. >> i wrote an entire monologue on david frum. >> i would like to hear that. >> i will show you. i will have to cut it way the hell down for the show. >> do you want to do that now and then get to the first story? >> no, that's okay. cats. rick, i will start with you. you said this study was from france. it was done by the smithsonian biology institute in washington, d.c. which i will grant you seems a lot like france these days. i will tbif you a pass. i will give you a pass. think there is a france part of this, isn't there? we look at the real details. >> some of the numbers the smithsonian used were from an earlier french study. >> some of the cats were french. they were trapped in imaginary litter boxes. . >> a lot of vacation time. >> they wanted to move to belgium. >> they like to be tickled. >> you mentioned the new zealand environmentalist is now offering $5 to the new zealand spca for every cat they kill. he is putting his money where his mouth is. >> that means he should eat them. >> you said birds are defended from dinasaurs. why not defend from the cat? you never hea

david frum is involved in this project, so it must be a horrible idea.m who spent the convince anybody who is against the iraq is unpatriotic. a great centrist. it is useful to have all of these guys, the kennedys and the frums together in a cause i desperately don't believe in. if enough bad people support something, maybe something goodwill happen. it is so terrible, patrick kennedy, the serial car crashing objection objectiony -- oxycontin addict says, let's see what the finance tells us. this is after 40 years of marijuana being scheduled a drug that is harder than their row win, and that the government does president allow us to do any kind of research on it. i think they are basically sniffing the wind on legalization in colorado and washington and trying to stay relevant as conservatives. >> kennedy, as a kennedy, what do you make of the plan? >> i think patrick kennedy is a mutant and just because he has damaged dna not everybody has to pay with their freedom. i believe thisy are at the forefront of the issue, and huey is so far behind the times,

outsiders, of course, david frum, david brooks, people like that, who were saying all along, you know, hey, engage in this debate so you can at least shape obama care, so that it won't be, not as onerous to conservative tastes as obama has in mind, then decide to do it all or nothing. and they wound up getting nothing, because now they are going after a program that is established and gaining popularity. and i think that -- i'm waiting to see how quickly the tea party folks get institutionalized, as they say in prison life. in other words, realize that they are here to get something done, not just stand in the way. >> but that's not why they were elected, right, mike? you've worked with some of these, worked against some of these tea parties in some of these republican primaries. they actually were elected to gum up the works in some of their minds. >> i think in the primary process, you have more committed voters. the electorate is more pro-life, more pro-second amendment. it's a very different electorate. i don't believe muck up the works would be the way i would put it. each of the

patrick kennedy -- and also david frum is a conservative.the glitz and glamour the majority of people on board are health care professionals. we're not saying reefer madness-type arguments. we also know for example the iq study they cited, you can't even put that on the same level as the usfd study. the new zealand study followed people for 38 years of their life. it was an entire village that were recruited for what scientists call a longitudinal study. >> jennifer: very interesting. >> it's not reefer madness, but it is something new. >> jennifer: i appreciate you coming on, it is a little surprising. kevin sabet of smart approaches to marijuana. coming up the best of the rest, a couple of tidbits we want you to know about before you start the weekend, including the entertainment lineup for monk's inauguration. even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel,

columnist for foreign policy and has worked in the pentagon under the obama administration and david frumformer speech writer for george w. bush and critter for us. right now, 40% of active duty are women. this could be hundreds of thousand of jobs suddenly would be open to women. am i right in saying this is hublgly significant? >> it's absolutely enormous. the one thing i would say though, the it's not that we don't have women in combat positions. we have women who are ineligible under the former policy, but there really isn't any front line in today's wars. fighting heroically in combat, women who have died in combat. this change just recognizes what's already a reality, frankly. >> david, please be blunt. i know what you have to say is, might offend some people, but this is important. why do you think women in combat is not a good idea? >> i think we need to stress, this is quite an abstract notion. the number of women who will speak and equally is likely to be quite low, but of those who do, i think there are three concerns. the first, the first is is that we are going to see as we h

. >> joining us now to talk about this clarence page and david frum contributing editor for "newsweekdaily beast, where i also work. is hannity right? is the media swooning over this left wing speech by the president? >> the speech was not crazy, but it was a much more fighting speech than we heard from an inaugurated president in a long time. the trend was for inaugurals to be dramatic. this was a 19th century speech where they didn't deliver the states of the union in person. >> the coverage, in your view, adequately reflect the liberal tone of the speech. >> everybody got it. this was the most liberal speech. we have heard from a president at this occasion. >> did some commentators seem to you, angry, about the speech that the re-elected president chose to give? >> rational reason and all virtus. you know, let's face it. president obama won't say it up front but he is acknowledging there are red states and blue states and swing states and this is the reality of today. he is now in his legacy forming period. i thought it was a very roosevelt, fdresque speech. but he was, his languag

david frum's "why romney lost." that president obama was vulnerable and could have been beaten. but he details how the republican party blew it. trapped in a cocoon of tv commentators and consultants who fed it fantasies. it is very smart and it is quite short. now, for the last look. much has been made of the signature of jacob lou who, if confirmed, will be the nation's next treasury secretary. this could be on our currency. but on deeper examination, it seems that might never happen. tim geithner regular signature is this, but he says he changed it to this more legible version to sign your dollar bills. we asked a few of our favorite formers if their regular signatures were their regular signatures. reuben said he, too, changed his

