here now to analyze monica crowley and alan colmes. colmes, harsh reality on your side. >> here is what the president has got to do got to get out there and explain. >> bill: got to get out there. hasn't he within out there three years. >> during the bulk of the campaign. >> bill: going to be different than him being president and campaign. >> punctuate, mr. o'reilly. explain how he did. >> bill: three years he hasn't been able to explain it. [ laughter ] >> crowley is laughing at you. >> what else is new? >> bill: 30 seconds in the seeing want and we haven't gotten in the segment and we are both laughing at you he has got to get out there. he is the most visible man in the world. he has got to get out there. like he has been cloiserred in a basement for three and a half years. you didn't think about this segment at all, colmes. you didn't give this any thought at all. >> owe o'reilly you hilarious. i i am not done. >> bill: you need to regroup. >> i'm not regrouping. let me finish. >> bill: all right. >> i shouldn't have said he needs

. >> bill: here now fox news analyst alan colmes and monica crow what say you? >> david axelrod speaking on behalf of the president of the united states is full of it there. >> bill: wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. he sounded conciliatory. he sounded like he was trying to find common ground. why is he full of it. >> full of it they have had plenty of time. a year since obama care has been implemented as law to come up with balanced approach that would respect people, especially christians religious beliefs in their organizations and they come up with this one year later? a complete violation of catholics and christians most fundamental religious beliefs. >> come out of the bill where nancy pelosi says what's in it they had a year to develop. >> let's assume as colmes does that you are correct. >> thanks for letting me know. >> let's assume you are correct. didn't the obama administration and mr. axelrod, a smart guy, anticipate the firestorm controversy that is now in play. why would they do this? it looks like a self-inflicted wound. if axelrod is here and does w

alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes show, and david webb, gentlemen, thanks so much for beinge. alan, why this about-face. >> obviously this is getting pushback so he's trying to please as many peoples he can. i think they calculated 77% of women favor this and 58% of catholic women and he didn't think there would be political fallout because those people who oh poise would probably not vote for him anyway. but i think he's trying to find a way to make as many people here happy as he can. alisyn: what do you make of it? >> that's the argument that foes back and forth and never gets resolved. but let's go to the constitution on this. the constitution protects the rights of the individual or the organization prohibiting -- the government basically telling any religious institution what to do. the president went past that. this is yet another failure of obama-care, and what comes with it. this is in effect another form of waiver on top of 1,200 waivers to resolve a problem within it. the president may appease his base. he's trying to look like he did not have a loss here. but wha

columnist cal thomas, jim pinkerton contributing editor the americanonservative magazine and host, alan colmes, i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> . >> jamie: i'm in this race because i care about americans. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there. and it needs repair i'll fix t i'm not concerned about the very rich, that's fine. i'm concerned about the very heart of america, the 90, 95% of americans right now who are struggling. >> jon: mitt romney on cnn the day after winning the florida republican primary, the media focused on the very first part of his phrase there, jim, where he said i'm not concerned about the the very poor. everybody jumped on that and said, a-ha, here is a multi-million dollar nair out of touch. >> they have to weigh the safety net a trillion dollars in the federal budget. ignore that. whenever the media are confronted by the quotes, they can apply the dan quayle rule or the barack obama rule. the barack obama rule you ignore 57 states, you ignore clinging to their guns in religion or the dan quayle rule, you focus and pound

alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes radio show. good to have you both here. tonight. it's the last chance before super tuesday to see the candidates face off. gretchen do you expect -- sant rick santorum says i will defend everything i've said out there. do you expect him to defend statements like that tonight? >> i think he will defend statements like that tonight. i don't know how much the other candidates will take him to task on the statements. they do play to the conservative base. you do need to win the conservative vote. i don't know that this will be a big issue tonight. i know most americans are concerned about the me and we have to get back to talking about those issues that matter to all americans. martha: i mean, clearly, democrats must look at this. alan combs and just sort of say, yeah, just keep going down that road because it is getting us in many ways, folks would consider, a way from some of the main issues. >> i would like to state i am all wee-weed up about this. i also attended sunday school. i'm two for two. it's not just that he says th

