. >> bob shrum, fox and friends, fired on for attending scheduled events.acks. isn't this a baseless comparison, how baseless is this? >> they attack him about anything. you have the wonderful piece of film showing bush saying the terrorists will pay for this. and then turning to the golf tee and saying watch this drive. the fact of the matter is that barack obama today in 2008 a president has to do more than one thing at a time. fighting to invest in our infrastructure, fighting to create jobs, fighting to do the right things for americans is, as scott points out, not just what we have to do here at home but key to our role in the world. as jfk said we can't be strong abroad if we are weak at home. the president is doing everything he can to deal with this ukrainian situation. right now the truth of the matter is with the sanctions ratcheted up up putin faces a choice. is he going to find a way to back out, maybe with face-saving federal arrangements in the ukraine or go forward, the sanks will get ratcheted up and russia will get isolated from the global

let me bring in bob shrum. it really boils down to demographics, republican policies don't match up with demographics. what's your take on this? >> what's going on is the republican party is captive to a bitter group of people in this country who can't come to terms with the emerging new america that will be a majority of minorities number one. you have folks like steve king representative steve king from iowa in the house who at least sound racist when they talk about immigration reform. i think they genuinely feel that kind of resentment. and number three, you have some republicans who know this is political disaster for them demographically long term who sit there on the house and look over at eric cantor and say, i just don't want to take that risk. we can't move forward. so that's -- they are just paralyzed. >> yeah, so what does this mean for republicans in the midterms? >> they are blaming obama. they can't trust obama. obama is throwing window dressing at the border. the numbers are what they are with d