Syre on Obama- Deval

" Abdallah and if that becomes a reality Massachusetts drivers would pay the highest gas tax."

" In the country anybody creative check ask -- taxes. I said no. The Big -- politics as usual and yells -- the politics of hope and possibility. So without additional revenue went -- going to be able to do things like. But hopefully this -- People."

" About going to take -- welcome outlets -- 28. Place that's fine. Or should I give you the money here today -- orders directly at your fat. Oh my god look forward mental midget in this state storms or forever and small role model that ultimately. Emerges from congress must be big enough. And bold enough to meet the size of the economic challenges we face right now and we got an intermittent and what are you can okay to federal and I -- to -- Feinberg fairer and is for them."

" It is too bad it. The smarter. People better managers better decision makers right here. In the WRKO studio than in Washington house how do you how do you view now is Steve sire. Well what kind of brain trust can you imagine that is a young that is a very very powerful try put us on the White House."

" Steve and service army also will make all -- I was I would do a press conference just the way Barack Obama did that was very -- you do tedious and a lot of us it was it was just thoughtful as well informed very reasonable and he he he is there's did the difference number Iraqi is the victim of his own the creation of his own expectations in the notion that I'm gonna go to Washington I'm -- clean it out of shame and at least now we now begin to see very very clearly. That theory is incredible ambiguity and given take you know every every decision is has as a union -- to a down there. --"

" Very well have audio okay recovered from the press at this point oh really do you go straight to sleep in sleep all the way through. I was not impressed overall -- not impressed. Makes it explains -- globally not impressed by Barack this is new there goes gigs is doing and doesn't get a piano black girls are stranded this harness."

" You know he's started obviously he's he's a very impressive speaker went where -- speaking from prepared remarks and and that I thought was quite persuasive and in the beginning in but. It's hard answering questions over a period of time and did it is a completely different skill but. -- there's I would say probably ten minutes into that process all I can think of is that. Yet this guy is wandering all over the place when he is answering a question and did what your caller earlier had said. You know they indeed did it sounded like a rope a dope so -- wouldn't have to -- so many questions in the course of an hour and I have to say. That was an idea that it occurred to me until it about our they're committed twenty."

" Young -- while I'm serious dynasties in a moment ago but that's pretty good answers they see as he is a reporter like you when you feel. This is a filibuster I'd be given the swerve here and you gotta train dive for this stuff."

" Well I think. You know I I doubt that was really the case but that was the eleventh I mean it was. I can't believe I'm agreeing with pot but here you go you got there were questions here that you could answer. Directly and very early in 23 more minutes that with the answer went -- for. Twice as long as -- and it wasn't that you were getting more information it was just the -- it it was kind of ramble around the subject and in I founded -- not particularly impressive when your your. You have somebody have been telling you that uses terrible crisis that we're confronting and I didn't feel like. He was conveying the the image of somebody with complete command of of the circumstance you."

" sound like I'm making an excuse far but is it possible that -- with Todd for example. And many of Allison has might be at a at a little bit of a disadvantage because we follow these things more closely than the general public. And he is wandering around to use your friends of the subject. Is designed to expose that American public that just sits there and watches American Idol cast their vote. That look you know this issue in the Middle East on this issue of Afghanistan not Pakistan. Pretty complicated he is he here in the the multitude of fact that -- and I -- this I can't get to the point get to the point. But the rest the American public I hope not elitist they just change the station."

" They want to last well you know one thing that I I I thought occurred to -- it is here's a guy that I think in terms of answering questions. Off the crop for the first time it is is aware of the situation where. Every word right I'd say has repercussions in -- to two people and he seemed extremely. Cautious and careful about choosing the two -- words and and Serbs stopped in mid sentence multiple times. Two to try to find a word or thought that he was trying to express and you know that happened over and over again I'd think you'd see. You know more there are a lot more polish people when it comes to answering questions. In news conferences they can do the same thing and make it sound. More natural and."

" Which we saw during the campaign -- I guess its lack of experience as so he's not did you know the the proper words don't come right up into his brain and are conjured easily on my current contracts."

