you need to know about this entire birther movement. >> we should also let our viewers know that brad blakemanher people. >> but brad is now -- largely though, brad, it is the republicans and republican lawmakers who are -- >> no. >> there are democrats who are backing orly and this birth movement? >> we were victims of it, too. palin was a victim of it with her son trig. there are crazies on the left and there are crazies -- >> who is sponsoring that birth bill as that has been called? who is sponsoring that? >> there are 535 lawmakers up on the hill -- >> but of those sponsoring the birther bills, are those democrats? >> look -- >> they're republicans, brad. they're republicans. >> on either side -- >> brad -- >> this is the point, brad. here you are even, brad, you have called the birther movement crazy. you yourself, but just now i said, brad, who is sponsoring the birther bill and you couldn't just say republicans. >> anybody can sponsor a bill. the bill isn't going to see the light of day. >> i can't, you can't, david can't. come on. the republicans. at least those. i'm not saying a majo

. >> julie: i'm joined by brad blakeman, former assistant to president bush.alking to us, late breaking news coming in now where the white house is essentially issuing a response to major's questions earlier this week. your reaction, first of all, to the white house as plague just said wanted to get to the bottom of this, find out how the e-mails got there in the first place. do you think they're taking responsibility? >> they're not, no, they keep passing the buck. they knew julie, quite well where the e-mails were going and how many they were-- were sent out. people should come forward. and let's-- let fox news and others know whether they were victims of the spammed e-mail by david axlerod and those who work at the white house. it's totalsly inappropriate and as major garrett suggests, a way of also getting around the white house records act. totally unappropriate behavior for the white house and i know a person who said in an e-mail. unsolicited never contacted the white house and offended by receiving unsolicited spam e-mail from a high white house offici

. >> brad blakeman, what do you make of that?election. you have the white house. you have the house and the senate with high majorities. you don't need one single republican vote. if you guys could get your act together between liberals and also the blue dog democrats, you could have any bill you want anytime you want. the problem is with democrats, not with republicans. the republicans cannot stand in your way. it's only your own party that's doing it. you have howard dean, you have sebelius, you guys have multiple personalities. you don't know what you want and the american people don't know what they're going to get, and that's your problem. >> i will concede the democrats are a much, much more diverse party than are the republicans in all senses, including in terms of their points of view. i will also concede that the democrats do have a majority in both house and senate and some democrats, particularly the conservative democrats, don't particularly like the public option. most democrats think the public option is the best wa

. >> joining the conversation as it were, brad blakeman, republican strategist and karen finney is a for me. >> i'd run! i'm kidding. >> how would you counsel them? where do you think the democrats are the weakest right now going into 2010 and 2012? >> going into 2010, this you're going to see there needs to be a check on the democratic congress and democratic president is their strongest message. obviously, if democrats aren't able to show they have been able to deliver i think they could be vulnerable to that message. going to twelve, a lot is having a republican candidate who has a message. part of the problem with the republican party you have the far right wing of the base and the rest of the party is really sort of in disarray and not one clear leader. someone who seems to be able to sort of bring together those desperate factions on the right but then still have some appeal to the middle of the country with fiscally sound message which is something we've not seen from republicans in some time, i think that would be important and kind of platform to run on. >> bradley, one of t

somebody needs to call brad blakeman when these mobs are showing up all over the country.need to make sure as democrats that we have an alternative group out there that's keeping the message for health care reform so, anybody who's neutral and shows up at one of these rallies recognizes this isn't just republicans who are against it. >> got to leave it there. sorry. running out of time here. >> all right. >> thank you so much, jamal and john, for joining us in "the situation room." >>> if you missed the dramatic and emotional homecoming for journalists laura ling and euna lee, we are playing the entire footage right here in "the situation room." >>> and seven kidney transplants involving 14 recipients and donor who is didn't match. so what do you think? i think i'll go with the basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. this is my verizon small business specialist, tom. now, i know the catering business but when i walked in here i wasn't sure what i needed. i'm not sure what i ne

. >> jamie: all right, brad blakeman and susan, it ties together. no question about it.hank you. >> thank you. >> jamie: rick. >> rick: port authority officials in new york have identified the suspect in this morning's bomb scare at laguardia airport. authorities say the man hyped the thre behind the threat. 32-year-old scott mcgan of new york, alleged to have walked into the c terminal with a fake bomb leading officials to evacuate the entire terminal causing major delays and hassles for travelers, no word yet what kind of charges mccannes would face. we've heard the debate what the reform on health care would do for the economy, your taxes and insurance premiums. >> jamie: no doubt about it. what about the doctors in small private practices. you won't believe how many of them are thinking about quitting under the current system. we'll talk to a primary care doctors about what more bureaucracy will mean for him and his patients. i was always going having to go in the middle of traffic and just starting and stopping. having to go in the middle of a ballgame and then not

we also have brad blank and -- blakeman, secretary adviser george bush. >> nonsense. the white house knew that it had its own list to contact, but they also contacted third parties -- i am sure of it. david axelrod has an e-mail on health care and we want to move the debate our way, so flood our website with addresses we can use. they know that if it came from pacs are not directly, from his account, -- from david axelrod directly, from his account, they would have to admit that it came from him. i got a friend who had an e-mail from david axelrod and it was unsolicited and unwarranted. within the body of the e-mail, he tells people to use this as a chain e-mail to spread the word. trace: maybe you can clarify what he is talking about. the white house is in a fickle because they cannot get rid of these e-mails. they cannot gather information about people's political views, so the question that everyone has is -- we are not say it is an enemies list, but is there a sense that there is some gathering going on of political views? >> it seems that there is a gathering of