> i think there is no doubt in broad agreement that we have a serious debt crisis and a serious deficit crisis. but i want to build off something larry said that. if all we are going to do is cut -- about three-quarters, correct me if i'm wrong, about threquarters of our economy is driven by consumer spending. it is not a surprise right now and a world of anxiety that there is not a lot of consumer spending. howou're only a theory on to get the economy back in order is to undertake massive cuts, i think you are exactly right, and you see what happens in britain. their growth is a fraction of the growth that was announced just a day or so ago. you want to take some of my time? >> yes, go ahead. >> this is what i do. i am an accountant. i advised president clinton to cut the deficit fast. i advisedresident obama the country needed stimulus. the world is different. when bill clintoname president, we had intere

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome robert gibbs. [applause] >> karl rove became known as the, a tell o george w. george s 2000 and 2004 campaigns. he was president of car rove and company, public affairs firm that worked for'mage counties, nonpartisan projects. his clients including more than 75 u.s. senate, congressional, and gubernatorial candidates in 24 states as well as the moderate party of sweden. from that consulting role, rove's winning political strategies earned him great respect. he was describe at the greatest political mind of his generation and probably of any enation, respected author and columnist wrote in u.s. news and world report, quote, no presidential appointee has ever had such a strong influence on politics and policy, and none is likely to do so again anytime soon. rove now puts the skills to use as a fox news contributor, also the author of animes names best seller, "courage and consequence" my life as conservative in the fight. he also writes a weekly op-ed for the wall street journal and was written for n

robert gibbs has a great story about this, how it went down. great thing was there was a holiday party going on over on the other, in the east wing for the press. and president obama was like okay, i'm leaving here with this and going to the party with mrs. obama. there is nothing president clinton likes more than campaigning. >> bob: but clinton is the only democrat since frank live roosevelt who re-elected to the second term. >> brian: and impeached. >> bob: but listen, he would end his re-election in '96 in the kind of shape that obama was in. beat up and low in the polls. he understands this. and he understands two groups that obama does not happen. is white male, blue collar workers and independent voters. bill clinton, there is nobody better to go america than campaign strategy. the best strategist in the country. >> andrea: maybe he will tell obama to listen to newt gingrich. didn't clinton do that? >> brian: he could be back in. not to trump you, i don't think he beat you to the punch but clinton said look out for newt gingrich. he said

ladies and gentleman, please welcome robert gibbs.pplause] karl rove as precedent of karl rove and -- karl rove and company. his clients include more than 75 u.s. senate, congressional, and gubernatorial candidates in 24 states as well as the moderate part of sweden. from the consulting role, he rose as deputy ief of staff and senior adviser to president bush. his winning political strategies urged him a great respect. the executive editor of the weekly standard described him as "the greatest political mind of his generation and probably any generation." michael barone wrote "and no presidential appointee has ever had such a strong inflnce on politics and policy and none is likely to do so again anytime soon." he now puts these skills to use as a fox news contributor. he is author of a new york times bestseller, "courage and confidence." he writes a weekly column for the washington journal and has written for a myriad of of other publications including newsweek, time, the weekly standard, financial times, and force. he teaches undergr

first to robert gibbs. mike h. from chesapeake rights president and helped usher in economic prosperity by balancing the budget. h why has the obama administration not focused on his example? >> look. there is no doubt. broad agreement that we haveagre come as you heard, and mary and others, as serious debt crisis. if all we're going to do is cut- three-quarters, correct me ifqur i'm wrong, three-quarters of our economy is directed by says ecoy by umer spending. not a surprise are now in a world the anxiety that there isf not a lot of consumer spending.o undertaking massive cuts.xactly inactly right in the see what happened in britain. g a fraction of what the group wac announced as a part of our gdp today are so ago.you want >> you want to take some?>> >> yes. >> this is what i do. what i'm an economist. deficsed to cut the deficit fast. the country needed stimulus.l c when bliill clinton became president we had interest rates there were seven and a half. 7.. we have factories that were full and businesses say the

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issue and talked about the fact we needed to look at a v.m.t., he got publicly slapped down by robert gibbs, the press secretary at the white house. and he's a very resilient fellow, and he got right back up and kept on trucking, but he didn't say that again. so that whole dynamic has got to fundamentally shift after this next election. i'd be on a beach somewhere enjoying life if i was smart enough to know who shift it, but i know that it's got to shift or elsewhere we are today is minor. so, to get to your question about how we explain the fact you've still got to have very ample federal resources is several miles down that road, our problem today is a crisis that's all but immediate without raising fuel taxes. can't be done. i think we all would agree. you can scotch tape together some stuff for a couple of years, but you can't do it on a sustained basis. so you've got to have that fundamental debate. it's going to take leadership. president ice inhour personally gets credit, and he deserves a lot of credit for the interstate highway system being born and creating the basic mechanism. th

at that time, robert gibbs, the white house spokesman, stated that this bill was -- quote -- "a very important proposal, particularly to ensure that 160,000-plus teachers didn't get fired as a result of bad state budgets. this $26 billion was the second major effort by congress to help states plug their budget holes while claiming that we were saving the jobs of teachers and other government workers. the truth is, these efforts to save state and local public-sector jobs are more simply a bailout of state and local governments that have failed to rein in their own spending. state and local governments become addicted to tax-and-spend big-government policies and federal bailouts have only aided the addiction. rather than making the necessary and difficult budget decisions, these state and local governments come to rely upon the spendthrift behavior of this congress to spend more and plug budget holes. nationally, the debt held by states is approaching $3 trillion and that doesn't even figure in unfunded pension liabilities. some of the states in the worst trouble are massachusetts, rho