here now to analyze and perhaps perform an exorcism monica crowley and alan colmes. n't understand, colmes, i don't understand maxine waters. we know this is dopey. she says it to get, you know, reaction. but what good can it possibly do? >> none. can i probably think as a liberal democrat i could get inside and explain all liberal democrats. that's wacky. it's not called for. and it's literally demonizing the other side and i would be just as upset if a republic did it and i don't think it serves any purpose. >> bill: i don't understand what currency you get from that other than even colmes thinking you are a pinhead. even colmes you on her side. >> i'm on her side politically. >> bill: you are saying this is very strange. >> she does not represent democrats. >> bill: who does she represent? >> herself. >> bill: just her? that's all? >> are we trying to make the case that all democrats agree with that? >> no, i'm trying to figure out why a woman, elected to congress would continue to say all of these -- you know shoes, is is the one that said the tea party should go

bill: tucker carlson is a editor and alan colmes, fox news contributor and alan colmes.a michael jackson moon walk? >> it's abridement of freedom. the government is forcing them to violate their own religion beliefs. and they don't want to do that because theupbdz there are profound political consequences. a lot of liberal catholics are concerned about this not just conservatives. they are being pushed by the abortion lobby to which they pay total obedience, they want to see contra sepgs, and abortion mandated in coverage. the white house is in a tough spot. i think in the end they have to compromise. bill: you heard axl heard axle road, what us the end game here. >> give them a year. that isn't going to work. they are going to have to back off i think. bill: what do you make of this. alan. >> every time somebody does something that they don't agree with we become unamerican. mitt romney had the same comment, and he had the same policy as governor of massachusetts and never said a word about it. i don't think it will be an election issue for the president. furthermore 77

jon: alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes radio show.r of the national review and a fox news contributor. the white house, alan touts this as a compromise. >> it is. jon: is it? >> sure it is. this is a bunch of ginned up media, the conservatives that don't like the president. it's a compromise because the burden is on the insurance companies. it's cost neutral because you actually save money given the fact you don't have as many unwanted pregnancies. it's for women's healthcare, preventative medicine. i want to know why it was in 2001 there was a similar measure introduced in the senator supported by john warner, arlen spector, olympia snowe, et. cetera, et cetera that didn't even give exemptions to churches. nobody raised a peep about it. this is because it's an election year and you have a whole bunch of anti-obama people wanting to make this into an issue when it really is not an issue. jon: i understand there are a bunch of anti-obama sermons issued in roman catholic churches over the weekend. a lot of priests and bishops don't like

alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes aptly named radio show. good to see you goat.ucker let me start with you. what do you think of those comments by eric holder and hillary clinton on this? >> the position is clear. i mean the state has decided that people ought to obey and they will be punished if they don't. there is something a little disingenuous however about the secretary of state's comments that women need access to contraception. the pill costs 9 bucks a month. anyone over 18 can by it. people under 18, the parents can buy it. this is not a crisis in access to healthcare. this is a religious question. and the religious zealots are on the side of the obama administration. they believe they should be forced to do something whether it violates their religious concepts. i hope the press reports it that way because it's true. martha: the bishops were not consulted, planned parenthood was consulted about how this would work this, contraception mandate and they don't show any signs of laying down on this issue, the religious leaders. >> i understand the president

. >> bill: let's bring in monica crowley and alan colmes: monica, high gas prices, whose fault is that? >> couple of things in play. because the oil is traded in dollars, have you got inflation and you also have a weak dollar that are moving prices rather than increase demand. you also have big volatility in the middle east, the iranian oil supply is very much disrupted right now. and the saudis a couple of days ago cut production which spiked oil prices. also, the overall policy in the united states under president obama has been so bad because what he has done is blocked drilling, blocked exploration and slow walked permits to do offshore drilling in the united states. >> bill: be fair and ask you the same question as i asked the mayor. if you drill baby drill and you get more domestic production, as you just said and that's what the mayor just said, okay? >> right. >> bill: both said the same thing. increase production and they send it to china,ened india, how does that benefit anybody in the united states, monica? how? >> well, bill, oil is a among fungible commodity. if you increa

