in a piece titled housing is the core of the recovery,: and joining me now is robert ryshe, the former labor secretary, now professor at uc berkeley and author of "aftershock." >> good evening, keith. >> to your piece on the housing market in just a moment. but first of all, the clips we heard from the president today. is there a reason to your knowledge that he doesn't speak with this type of energy anymore? >> the winds are at his back right now. the economy does seem to be moving in the right direction. it may not be moving as strongly as it ought to be and his opponents are all going after a smaller and smaller minority of extreme right wingers, and dents are swinging over to the president. the president's poll numbers look better and better and he is charged up and it is kind of a self fulfilling prophesy. >> and here you come with your note that the stock market is up, and yet the housing market is still this rotting core. >> i don't want to rain on anybody's parade. i want to be as optimistic as everybody can and should be. but there is one major chink in this armor, and that is

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