Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/democratic-leaders-mull-obamas-economic-policy Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Two leading Democrats, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer discuss what an Obama administration would do to address the economic difficulties facing the nation. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Jim, of course, one of the themes of this week is the economy. And for a closer look now at what an Obama administration would do to address the struggling economy, we turn to Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York.It's good to see both of you. We appreciate it.You're the host, Governor. I'm going to come to you first.For voters here in Colorado and around the country who are worried about house payments, credit card bills, whether their job is secure, why is it that Senator Obama would be better as president than John McCain?GOV. BILL RITTER (D), Colorado: Because I really think he has a vision about a 21st-century economy. We've talked a lot with him and with the Obama campaign. In Colorado, we actually call it a new energy economy.We have coal and oil and gas, but we're making all sorts of jobs having to do with renewable energy, with different kinds of research-and-development around renewable energy. And it really is a way to talk about it.We had a company last week, a Danish company, announce 2,500 new jobs to build winds turbines in Colorado. That's a fantastic thing for a state like Colorado. And that's the way to talk about rebuilding an economy from something fresh and that's 21st century.