this week's book of the week is an e-book, david frum's "why romney lost" he is a conservative who believest president obama was vulnerable and could have been beaten. but he details how the republican party blew it. trapped in a cocoon of tv commentators and consultants who fed it fantasies. it is very smart and it is quite short. >>> now, for the last look. much has been made of the signature of jacob lew, who if confirmed will be the nation's next treasury secretary. this could be on our currency. but on deeper examination, it seems that might never happen. tim geithner's regular signature is this. but he says he changed it to this, more ledgible version to sign your dollar bills. we asked a few of our favorite formers if their signatures on greenbacks were their regular signatures or whether they had changed them. robert reuben said nobody ever asked him to do so. but he, too, changed his signature for public consumption. his john hancock for correspondenced on this one for cash. james baker's signature on a speed ticket. in his later years, he altered his penmanship on his middle initi

let's hear what conservative intellectual david frum says about this. >> who says he's conservative?with the fact that glenn beck is taken off. as they have backed away from hip and other characters -- the whole network is an exercise in going too far but as they retreated from those who went farthest, i think this is a milestone as well. >> i was under the impression it wasn't possible to embarrass fox news but maybe it is. >> one of the things that was most interesting is fox news was sort of against itself in the last minutes when they were calling ohio and karl rove almost himself had a bit of a tantrum saying that there was no way that ohio could have gone for president obama, megan kelly had to go back there and talk to the folks who actually had the facts and say, in fact, that ohio did, in fact, go to president obama. i think there is some soul searching going on there. i think that's correct. in 2011 with that exit of glen beck, who, of course, went on to his own network. and now with sarah palin, kind of the declining fortunes of the tea party and this inability of the tea

david frum is with us and also with us doug wilson, form pentagon senior spokesman for president obama. he has been criticized for using the term jewish lobby. he used it in a 2006 interview and here is what he said, quote, the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here. i have always argued against the dumb things they do because i don't think it is in the interest of israel. i just don't think it is smart for israel. some say chuck hagel owes an apology for that. after all, not all jews support what israel does. there could be an israeli lobby and that could be different from an jewish lobby. does hagel have to explain himself? >> well, i don't want to parse a every phrase a nominee has used. many people use unfortunate phrases and go on to be excellent nominees. the problem with chuck hagel is not a phrase. the problem with chuck hagel is a consistent attitude. the next secretary of defense will be -- will likely to have deal with two basic types of issues at the top of the inbox. the first is managing a defense build down, if the sequester goes i

joining us is donna brazil and david frum, both cnn contributors.tle deal based on what we know? what do you think? >> i don't think a spokesman denied involvement with prostitutes or underage prostitutes is the thing you want to say of a chairman of the committee that deals with the world. it's a nervous making moment for him and let's hope he has some good answers. he better hope he has some good answers. >> i assume you agree? >> he's about to take on a very important job as chair of the senate foreign relations committee. i know bob menendez. he's a man of incredible and impeccable character and i hope he can get this behind him. >> were you watching the hearing today? >> i was. >> senator mccain, senator lindsey graham, they were pretty rough with him. >> well, it's not so much what the senators that questioned him do but what senator hagel did. i have to imagine a lot of people watching this hearing at the white house looking at each other saying, why did we think this was a good idea? this mans seemses unprepared, he seems not very nimble. th

joining us, two cnn contributors, cornell belcher and david frum. her legacy.s very popular, hillary clinton. but her legacy over these four years, what she accomplished as secretary of state, david frum, what do you think about that? >> the obama administration and secretary of state were dealt a lot of problems but they are leaving behind a lot of problems. the interview dealt with the middle east. i think we have to stop calling the events in middle east the arab spring. things clearly are getting worse and worse and worse. the situation on syria, all of those completely unresolved, especially in egypt. the interview dealt with what's going on the teu. the europeans have made a series of decisions that have pushed us deeper into a global recession and they have not listened to the united states. i think the obama administration is giving them good advice on what to do but they have not heeded it. >> early on in the obama administration you remember two very sensitive issues, the special envoys, richard holbrooke, george mitchell on the middle east peace proj

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you qualify david frum who is not crazy and i'm bringing an opinion, element of the debate representsty and i'm suggesting those assumptions are not true. >> did you support gays in the military? >> my opinion on gays in the military is similar to this. i am not in the military v not served, that being said while you bring up david petraeus i thought you were going to bring up was his opinion on this, not his personal exploits. we should take the entire military ground to leadership. >> did you support the integration of gays in the military? >> i outsourced the opinion to the military. >> so you thought that was okay but this is not okay? >> you seem to be signing me a conclusion which i am not making. you understand i'm bringing -- >> i asked if you supported it or not. >> gays in the military, yes or no. >>'military thinks it's advantageous to -- >> you're not going to say yes or no. >> put him on oprah. >> what you're imposing on this debate does not do it a service. >> you quoted tucker carlson the conservative -- >> feminist latest victory, the right to get your limbs blown off

joining us, cnn contributor, paul begala and david frum, a former white house speechwriter under georgefirst of all, this is not a surprise, paul, that there's a lot of changes. >> change is good. the president ran on changes and this is a very healthy thing. i think it's noteworthy that two of the three things you mentioned, very controversial and clearly the president still has enormous confidence in them and this does sort of say, okay, back off, republicans, these are two controversial members that i have and i have their back. >> the president seems to be going for a more high confrontational approach the the chuck hagel nomination is i think the most outspoken out there example of that. as you say, eric holder, this is not a president saying i want -- i'm holding out my hand. this is the president saying, talk to the hand. >> perhaps he saw -- i know he saw the steven spielberg movie "lincoln" which president lincoln says, i am the re-elected president clothed in immense power. >> the president doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected a third time. he can do a lot. >> there'