to ben stein, dagen mcdowell, adam lashinsky and charlie gasperino, it was nice, but a hundred job and odd place to take a victory lap. a hundred jobs. >> at the same time you have a caterpillar adding 1400 jobs in a right to work state like georgia, possibly nonunion jobs and we'll have to wait and see about that, but many people, many democrats will tell you that the only kind of good job is a union job. and certainly, the democrats in an election year need to cash and the clout of unions, need more union jobs in the private sector in this country in order to fund those campaigns. now and years to come. >> yeah, ben, the president wants to be a cheerleader for jobs, that's great, but only union shops. what's wrong with other american workers? >> well, the thing is, union jobs are jobs whose dues go directly to the democratic party. so of course, he's going to like unions, unions, by the way are a great things. i'm a member of three unions. >> thank you. >> and i love being in unions, i love being in my unions. but, i have to say, it's very hard on people who are not in the unions bec

ap charles payne, dagen mcdowell, adam lashinsky, and gary. >> he wouldn't have admitted that beforehe mid term election, right? at least he's honest now, but it's sick, it's crazy. neil, think about this and you create temporary jobs and long-term white elephants because now you have to maintain all of this stuff that you build and the bottom line is, you know, it's in an age where we know we have to tighten the belts and the deficits and the debt is out of this world and it's nuts. but this is a washington d.c. problem and not just a harry reid, democratic thing. everyone in washington-- >> fair and balanced, dagen. >> because it's blueberry, or my personal favorite, swine and animal manure management. that it's right and the left. >> neil: and this morning about your personal favorite, dagen. >> because i've lived down wind from a hog farm before so that's my personal favorite, but again, it's the issue is, and you hear this, and there are republicans and democrats who are not in favor of earmarks. >> not enough. >> but, it's the lack of transparency, and i tell you, i've said it

adam lashinsky is a senior editor at large. book is hitting the new york times and wall street journal best seller lists this weekend. good morning. >> good morning. >> does this fit the profile of steve jobs that you know? any surprises? >> it fits him absolutely. the surprise is how absolutely consistent this man was. in his background check, he was in between stints at apple. he was an important person but not as important as he would become. my favorite part of this, charlie, is that he actually kept the fbi waiting for three weeks. he told them he was too busy to do an interview. remember, this was not when he was at apple. >> he didn't have a choice not to do the interview if he wanted the job. >> yeah. but he was in no hurry to accommodate the fbi. it's hard to fathom a normal person telling the fbi, yeah i'll sit for the interview but i'm busy right now. >> one of the things that sticks out is the people said he could distort reality a lot. is that something you had found? >> sure. jobs' reality distortion field was fam

. >>> adam lashinsky is a senior editor at large for "fortune" magazine. book, inside apple, how america's most admired and secretive company really works, it's hitting "the new york times" and "wall street journal" best seller lists this weekend. does this fit the profile of steve jobs that you know? any surprises? >> it fits him absolutely. the surprise is how absolutely consistent this man was. when his background check happened in 1991 he was in between his stints at apple. he was an important person but not really as important as he had been or as important as he would become. my favorite part of this, charlie, is that he actually kept the fbi waiting for three weeks. he told them he was too busy to do an interview. remember, this was not when he was at apple. >> and he didn't have a choice not to do the interview if he wanted the job? >> no, but he was in no hurry to accommodate the fbi. it's hard to fathom a normal person telling the fbi, yeah, sure, i'll sit for the interview but i'm kind of busy right now. >> adam, you mentioned there weren't real