jim pinkerton, the competitive magazine and most of the alan colmes show on news radio, alan colmes, i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. ♪ >> what do i have to do short of suicide to convince people i'm the not running. i'm not running for president. i'm not going. a zero chance i will. i don't want to run for president. >> you feel in your heart you have no business running. >> i'm not arrogant enough as one year as governor and seven years as united states attorney i run for president. >> the heart felt message you gave me also is not a reason to do it. that reason has to reside inside me. >> jon: asked and answered is he running? and moves us to the next topic, is he running? and more specifically, jim, are the media pushing him? he can issue all the denials he wants to and the speculative stories still pop up. >> i think the media are desperate for him to run. >> jon: why? >> two reasons, one, they love the adventure of it all, the more the merrier. as i've said for several weeks, there's a strain within the mainstream media has had it with obama and wants somebody, th

and host of the alan colmes show, alan colmes. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> now, we knew from the start that the loan guarantee program was going to entail some risk my definition. if it was a risk-free proposition, then we wouldn't have to worry about it, but the overall portfolio has been successful. it has allowed us to help companies, for example, start advanced battery manufacturing here in the united states. it's helped create jobs. there were going to be some companies that did not work out, solyndra was one of them. he's indicated, but he was not aware what was happening in fast and furious, certainly, i was not. and i think both he and i would have been very unhappy if somebody had suggested that guns were allowed to pass through that could have been prevented by the united states of america. >> that's president obama holding another news conference this week. he called it to push his jobs bill and a new sur tax on millionaires, when it ka came time for questions, the questions surrounding solyndra an

with us now, monica crowley and alan colmes. so colmes, first of all, do you agree with me about mitt romney, election held tomorrow, romney? >> yes, without debates, without head to head confrontation. if we were to fast forward without an actual campaign, you might be right. >> bill: okay. so you see president obama rising up in the campaign? >> yes. >> bill: rising, like a phoenix? >> well, phoenix might be a good analogy. >> bill: rising on what? >> rising on the fact that -- against an un-- >> bill: rising on what? a phoenix is going to rise, he's got to rise on something. is it just going to be more rhetoric? >> the fumes of the republican party. they're like people having one night stands. daters having one night stands, waking up and saying, how did i make that choice? one minute it's perry. they go back to romney whatever they're done with their fling. >> bill: you say that the president will rise because the republicans won't be able to mount -- >> i don't think they can mount -- nobody is excited about romney. cain is

martha: alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show.xecutive director of public notice. welcome to both of you. >> hi. >> hi. martha:, alan, you may be on your own, buddy. >> where is he wrong? they want to bust unions. take away teacher collective bargaining rights. they want to defund state police departments. they want to do away with health care. wouldn't have portability. a lot of people would not have coverage. people wouldn't have coverage. they have a list of things you want to do. republican audiences at debates applaud leting a guy in coma die. evenly thing they want death penalty. they applaud all the people rick perry killed. look at actual issue and issue what the net result would be. where is the president wrong what he said. martha: who is applauding a buy in a coma. >> they didn't applaud a guy in the coma. applauded death penalty and people were killed but they wanted idea of letting someone in a comb die without any health care. >> here's the rub, gretchen. that is that since we made this effort to try to improve your

ecstatic every time one got murdered and a while back he had this conversation with my colleague alan colmes. oh i don't. want to do it. for you to be. i'm not so sure. you know. who you're going to show you. you know. why. so my advice to republican wives is if your husband spent a lot of time to hang around oh you know a bar for your girl for mr. anyhow it's good for her terrible. for him to do you know jamie thank you very bank you think coming out what's the real reason why president obama's jobs bill failed in the senate last night i'll tell you my dear. what drives the world with the euro mongering used by politicians who made decisions it's considered great through the sort of people who can you trust no one will easily deal with a global mission it's a party state controlled capitalism it's called south shields when nobody dares to say we do our tea question more. before senate majority leader harry reid brought legislation. floor last night put four hundred thousand teachers firefighters and cops back to work the american people weighed in on what they wanted to happen plan was simp

axed out every time one got murdered and a while back he had this conversation with my colleague alan colmes. will you get me. i'm not so sure that. your journey. i don't know. where you grew up sexually. you know. that you know. all. so my advice to republican wives is if your husband spending a lot of time hanging around the barn would go for mr. so that's it for carol. jamie thank you thank you think coming out what's the real reason why president obama's jobs bill failed in the sun alas i don't tell you and i do. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions completely breakthrough that sort of made who can you trust no one who are easy and deal with the global nation it's a party state controlled capitalism it's called south shields when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. before senate majority leader harry reid brought legislation. on the floor last night with four hundred thousand teachers firefighters and cops back to work the american people weighed in on what they wanted to happen plan was simple give thirty five billion dollars in f

