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Arianna On 'Morning Joe': Huffington Discusses Getting America Back To Work (VIDEO)

Posted: 08/30/2012 10:12 am

Arianna stopped by the 'Morning Joe' studio at the GOP convention in Tampa to discuss the 'What Is Working' event and, one of her favorite topics, sleep.

Talking about the 'What is Working' Panel that she recently hosted, she said: "It was a panel that focused on the jobs crisis, which hasn't exactly been front and center at the convention, and what we can do without waiting for Washington to come up with solutions. What can the private sector and not-for-profits do to change the narrative around job creation?"

Responding to host Joe Scarborough's comments that "we have to take responsibility ourselves," when it comes to solving the jobs crisis, Arianna said: "We can't just be bystanders, because nothing is going to happen until the new administration and maybe very little after the new administration when it comes to jobs."

When it comes to sleep - Arianna said that "making your sleep really good means not having your cellphones charging next to you, not having lights in the room, and also trying to skip some things. I skipped the parties last night and I got more sleep - I feel really good this morning!"

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Arianna stopped by the 'Morning Joe' studio at the GOP convention in Tampa to discuss the 'What Is Working' event and, one of her favorite topics, sleep. Talking about the 'What is Working' Panel tha...
Arianna stopped by the 'Morning Joe' studio at the GOP convention in Tampa to discuss the 'What Is Working' event and, one of her favorite topics, sleep. Talking about the 'What is Working' Panel tha...
 
 
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atlasusa
low tolerance for stupid low information arrogant
09:20 AM on 08/31/2012
I LOVE when the right promotes distorted illogical math-
like when they say that X amount of dollars (wayyyyy too much) was spent on each job created by the last govt stimulus,

Knowing someone actually analyzing, budgeting and dispensing stimulus funds in DC, when I told him that, he explained that for projects, almost ANY and EVERY project, it is not only labor and manpower but also MATERIALS. For example, in a $1billion+ highway project, the amount of money spent on materials and equipment is a great portion of building the infrastructure. Without the materials, what do we expect workers to build?

That is merely one example, he explained.

So when they say that X amount of dollars was spent per "job" created,
it is MUCH more complicated than that.
09:17 AM on 08/31/2012
This convention has been all about trashing Obama,
Has any of you heard what the republicans will do if elected? NO!!
Lying Ryan didn't talk about his proposed budget:voucher medicare,privatize Social security,no abortion,not even if your daughter or mother gets raped by an "alien".
And good old Mitt , what did he propose to do? so far nothing,well maybe bankrupt this country and
start another one on a different planet?
In the words of Judge Ito:Be carefull of what you ask for!!! Peace.
09:16 AM on 08/31/2012
Tried getting in the machine operator's union in cincinnati what a joke. took my money for 2 1/2 years not one job was not related to anybody they play leap frog when i was next one to go out
09:11 AM on 08/31/2012
The federal govt does create jobs and in fact is the biggest employer in the nation. Our tax money does pay their salaries but the monetary benefit pays off. The GOP keeps telling us that it can create jobs IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR but hasn't given us a plan. The Bush tax cuts are still in place and that has not helped employment in the private sector (trickle down is myth during a bad economy). So please Republicans....tell us how you lower taxes, cut spend, pay off the debt and create jobs? I always thought GOP philosophy was that federal govt doesn't create jobs? The big myth is that govt can cut spending in a bad economy and will create job growth.
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08:15 AM on 08/31/2012
The differences between the candidates could not be more evident which is a win/win situation for the country.No amount of spin from the left is going to change the Obama administration's dismal economic record. The choice is clear.
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invmartyc
Am I not turtle enough for the turtle club?
08:09 AM on 08/31/2012
What was missing at the convention was anything of substance. There were slogans and slanderous statement about Obama but nothing about what Mitt would do to "fix things". He can claim he will repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act but he does not say what he will replace with. Or is that the GOP's plan again, to "work" on a program that never gets finished.
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08:56 AM on 08/31/2012
So at least you admit things need fixing. In that respect you are being honest. But talk about programs never getting finished, that should be Obama's mantra. You already know what Obama's plans are don't you? You've already had 4 years of his plans. How's that working out for America?
04:12 AM on 08/31/2012
bag this haint............pleeeeez
01:54 AM on 08/31/2012
somebody pleeze make a run to new orleans, get some of those bags they used at the saints games & kindly cover this hagg up, looks too much like hillry...guess the beauty shops they used must of gone out of biz like the others lil jimmy has put out
01:01 AM on 08/31/2012
I'm sorry but I don't understand how spendng more money is a good way to get out of debt...
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gmikejake
resist evil
05:42 AM on 08/31/2012
Government spending can and does create jobs. Those jobs create additional revenue through additional taxes paid, at every level of government. More revenues, if spending is contained, then, means less debt.
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kmcloonjr
Try seeing both side of the issue
06:15 AM on 08/31/2012
Take a look at the reports on the stimulas spending. Some basic jobs that did last cost hundreds of thousands to create. Most jobs did not last at all. And that "government spending" was supposed to keep unemployment under 8%. It failed.

