coming up, allan colmes is trying to try to convince us that american culture is not in decline.ater how should republican candidates handle the debt ceiling debate? mike huckabee will stop by with >>> continuing with the personal story segment tonight. out of control celebrity behavior. in my new book america's cultural decline from muffin tops to body shots. i point out the hilarious and decay.ing signs of our edee not everyone sees us this way. certainly allan colmes. >> great to see you in person. >> the talons are retracted. >> i like the title of this book. >> all i can say is i wore the period costume just because i knew that would be the only way that you would pay attention. >> victorrian. >> you think american culture is just fine, thank you, ma'am. >> you sound like my grandparents. >> i bet they were really smart. that is my biggest compliment you can give me. >> they didn't speak english. >> you didn't like your grand parents. >> holmes is saying something negative about people that speak a different language. >> they spoke a dead language. >> i like them even more.

. >> bill: but it is so stark right now, so stark -- ca colms up top, you don't get more liberal than allancouldn't tell me or the audience what president obama hs plan is to get us out of this mess. there isn't any plan. is there? >> no, jennifer lang he has no. that is why he is flailing around. he talked today about extending the cut in the payroll tax for another year. he talked about the trade deals. he knows that this is just for show, these are small ball stuff. >> bill: it is small ball stuff. >> he made a bet on the economy and went for the liberal solution and it is a bust. he doesn't have an answer. look, in the last 60 years since eisenhower with one exception, every time one party has been in the white house for two terms it gets tossed out on its ear. people always speak about and the one exception was, of course, reagan. bush because he was such a success. this country has an 8 year attention span for any one party in power and it has an admirable desire to see an alternation of power. >> bill: here is the change in america 24/7 news cycle and the stark and i mean stark prese