I give credit to the president tonight for saying I am going to put forward a plan on the deficit. We've been waiting for that. Good for him. He's going to put it forward.

One has a sense that the campaign really officially launched this weekend. We moved off spring training and we have now gotten the official campaign with the Ames poll and now the president coming out and answering his critics, slamming…

I think a growing number of people think he ought to get off the campaign trail, pull people together and see if he can't get some answer, a bipartisan answer, on jobs.

there is a growing sense that there is no one in charge that normally in a crisis there is someone who steps forward, usually the President who steps forward and you have a sense of somebody's got their hands on the wheel, knows where…

I think a lot of growing number of people think he ought to get off the campaign trail, pull people together, and see if he can't get some answer, a bipartisan answer, on jobs.

There's a growing sense that there's no one in charge. Normally in a crisis there's someone who steps forward, usually the president, who steps forward and you have a sense that someone has their hands on the wheel and knows where we're…

Senator Murray, are very political. That she -- that not only will she be out there raising money, but her number one job is to protect Democrats who are up for reelection.

The Democrats generally are very supportive of Senator Reid's choices. They think they're good experienced legislators who have been willing to be bipartisan in the past.

Republicans are saying, A, we think these people are too way too political and, B, we're going to put some people in there who will not raise revenues.

But I must say, the Democrats generally are very supportive of Senator Reid's choices.

President Obama did his best today to reassure the markets, but it is clear now that words alone are not enough.