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show, rich lowry is a fox news contributor.e than $70 million for his re-election effort july through september. but the ap's saying tens of thousands of supporters who gave him dough early on last time have not yet done so, and they are tracking some of these folks as now giving to republicans. what happened? >> well, it's just another sign, megyn, of the enthusiasm level that was so incredible for obama in '08 is not going to be at the same level this time around. last time he was just a shining ideal, now we've gotten a sense of the reality, the tides haven't receded -- >> i see a rainbow, wait a minute. megyn: he said it was going to happen. >> yeah. p haven't gotten unemployment under 9%. >> well, you know, that's obvious. that's always going to happen. you know, the second coming is never as good as the first coming, some would say. so $70 million, he's raised far more than any other candidate. there's no primary season for democrats, but it's a different trajectory. megyn: but rich mentions enthusiasm, that if you don't

joining me now, alan colmes host of the alan colmes show and mike gallagher syndicated radio host andews contributor. gentlemen, welcome. >> hi. >> hi, megyn. megyn: it's not just you guys, i believe it was the associated press did a fact check on this and found that the president may have been overstating the case a little bit on that claim. >> no, no. megyn: and some others. as it turns out, mike, republicans really aren't the problem on the jobs bill. they are part of the problem but they are not the only problem. the ap pointing out that it's really been the senate democrats who have been putting the brakes on the president's approach. >> i mean, the truth of the matter is from my side of the aisle as a republican, we are just treading water until november of 2012. it's not a mystery. there is no reason republicans should accept any aspect of his jobs bill when it's a retread of an already failed economic stimulus that didn't work. all we are trying to do is hold our bet until we can replace this administration next year. more fact checking, megyn as you know the president also st

megyn: alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show and mike gallagher is a syndicated radio host.nk you for being here. what's most controversial is they've got hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in custody now, and they have decided to, essentially, let them go so they can focus on what they say are the higher priority cases, the criminal cases, and deport the folks who have committed additional crimes, you know, whether it's robbery or theft or what have you. and they say that's where their priority's going to be. the critics are saying that's still amnesty because you're ignoring hundreds of thousands of folks. mike, is it fair charge? >> well, yeah. this pains me, megyn, because i'm, you know, part of the loyal opposition to this administration. but, frankly, janet napolitano also said that the administration's critics are ignoring the fact that the deportations are at an all-time high, and they are. i mean, the fact is that the obama administration under his, under their watch, they are deporting way more illegals than president bush did and previous administrations

now for the top story tonight, reaction from our barack and hard place duo monica crowley and alan colmes. you said a few times you want more federal spending. do you believe that. >> yes. the stimulus did work. moody's analytic also the money that we spent actually did work. moody's said it worked. the commercial budget office says it works. to say that obama doesn't want to cut spending, he had a $4 trillion grand bargain ready to enact. john boehner said no. not fair or accurate to say that he does not want to cut spending. he had a plan the republicans objected. >> bill: if the huge stimulus worked, why did unemployment go up? >> the stimulus wasn't just about employment it was about giving money to the states, keeping the states solvent about a number of things. you will could do a number of things right now like infrastructure bank. >> i'm not understanding. you are much smarter than i am. >> that's not true. certainly not true. >> unemployment went up considerably. >> and the federal debt rose to record levels. >> unemployment has stayed pretty steady. >> bill: no it hasn't it went

home of the alan colmes radio show. tucker carlson editor of "the daily caller" and fox news contributor. good to see you this morning. obviously we talked a lot about the republican debate last night. there is lot going on the democrat side as well. clearly in virginia, tim kaine was appointed head of dnc by barack obama, president of the united states, alan. something else on his schedule. >> he has a scheduling conflict. you know how that goes. look what happens is, dirty little secret of politics is, white house, you do what you need to do to win your district or win your state just like joe manchin profiled in the "wall street journal" from west virgina, probably most conservative democrat in the senate doesn't vote with the president or democrats on so many issues. they will do what is best to get them elected. however, polling out shows, for example, abc poll out today, 79% of the democrats support obama. think he would do much better on jobs as do 44% of the independents. not as dire as republicans would like to

. >> bill: with us now barack and hard place duo alan colmes and monica crowley. should help americans threatened with losing their home. that's really traumatic. it really is should the federal government. that's the key question here. governor romney in order to get this issue behind us. let some people suffer. have to and the banks will have to take it over and either resell it or rent it or whatever. president obama's position is no. work it out through the federal government and ordered refinance and all of that. >> i say the federal government should not be helping in any way, shape or form in the housing sector. >> bill: you should -- >> what we have done over the past couple of years since the subprime crisis blew up is very slowly take the bandoff off. what romney is arguing is, look, government intervention in the housing sector got us into this mess is the first place, right in the community reinvestment act. all of this social engineering going on in the economy. right? so what what we have done is to try to minimize pain for homeowners who are under w

bill: tucker carlson, alan colmes. gentlemen, good morning. you guys are so big we have to keep if you two different states. alan gets new york, tucker you get washington, d.c. what does it mean for romney and the race? >> the republican establishment has basically spoken, mit the pe nominee from their point of view. the question is how much power dots republican establishment have. you have those saying they want someone other than romney. that would be conventional in the democratic party. but the republican party usually falls in line behind the front runner earlier i would think. and this portends a pretty protracted intense primary season for the republican party. bill: a primary season that could be based on the schedule, based on the way things are stack up. but back to your point. are you reflecting on the tea party opinion of what's happening on their view versus the establishment or more than that? >> the tea party is not sold. the tea party basically overthrough the republican establishment or threw it back on its heels. there is mor