Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the State of the Union: "We Are in Great Shape"

At a press conference, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), a leader in the Senate Democrat Majority, responds to Gov. Mitch Daniels' (R-IN) lament that, "[W]hen President Obama claims that the state of our union is anything but grave, he must know in his heart that this is not true."

Schumer says, "The Republican speaker last night, Mitch Daniels, talked about Americans must talk about the state of the union as grave. So, we think we are in great shape. We are in good shape."

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