jeremy leicester, or bob franken. i'm not one of them. as much as an optimist i am, i am not very optimistic about the future of america. i think we are losing our edge, which i do not think bodes well for the future. look at transportation pretty fast as you can get from washington to new york is two hours, 45 minutes. you can make it in an hour if you live in france. not doturing, we do anything anymore. education, we used to have the best schools on the planet and we do not anymore. in many ways i think our golden era has passed, and i'm not sure we will ever get it back. >> let me take issue with some of your points and come back to it. phil, what do you see? >> i am a lifelong reader of the edge braker pages. >> you have seen me in there? >> i will chuckle momentarily. the fact is that americans are living to be older and older and older, and we are able to, through the miracles of medical research that you described, keep the carcasses dying, not necessarily the brains. the aging of the baby boom generation, the fact that they will

bob: bill, when you point out that christine o'donnell is running for the senate on ideology the name al frankenes to mind. as well it should, terrible situation for the country. bill: as i recall president obama never held a job in the private sector.é so miss o'donnell is not alone. the president did work as an attorney at a law firm. but his lack of free market experience has hurt him, has it not? eric: miss o'donnell should appear on the factor. if will help herself. gerald: karl rove is right the country needs experienced candidates. amateur hour is over. lori: rove needs to support christine. the people of delaware made their decision. michael: my wife awe accused you bill of calling president obama a pinhead on the cover of your new book. i defended you. i appreciate that the cover is a high noon situation, nothing else. karen: pinheads and patriots is yet another thought provoking o'reilly book. i stayed up until 2:30 a.m. to finish it. i appreciate that karen, thank you very much. vicki: the o'reilly whose name is bill, in ratings is top of the hill. he information us each night of the