Government doesn not creat anything. It needs to be reduced in size and scope.
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sk3navy
A true conservative.
06:24 AM on 08/31/2012
gmikejake, government does not and has not created ONE job.By hiring another IRS agent they pay taxes. What you are forgetting is their pay comes from the federal government. That makes it a wash.
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12:54 AM on 08/31/2012
And I thought Nancy Pelosi was the ugliest woman in the world. Boy, was I wrong.
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eragan
Keep the "Change"
12:52 AM on 08/31/2012
What more do you have to know than, the way we are headed now isn't working? And why do you have any reason to believe that another four years will be any different? What would Obama have to do to lose your support, is there a limit or is it blind devotion. It's ok to think for yourselves. I personally don't think Romney is the best choice, I just think he is a better choice than Obama. This hero worship is pathetic and without a basis.
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gmikejake
resist evil
05:17 AM on 08/31/2012
We're in no better shape than four years ago when the stock market had plunged, millions of jobs were being lost, etc.?
And in an attempt to avert more nonsense, please know that I am regularly critical of our President. For real reasons, not illusions.
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kmcloonjr
Try seeing both side of the issue
06:18 AM on 08/31/2012
All blind devotion.
11:09 PM on 08/30/2012
How do you spell filibuster ? Since his first day in office my friends and neighbors on the right have all agreed that they 'would do anything it takes to make this a 1 term presidency'. I do believe I have heard that same thing from some very prominent republicans. The party of NO has done a lot of harm for the last 4 years, I just hope enough people realize where the real problem lies. For the next 68 days listen and watch closely as the hate gets LOUDER.
12:39 AM on 08/31/2012
Wow! You are so right! I remember after George W. Bush was elected in 2000, the Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy and Harry Reid said they would do everything in their power to make Bush a successful president and insure his re-election! The Democrats filibustered Bush's federal judge appoints so much that members of both parties had to agree to stop the filibusters! Don't forget that Obama had a Democrat controlled congress for his first two years and NEVER passed a jobs bill! He spent his time on healthcare while Americans were losing their jobs and their mortgages were higher than the values of their homes! Have you been in a coma the past three and a half years?
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gmikejake
resist evil
05:18 AM on 08/31/2012
Obamaachievements. org.
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kmcloonjr
Try seeing both side of the issue
06:19 AM on 08/31/2012
Obama never passed a budget either, but that really falls on Harry Ried.
07:59 AM on 08/31/2012
For the last two years of Bush (note this the time that the economy started to melt down) the democrats controlled the congress. Then with the election of Obama the democrats both the congress and the presidency and could pass almost anything that they wanted but chose to flounder around taking the first two years of Obama's administration just pass the ObamaCare. Because of the lack of progress on the jobs problem and the massive spending the republicans won the house and the democrats still controlled the senate. The senate has not pass budget in three(?) years. Obama has tried to take the country in a direction that the people don't want to go. Bringing the US down to the same level as the rest of the nations so the US is just one nations among many (Obama's words), spending money (billions) with no jobs nor viable product produced and doing all of this on borrowed money running the national debt to $16 trillion which is larger than the GDP. And with all this and you think that Obama should be reelected?
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tluns810
10:23 PM on 08/30/2012
I am not a republican or democrat. I belong to the biggest party the independent. I don't see economic improvement under Obama or Romney. Until we decide that we, are first and foremost Americans & that the Job hemmoraging out of the country stops, we must re-institute manufacturing jobs. That is where the backbone of the middle class resides.In the direction we are headed the top 1% could pay 90% of their income in taxes and it still won't be enough to cover the deficit or debt.
10:52 PM on 08/30/2012
Now, do you really think that obama is going to let us do that, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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dm23nyc
11:58 PM on 08/30/2012
True. We need to stop giving tax credits to companies that outsource all our jobs. We need to end corruption in welfare and medicare and put those people to work. And we need to tame the unions having them pay their fair share of health care. Talk about a free ride. They are almost as bad as Congress which gets free health care and pay raises for doing nothing. I am not sure Obama can fix this but Romney sure can't either. Neither one would get elected if they really did what needs to be done. It is just the way our system is set up.
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llarry6409
03:10 AM on 08/31/2012
you dont know what Romney will do yet but you definitely know what Obama has done. Time to get off the centerpost and make a decision
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drainvi264
09:17 PM on 08/30/2012
So the "Job Crisis" hasn't been front and center at the convention. Well, I have a news blast for you-It hasn't been front and center for the past four years either.
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CHARLIE X
Yield to the logic of the situation.
12:17 AM on 08/31/2012
and if obama is re-elected, that is not going to change.
01:24 AM on 08/31/2012
Only "Union Jobs" have been in front an center
09:06 PM on 08/30/2012
We can watch the "American dream" disappear in our rear view mirror. A corporation's sole purpose, it's reason to exist, is to make a profit for its stock holders. They (corporations) have a fiduciary responsibility to do so. The ramifications are as huge as they are transparent. Reduce over head which includes labor. Reducing labor is one of the most significant, if not thee single most significant costs to control. Simply go to the lowest cost labor market available. In a global econamy we are not competitive. That requires corporations to out source the jobs we once held and supported our standard of living. We would be naive to believe whom ever buys the election that our "American dream" is doomed and is becoming nothing more than a distant memory.
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llarry6409
03:17 AM on 08/31/2012
How many corporation products do you use? How many sports events do you go to that corporations support? What products do you use everyday that come from corporations. The American dream is alive. Its up to you to live it. you can do something about it or whine.
11:56 AM on 08/31/2012
Hi llarry6409,
Maybe your question was rhetorical. Perhaps not. You ask how many products do you use made by corporations do I use. Check almost every product in your own home to see how many are made in America. Regarding sporting events, unless you own a sports team or are a professional athlete, of what benefit is that to you? I want you to be correct about the American dream being alive. I just can not disregard what I am seeing with my own eyes. Please do not confuse that with whining.
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kmcloonjr
Try seeing both side of the issue
06:27 AM on 08/31/2012
Jerry, Many retiree's, union and non union, public and private, own corporate stocks in their retirement accounts. They depend on those dividends.