with us now fox news analyst alan colmes and monica crowley.hat say you, monica. >> i can't be 100% sure they are violating the law yet. they are up to the edge. >> bill: let me read the law. irs code 501 c, churches and religious organizations are prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for elected public office. president obama is asking them to do that, all right. but if they could do it, they are in violation. >> that's right. that irs code points to tax exempt organizations like churches and other religious institutions. so i don't think they have quite passed the line yet but they are getting there and here is where the line is crossed. if the obama campaign decides to go into these churches with money, with volunteers, these congregation captains if they start giving them campaign literature and involving themselves directly into these parishes, into these churches that's a clear violation. >> you say they are straddling the line. >> they are getting very

megyn: joining me, alan colmes and mike gallagher. that excerpt of barack obama where he says if i don't have this done in three years this will be a one-term proposition. alan, let me start with you. we have the number of unemployed back in february of '09 what he the stimulus was signed. january 2012, 13 million. there has been a 40% increase in food stamp usage. the national debt has gone up by 43%. nearly a trillion dollars teach year. gas prices are up 80% since then. there is a lot of criticism about that stimulus package saying it didn't get it done. >> the president does not control gas prices. we had a reversal of the number people who are employed. we are jow joining a quarter million a month. we had 25 months in a row of job gains. we have the stock market at a four-year high and unemployment at a four-year low. you have to ask ourselves are we trending in the right direction. that's exactly what's going on. could it have happened faster? sure. what they discovered is much worse than what they thought. it's trending in a way

megyn: joining me now is alan colmes. newt gingrich tapping into an issue that very sensitive. we have seen two american soldiers killed this week according to the reports because of this. the irony, alan, you can see it, they train it afghan army and they turn around and start shooting us, not because we kill civilians, but because of the burning of a holy book that they consider more sacred than anything. were we right to apologize? >> absolutely. newt gingrich all of a sudden no stranger to hyperbole mass become a dove. saying if karzai is not going to apologize we should get out. karzai has been an ally. he's not an enemy. the notion that we should not say the right thing to protect ourselves, his apology to tamp down the outrage is to help preserve the well being our soldiers in battle. it may not have worked, but that certainly is the goal so you don't further outrage people. we are in a foreign country on their soil burning their holy book. he did exactly the right thing. megyn: gingrich seems to be suggesting obama

megyn: joining me now for a fair and balanced debate, alan colmes and chris plants.is plant show. president obama hasn't responded to the senator. but, chris, it is an interesting new line from the president that his theory of economic justice is justified by his christian belief and jesus would have his back on it. >> the reality of course these guys have gotten so comfortable at cherry picking frag men terry sentences of newt gingrich and mitt romney and misrepresenting them they are comfort panel doing it from the book of luke and the book of proverbs. this is jeremiah wright style liberation theology attempting to use misrepresentations from the bible to justify socialism. you saw the jess you its doing this -- you saw the jesuits in the 1980s in central america with the sandistas. those who are not willing to work will not eat. but this is nothing new. this is the legacy of jeremiah wright and liberation theology. megyn: was the president out of line in trying to make people feel like they are being bad christians if they are opposed to tax increases for the wea

joining me, alcon combs from the alan colmes radio show and tucker carlson, editor of "the daily callerx news contributor. mitt romney is getting hammered by both sides for totally different reasons. tucker take on the comments by krauthamer and risch limbaugh. erick erickson has weighed in and jonah goldberg they say when it shows to them he can't make a conservative argument. is that true. >> we know what the attack on romney will consist of. he will be parented at heartless rich guy by the obama campaign. as a matter of tactics or strategy you probably ought not to play into that. romney can defend it on the merits. it is very true that the poor have more disposable income and time than the working poor. the real frustration for conservatives is he is having trouble making it and explaining the basic precepts of conservative. that is why they like newt in a lot of cases even though newt is not a consistent tent conservatism but he can explain ideas behind conserve tim and romney can't. martha: adding to that criticism, what tucker is getting that, is he not nimble and can't talk off-