as we speak, eric bolling has -- >> eric: pardon me if, i don't want to to cover you up.e is what we are talking about. tea party pointing out that big government is a problem. it's gone up the whole time that gallup has been in business. >> ericoccupy wall street is calling out big business. saying corporatism and big business is bad thing. americans are saying fewer americans think big business -- >> bob: occupy wall street called out big government, too. the 26%, it was 17% for big business. now 26%. labor is the only one consistently low, not a threat. >> kimberly: dana? >> dana: a greater force is at work and reality is setting in across america over time. if you go back to the fall of 2008, when the financial crisis happened, president bush was in office. major election coming up. you have president obama taking the reins with democrats in both the house and senate. a lot of stuff gets done. everything you wanted. in 2010, he suffered historic defeat in house and senate for his party. he did. >> bob: it wasn't historic. >> dana: yeah, it was. the poll on the front o

eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. >> eric: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> i think ron paul's view, totally outside the main stream by virtually every person in america. >> eric: it's no more mr. nice newt as gingrich goes after some of his rivals. >> you want to run a negative campaign and attack people, at least be man enough to own it. >> eric: carl cameron and dick morris will give us the latest from iowa. >> people are making their decisions and they're seeing that i am the one. >> we've come up in all the llpolls. >> eric: with the titans at the top slugging it out, could that leave room for some dark horses to shake up the race? michelle bachmann and jon huntsman will be here to tell us why they think they can win. >> nobody was upset about it then. >> i was upset. >> i let you speak, you let me speak. >> it is great to be here, thanks for having me. >> hope you feel the same way in seven minutes. >> eric: a wild look back at the best factor moments of 2011. you don't want to miss this one. >> i have to go. >> i love you. >> i know, everyo

yes, our own eric bolling. we're very proud. >> eric: what are you trying to say?sevy a picture of rush with me. kilyou have a too too. >> eric: no, i don't. not yet. this is brilliant, genius. for a while, a couple of weeks now i said the republican nominees that want to be the nominee should start focusing on obama. start focusing on the job market and the bad economy. rush hit it out of the park. i wasn't even thinking about romney. i was thinking about the ones far right, more conservative like michele bachmann and ron paul or santorum. he is right. if romney moves far right and, you know, basically established republicans who don't want romney to go right, if he does this he will lock up the 20-25% he has had and maybe grab some of the far right conservatives he doesn't have at all right now. >> kimberly: that is a great strategy. >> andrea: based on the assumption that the g.o.p. primary voters are gullible. he should have take then advice three years ago. look, this is going to hurt his credibility more. we have less than 30 days to iowa. there is not enough

yes, our own eric bolling. we're very proud. >> eric: what are you trying to say?ausevy a picture of rush with me. kilyou have a too too. >> eric: no, i don't. not yet. this is brilliant, genius. for a while, a couple of weeks now i said the republican nominees that want to be the nominee should start focusing on obama. start focusing on the job market and the bad economy. rush hit it out of the park. i wasn't even thinking about romney. i was thinking about the ones far right, more conservative like michele bachmann and ron paul or santorum. he is right. if romney moves far right and, you know, basically established republicans who don't want romney to go right, if he does this he will lock up the 20-25% he has had and maybe grab some of the far right conservatives he doesn't have at all right now. >> kimberly: that is a great strategy. >> andrea: based on the assumption that the g.o.p. primary voters are gullible. he should have take then advice three years ago. look, this is going to hurt his credibility more. we have less than 30 days to iowa. there is not enou

i'm eric bolling along with kimberly guilfoyle, ben bernanke, andrea tantaros, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in the big city. this is "the five." a packed show tonight. who's a conservative, a rhino, who's crazier than your cousin eddie? we'll break it down. plus, lady gaga's assistant says she was a slave to the pop star, and you won't believe the demands she had to meet. and like a crack addict needing a fix, bill maher goes on another offensive rant for attention. his target? christians and tim tebow. this time he went too far. i had to respond. we have those details and much more. "the five" starts right now. >> our top story, a week from today, 2012, presidential hopefuls will square off in the iowa caucuses. some polls have ron paul in a strong position, but listen to what dick morris has to say about the texas congressman. >> ron paul cannot defeat barack obama. he's really by far the most liberal, radical candidate of the bunch. nobody other than ron paul wants to dismantle our military. nobody other than ron paul wants to legalize heroin. nobody other than ron paul wants t

