if i'm going to bet, i'm going to bet on michele bachmann. >> matt lewis, senior contributor for "the daily caller," thanks. >> thank you. >>> after a volatile week of trading the dow jumped by 423 points. it marks the first time in the dow's 115-year history that the index moved by more than 400 points for four consecutive days. let's take an early look at the market as we get all up in your business. cnbc's jeff cutmore is live. is this the new normal for stocks? what will it take to bring back investor confidence? >> this is the wildest week we've seen since 2008. in reality, i don't think any of the professionals think this volatility is going to go away. two big headline issues. the first is the on going politicking in washington, the debt ceiling issue has only been kicked into the long grass. people looking for a bigger resolution. we're also hanging on the data numbers to see if the u.s. economy is really alive and kicking. close look on retail sales later today. and the other big one is the eurozone debt issue and lb the politicians bang their heads together and finally give

joining us matt lewis from the daily caller, christina bell tone yeah at cq roll call and radio talkhow host david serota. >> he didn't necessarily say bernanke should be lassoed and lynched. are the media blowing this out of proportion? >> i think the media has been culturalized by looking at more violent rhetoric in our political debate and look at it more as an issue unto itself. we've seen more and more coarsening rhetoric. it alludes to violence. the media is now on the lookout for it. i think it's fair to be on the lookout for it. when i heard what perry said, i was a little bit taken aback. i didn't really hear him call for violence. i think you're right in saying this is really a play to the republican base, a republican base that has shown that it responds to this kind of coarse, at least violently allegorical rhetoric. >> they say the press has an almost palpable blood lus to the bring this down. we're jumping on a lot of things about rick perry as he gets into the race. >> if you look at who the commentators are that have been critical. you've shown reverend al sharpton an

and matt lewis, con strib outer for the daily call. are republicans ultimate promise breakers. is they explicitly reneging on entitlement programs for elderly americans. check out what eric can'tor told the wall street journal. >> get the fiscal house in order. come to grips that promises have been made that frankly won't be kept for many. promises are not going to be kept. generations of americans have banked on the fact that medicare and social security will get them through retirement. they will not admit they will default on that promise. >> that quote right there gets two big issues i think and one is it gets to problem republicans were having before the whole debt ceiling issue came to a head. that's when they were proposing the paul ryan overhaul of medicare that turned into a voucher program. you saw how poisonous and unpopular that was. it cost them a special election that they should have won. if that's the language they put forward is causes them problems. but the more immediate issue is how do democrats respond to that? wha