Jay Carney: “He is, when you have two four-star generals, highly respected, who served under you say so, I think that's…”

The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law. And that's his focus right now.

it's unacceptable to demand a ransom from the American people in return for not defaulting, it's not going to change.

It sounds like the Goldilocks AUMF, right, authorization for the use of military force, which means it basically pleases almost no one.

Members of Congress are sent to Washington to listen to their constituents. They have to listen to them and pass this jobs act now.