eric bolling has a take. can imagine. >> eric: oddly enough i didn't use the sound bites when i was reading it. it didn't jump out. 56 minutes of this communist, socialist manifesto. what did is when he said i believe this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share. that sounds like socialism. this one, this is the killer. ready for this? his theory, we have to admit the rugged individualism and skepticism o and that is american dna but the problem is it doesn't work. is this not the country with the highest standard of living and develops life-saving drugs? what do you mean our system doesn't work? of course it works. >> bob: you might want to get your facts straight. we are not the country with highest standard of living. finland is. i don't want to go there because the women are ugly and it's dark 22 hours a day. >> oh! >> bob: what obama did is formulated his campaign. he has a perfect opportunity. republicans will fight to the death to keep the millionaire tax cuts

i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. obama justice department banning the new voter i.d. law from taking effect in south carolina. the law would have required voters to present a state or federal photo i.d. at the polls but the department of justice argued it could make for too hard for minorities to vote and therefore violates the voting rights act. this decision comes just days after attorney general eric holder criticized new state voter i.d. laws and their potential effect on voting rights. joining me now from irrelevant vineer vine prosecutor what is the big deal of requiring a picture i.d. before you go into vote? with all the voter fraud and voter suppression going on, it's an i.d. >> here is the problem, eric, laws have to be in response to something. there is all of this talk about voter registration fraud point out the fraud. the bush administration, the justice department. >> eric: acorn. >> acorn. let me point out some facts. from 2002 to 2000', undertook this massive investigation. we're going to find fraud. 300 million votes, eric. you know how many people p

i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. thank you for watching us. six days and counting until the iowa caucuses and the presidential candidates are working feverishly to rally support and attack the rivals. the twists and turns in this race could make your head spin. it seems as though every day there is a new front runner. tonight according to a new cnn poll, it's mitt romney, surveyed of likely caucus goes show romney on top. ron paul moved to second place. rick santorum shooting up to third place with 16%. and newt gingrich fall to go fourth place with 14%. former speaker newt gingrich attacking him. >> if he were to get the republican nomination -- >> he won't. >> let's say he were, could you vote for him? >> no. i think ron paul's views are totally outside the main stream of virtually every person in america. he's not going to get the nomination. it won't happen. the people in the united states are not going to accept somebody who thinks it's irrelevant if iran gets a nuclear weapon. >> eric: is gingrich trying to dim

. >> nevertheless, host eric bolling, well, he had to get something off his chest, totally unrelated to the topic at hand. >> i went over to dell fresco's over there and met ed schultz by accident, bumped into him, bought him a scotch. you'd think being a successful tv guy, you'd think he'd buy a drink back. never once offered to buy a drink. >> sorry, dude. i didn't realize you were looking for a handout. but for the record, now, for the record, first of all, i don't drink with republicans, but i do not remember neating eric bolling ever. yes, i do go to del fresco's. it's a nice restaurant. i love going over there. i do enjoy crown royal and a diet coke. the people who know me, come on, they know i'm pretty good at picking up the tab. heck, it's the holiday season. so let's not call it "psycho talk" tonight. but just do me a favor, eric. if you do see me out any time, just identify yourself and if it really bothers you, i'll give you a handout. and i'll buy you a cool one. >>> mitt romney made a hard turn in new hampshire last night. and repeated a six-month-old lie about the presi