" I'm not take an -- you know anxious to its. To criticize him for kind of lack of stage craft but. But I think projecting. You know confidence and command and ended in a crisis situation is important and it as a performance I would say it was not."

" Yup Lenny -- thing and Ronald Reagan and how commanding in that. There's this subliminal message that gets communicated in tandem with the a literal one that the words are communicating. Ending in -- he sounds shrill and unsure and like like he's he's trying to fluff off responsibilities. Trying to blame other people -- and read well -- allies at the same time I don't know why we have such a strong parallel. But governor uncertain here in the state -- obviously has certain. Reads a lot like Barack Obama in many ways although I think governor uncertain is a better present here. Except that he's uncertain about everything you need to make a decision and then. Governor uncertain is may be thinking about a 29 cent tax hike and given us the largest gas tax in the country here but he's not sure he wants to do that."

" Well it did did this issue I think if I understand correctly it sort of began yesterday when there was an AP report that had -- gotten its hands. Paperwork it was talking about this 29%. Gallon increase in the gas -- which would give us. The highest skeptics by a wide margin in the country. And then he comes out as well you know that's what the options were looking at we're also looking at the gas tax increase that is what was 5% which it's yeah they have. Five and in 29 you could drive a truck so to speak but. I think that was kind of the process but whether whether it would that was an intentional leak or or or something else I don't know."

" Well otherwise it doesn't look for. I don't. I have so many thoughts on this front and obviously we're gonna talk about with our audience is too big a topic to pass up its juicy from a political talks -- it's also important -- when I it's I would while talked about the declining infrastructure the mess at the MBTA. You know doing you know of the day of reckoning is is much much closer than people think. And at some point. Now he governor to use touch -- governor runs certain I'd rather column Governor Deval Patrick I used to do that is going to have to come to to come to grips with this he's having a clash it seems to me what that. The the state senate to reach Murray has been very emphatic Steve -- The S and a -- transportation system reform first reform before revenue and they get about a 200 page bill bill while the F that it takes on MBTA pensions and everything else some pretty interesting stuff. I'd I don't know how -- the -- let this get out there unless this is a I trial baloney just wants to gauge that the polian of the public's response."

" Well that may be true -- but it does fiscally they're too big issues out there right now what is sort of the general budget issues that has to do with. The bad economy and how its -- and state -- he came out with a whole bunch of different types of tax increases not long ago. And gas taxes that it doesn't increase -- conspicuously absent from. From that list and then as a second issue there is just this general transportation. Yes that's going on that -- to be. Reform that as the Senate president pointed out and -- clearly at me it was my impression in perhaps you have a better idea than on the united but. That he was holding up on the gas tax before because. Gas taxes going to be the part of the cell in terms of reforming. How the state deals with transportation overall we're going to fix this problem. But it has to appoint depicting it. We have this gas tax that we have to deal with and -- you know and then there's all these you know polish is about that endlessly increasing. Polls on the Mass Pike that's who broke up into a lot of stuff but most importantly that escalating. Pay off."

" Stick this could be part of the plan. To make the tolls. The toll hikes look like they're more desirous than people thought you know others have near mutiny going on in the state. Over the ITF 77 dollars holes but compared to an extra thirty cents per gallon that means you're paying 34 box every time you fill up the car. --"

" be be huge number you know -- in the course of the stories about this today in terms of this. This larger issue about what to do about the best -- halls and whether everybody should be paying gas taxes to make up hardened. Stop increases or eliminate the polls altogether. -- this issue in the background -- and that's another idea that frankly I hadn't do that given that much attention to put. It did this idea that somehow the state. It in the future and the future means something like 34 about five years from now. Could track your hard how many miles you drive by putting a ship in Europe. Demonstrations -- yeah. And -- war you know sort of did charge you by how many miles you drive either inside 120 Nader elsewhere it. I mean that's not a whole different approach and has sort of kind of scary."

" It's just it's got the orwellian thing on there."

" Having -- keep track of where I'm driving my car all the time for the purposes of the assessing its."

" While that's great imagery imagine him sitting there this it has just picking a random people on scene where they are in their Google latitude -- now Greg our policy stated."

" Screen in the dark -- can hit the satellite built in and watch -- drive and an airplane that."

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