ben stein, you're about this, why?> americans as a country are obsessed with cars and we have incredibly great cars and consumers are great at picking out great cars and we have the designers at all the car companies, every single one of them. why do we need to have the government telling us what kind of car to drive when we have the government, a bureaucrat in the government or a group of them telling them what kind of cars to drive in consultation with gm. we come out with a car that's very far from perfect. if the market wants electric cars, they'll figure out electric cars that work and so let's let the market handle this. my gosh, if we can't have a free market in cars, we're not a free market country anymore. >> adam? >> you, mr. cavuto, are obsessed with the volt. this is-- what, because it explodes and kills people? go ahead. >> and this is a relatively small and experimental product. it's very good that general motors is doing because one day. >> neil: we subsidized this with the gdp of most nations in latin a

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ben stein told me his thoughts on this bitter fight. mystery solved.s after this candid comment, news breaks to rescue an american hostage. details on how a secret group of navy seals pulled it off. >>> plus a beat-down caught on camera. and one of the teenagers behind bars is there because of his own dad. i'll speak with his father live. >>> and jurors apparently get emotional after garth brooks takes the stand. >> that's the longest time of my life. >>> and here we go. state of the union last night. i hope you watched it with us. now the president has hit the road, three days, five states. certainly no coincidence here. he's not going to iowa for the corn dogs, folks, not going to vegas to hit the craps table. our chief correspondent jessica yellin. she's a step ahead of the president. she's in phoenix. talk about these five states and how crucial they are in his reelection bid. >> hi, brooke. well, they are all battleground states, 48 electoral votes in total, and each has particular meaning. first there's iowa, which is the symbolic start of his su

we heard it from you here first, ben stein making the first predictions. >> and it is probably wrong,> thank you, thank you. >>> mitt romney about to pick up an important endorsement from the gop's one-time standard bearer, and that is right, john mccain. we are watching live pictures there, and mccain is set to signal that the republicans should start falling in line behind mitt romney. >>> fresh from winning the closest vote in iowa caucus history, mitt romney is about to pick up an endorsement from one of the biggest names in the gop. you are looking at live pictures of romney's town hall event out of manchester, new hampshire. arizona senator john mccain is set to throw his support behind the man he beat out for the 2008 republican nomination and it is expected to happen any minute now, and obviously we will go to it live as soon as it starts. but in the meantime, i want to bring in my friend and colleague wolf blitzer and that was an extraordinary evening to watch you guys at 2:30 in the morning, and cnn late night. >> yes, cnn late night. >> that was pretty extraordinary. >> yes

joining us from los angeles actor and economists what author of the book "what would ben stein do" mr varney. i want to get a jump on the general campaign rather than the we have seen since any recession after world war ii. we should be expanding three and a half, 4%. all previous recessions did at this point. right now we have got less than 2% growth. 2 million fewer jobs than before the recession. that's of right now. gas prices up 190 to 340. and and we have a housing crisis still lower than what they were before the recession. >> bill: are you saying that the stimulus money, almost a trillion taxpayer dollars didn't do anything to help the economy? >> it may have provided something of a cushion but a very mild cushion. >> was it worth the expenditure. >> flat out, no. we don't have anything to show for it except a trillion in extra debt. >> what do you say ben stein? >> well, there has never been a federal stimulus program that has brought this country out of a mild or even severe or any kind of economic catastrophe ever in peace time. world war ii. mammoth spending in world war i

los angeles pundit ben stein. what say you, ben? >> well, i say that the media is made by the people who make the media and they tend to be leftist, liberals, they tend to be antibusiness, antireligious, antimilitary. and they grind out that message night and day and, yes, the audience has been more dispersed because of the internet. they are still getting a big heavy dose of antiestablishment, antibusiness, anti-conservative, anti-republic propaganda each and every day. >> bill: will it matter? will voters actually take that with them when they go to the polls? >> some will and some will not. i have a son who is 24. he has other friends who are 24. they believe every word jon handedness. there probably never will be. >> bill: do you agree. >> i do not. obviously not watching fox. >> bill: fox is a counter weight. we are one against, what, a hundred. >> no. i also disagree with this survey because the truth is there is 342 jokes about obama. the next one is -- it's anthony weiner, 227 goes to herman cain. >> bill: compilation of oba

. >> jimmy: it's you, schwarzenegger, ben stein and chuck norris playing foos ball together or something that, but -- >> jimmy: do you feel like -- do people hold that against you, do you think? >> gosh, i don't know. i didn't get a s.a.g. nomination. >> jimmy: oh, interesting. >> nothing to do with it. um -- [ laughter ] i've never been a big government guy. that's just the way i am and i've always been such a rebel in my own life, i mean -- tell mel to think a certain way, i'm bound to go the other direction. >> jimmy: i see. >> so, for me, there is only one choice in hollywood. be a republican. >> jimmy: is there somebody you like from among -- it seems like -- >> i'm not really sure yet. you know -- it's -- it's romney and santorum right now. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i don't know what might emerge or change. but it's probably romney and, you know, he's probably going to do a good job but the whole -- >> jimmy: you are brimming with enthusiasm. >> the whole primary -- i felt the same way about obama and clinton four years ago. i thought, well, whoever. santorum is interesting, because he is

personally, if you're going to do it, let's see ben stein. >> we do need to see ben stein somewhere. it's viral. >> it is viral and crazy. we'll watch it again and again. >> but it's not a great thing. >> tape wide of cosmo passing out. you get something. all right. here's a question. what would you miss for the super bowl? there's this website called coupon cabin dotcom. 15% of men said they would miss the birth of their child to go to the super bowl. >> they should be stopped from breathing in the first place. lit. snippy. >> also on the list, many said they would miss the wedding of a close friend or relative or loved one to go -- or funeral, for that matter, to go to the super bowl. >> yeah. yeah. here's the misuse of the word -- close friend. yes. >> that's not a close friend. most say they would give up a vacation. and many say they would not go to work. >> you know what, it all is affected by if you are a wild, wild fan of a team that's playing in the super bowl. >> yes. >> i forgot who played last year, and i remember we had our usual super bowl bash, but i didn't watch -- i

branches of government america i'm joined by ben mann ski democracy advocate and campaign manager for the green party's presidential candidate dr jill jill stein and ben zucker a participant with occupy d.c. ben and ben welcome because they had to be this new so let's see. ben. man's he will start with you i'm to go yes it would have i thought you guys did a great job i mean it's really incredible to see this new generation of organizers and activists taking it to the hill and it's very clear that there's a lot of deep thinking and this movement this is a long term human process i came in from wisconsin i was here with dr jill stein was out here to support the occupy movement and i think that we're we're looking at a similar kind of frame right now in which we're looking at the two thousand and twelve elections and asking how does this democracy movement move forward in the electoral system that is occupied by corporate money by big business and i think that the actions that you undertook then that that thousands of others are continuing through the dead of winter as out in des moines last week and people are out there in the negative zero deg