♪ ♪ >> greg: hello, i'm the hobbitt-size host, greg gutfeld, andrea tantaros, suspenbobbeckel, eric bollingperino. it's 5:00 p.m. in new york. 2:00 p.m. in needles, callous. and this is "the five." the show is packed tighter than japanese subway. let's tack the truth. this show starts as soon as i stop thinking about unicorns. okay. done. ♪ ♪ >> greg: so i wanted last night's debate to get ugly. how ugly? really ugly. we're talking joy behar after an all-night bender ugly. no such luck. still, it served as cliff note for the campaign. mitt played it safe even his training wheels wore a helmet. smoother than a shorty robe made of gravy. ron paul proves again for everything sensible thing he says he ads something kookie. like opening steak topped with necco wafers. ron, it's 2011. you can't be an isolationist in crowded phone bull, especially if it's crowded with nuts holding handguns. then newt defend his profits claiming he was a private citizen back then. that is like a cop saying yeah, i punched you, but i was off-duty. who won? america. that is the last debate. but let's not forget it's

eric: two left. >> greg: what is this? ooh. >> bob: don't look at me. >> kimberly: is everybody happy. >> bob: whoever has bolling i'll pay is voter fraud. >> bob: i don't care. $57 for bolling. >> kimberly: bob, we want you to play within the rules, the guidelines. so our secret santa is $20. in the senate they are only doing $10. >> bob: we are not supposed to release this stuff. but can i say something? it's difficult for me to give a present to myself. >> kimberly: you didn't. you ruined the surprise! >> dana: do it over in the break. >> dana: mulligan. >> bob: who has bolling? >> kimberly: this is a total disaster. they'll figure it out. they should trade. directly ahead, geg geg, do you remember him? oh, yeah. monologue is coming up next on the donald. amazing. ♪ ♪ ( phone ringing ) okay... uhh. the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deducble. with vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's

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irstand up for you. >> bob: i agree. >> eric: greg stands up -- >> greg: i hate all of you except for dana. >> bob: i jump three comemies coming after you, bollingreg: we'll leave it there. >> bob: you're still wrong. >> eric: what do you think? e-mail us, your thoughts at "thmalia. we'll be righ --e-mail us your t thefive@foxnews.com. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ congratulations. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. ♪ ♪ >> dana: welcome back to "the five." yesterday we told you about president obama making his pitch to working class voters in pennsylvania, but last night the president was living large in new york city. and went back in 2008 when i took a look and read president obama's book when he was senator and running, one of the things he said is he is a blank slate and

wife and you hit on boll's wife. >> bob: that was bad. >> andrea: you have no -- >> erica cigar before and after the show. i walk out, about time to go to the show. i go out to get bob. he is hitting on my -- bob, that is my wife. oh, that is your wife? >> bob: my estimation of you went up. amazingly. the one thing she certainly has mother teresa complex she married you. that was nice of her to do that. >> dana: show one other picture that is our favorite topic. this is the one we love. there is eric and bob doing the tebow. greg, where were you during this? >> bob: under the table. >> greg: i was -- i don't know. >> dana: were you firing somebody? >> greg: firing a young couple. >> bob: everybody gave great toasts. john finally, the vice president for programming around here, one of the initiators of the five. and porter the producer, wonderful guy. from oklahoma, more amazing. the most famous person from oklahoma because he did "the five." it was moving. greg stood on a chair for a toast. your toast -- everybody's toast was great. >> eric: can i point something out? >>

irstand up for you. >> bob: i agree. >> eric: greg stands up -- >> greg: i hate all of you except for dana. >> bob: i jump three comemies coming after you, bollingreg: we'll leave it there. >> bob: you're still wrong. >> eric: what do you think? e-mail us, your thoughts at "thmalia. we'll be righ --e-mail us your t thefive@foxnews.com. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dana: welcome back to "the five." yesterday we told you about president obama making his pitch to working class voters in pennsylvania, but last night the president was living large in new york city. and went back in 2008 when i took a look and read president obama's book when he was senator and running, one of the things he said is he is a blank slate and people see in him what they want to see in him. which was great if you are running for president. it's kind of a problem though when you become president, because then nobody sees in you what they thought they saw. so yesterday, eric, during the day he was talking about the payroll tax cut. being with the working class people. then that is like the 99%, right? at night, he was with the .001% at one of the events that was $28,500 j