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harry truman here. the blame game seems not to be having an impact so far. >> i'm not just saying this because he's my friend and on nbc, but i do think chuck todd and his question to the president got right to the heart of it. that was the central piece of it, he essentially asked, do you have the political juice to get this thing through congress? and really what he was asking about is the senate. because we know democrats control the senate but there's lots of mod ral conservative democrats, ben nelson, john tester, bill nelson in florida, claire mccaskill, worried about how this bill gets funded. this is a real test for the president. can he find a way to get something that resembles the americans jobs act through the senate to put the pressure on house republicans? and lot of his rhetoric was aimed at republicans, he mentioned mitch mcconnell and house republicans but he's got to get it through his own party and through the democratic controlled senate first before he can turn it and say the ball is his court. >> has the meeting with the democrats later this evening. the president is making his case about the jobs bill and john boehner, blaming the presiden