And, again, I think yesterday provides an opportunity to reflect.
We had -- we instituted those tax cuts at a time -- I was asked -- I think I was asked yesterday -- I think it was yesterday or Monday -- about unemployment benefits.
But again, I think as I told Chip yesterday, I think if a pollster calls you, and you have been laid off and your wife has been laid off, and you're having trouble finding money to pay for college, your neighbor has been foreclosed on, I don't think it's surprising if they ask you about the Recovery Act that you're a little sour on it.
They discussed this yesterday, and I think we discussed this some yesterday, too.
And you saw I think from him yesterday how seriously he plans to address this.
And he expressed that I think quite clearly yesterday at the press conference.
And we hope that the Speaker would consider taking up that proposal, because just -- I think it was yesterday or the day before -- the Speaker talked about how he believes we could and should reform the tax code.
But I think the response to yesterday's news about aid will be surprise again.
We have -- and you heard I think Bill Burns say yesterday that we have unprecedented cooperation with the Indian military.
But I would also note that Ambassador Rice made the point, I think, on Fox yesterday that we have not seen anything to be of great concern with regards to al Qaeda.
And in preparation for the possibility of this a few days ago, obviously equipment was taken off of the Enterprise, which I think Thad Allen said yesterday would delay the next step in the containment, which is a helix device that will increase our capability off of the second line coming up from -- in addition to the top hat.
But this is a priority, as I think he made very clear yesterday, and there will be more to come.
Again, as I said yesterday, I think you have different countries in the region at different stages of political development.
Unintelligible Woman: Well, I think everyone is surprised about yesterday's primary results.
The point I made yesterday, which I think bears repeating, is that Virginia is 10 minutes away from the Oval Office.
Again I think, as the President said yesterday, that's what -- if you read the statements from everybody involved, that's what we agree on.
But I think the elephant in the room for the Republican Party is the war, and I think for Senator Domenici coming out yesterday, that's going to have a profound impact.
But, again, I think many people were surprised at yesterday.
And while you did point out that there were some cold water poured on this idea by some folks, overwhelmingly, the reaction I think was notably positive in Congress yesterday -- in the Senate.
And at the point -- I think Mr. Brennan described this yesterday at the briefing or perhaps on television or maybe in both places -- that at that point the folks in the Situation Room were observers and listeners to an operation that obviously had been carefully thought out, meticulously prepared for.
Because, again -- I will say this, Jennifer, I don't think, and I think it would be inaccurate to just boil the results of yesterday down to one issue.
His speech yesterday showed that and I think he's going to get stronger.
The tax agreement I think obviously passed an important procedural hurdle yesterday and hopefully will be agreed on by the Senate today.
"All I can say is that I don't think that what happened yesterday is helpful to the American people, " McCain, R-Arizona, said on the Senate floor Thursday.
Secondly, I think as the President talked about even yesterday, we have an ability through incentivizing a clean energy economy to create the type of demand that's necessary to create more and more clean energy jobs.
But I will say this, as I started out by saying, I think that regardless of what he said yesterday, the true test is not in the words that someone speaks but in the actions that a country takes.
And at a business event on Thursday afternoon, which had had to be relocated because of the weather, Mr Brown joked that "hand on heart, yesterday I didn't think I would be here today" before adding after a pause "we were due to launch this in Southampton".
And I think there was some unfortunate reporting on this yesterday, or at least some unfortunate headlines.
And I think you heard him reiterate his commitment again yesterday when he stood here with Vice President Biden.
Ed, I said yesterday that -- and I think your network has likely covered the historical connection between the two.
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