political analyst david gergen and alexis glick who once worked as an analyst at goldman sachs i should point out. david, how political is this? i mean, is this just a coincidence? this is happening on the eve of, you know, debate over financial regulation? >> i do think it's suspicious. i think the timing is probably not a coincidence. eliot spitzer argued today that it was not a coincidence. and it's going to make a big difference in the senate debate. let me go back to what michael was arguing. anderson, the big question to me tonight is, goldman sachs says, yeah we may work with paulson but we bet against paulson and lost $90 million doing that. michael says i don't think that happened. but it does seem to me that's the most material fact to learn. because it just would be hard to believe that goldman sachs would intentionally defraud itself. >> for me, the layman lesson is don't give yourself a dumb nickname in an e-mail. you know? this guy torre, what did he call himself? the fabulous -- >> yes, yes. look, he's -- you know, one of

let's get to the raw politics with senior political analyst david gergen, candy crowley and cnn contributorjohn avalon. david, how significant is this idea of forming a national grouping of tea party groups? >> it's an important evolution, anderson, and a history of this, we'll see where it goes. but in the minds of many americans, the tea party folks seem to be a fringe group. i think they're becoming -- it's becoming parent this is more and more a nationwide protest in many ways. i was struck by two polls recently, a rasmussen poll, that found that more americans believe that the tea party is aligned with their values on policies than believe that president obama is aligned with them. that's pretty interesting. there's a gallup poll out now that's saying about 28% of americans believe that they, you know, they're basically within the tea party overall effort, that they agree with what the tea party is trying to do. so we're seeing a group that is trying to become mainstream, that's making strides in that direction, and the federation also reflects their frustration in what they feel has b

. >> let's get an insider briefing now from david gergen. is this about politics? >> i don't think so, anderson. the national security advisor to the president, jim jones, has studied energy for a long time, is absolutely convinced this is a matter of national security, we have to become more energy independent. others are very worried as economies get back online, grow again, the price of oil and energy stops will go way up and crimp the recovery. >> they're are big strong persuasive reasons. i think it has political repercussions. the overwhelming emphasis of the democratic party was to his and boo when they said drill baby drill and the president said, i'm going to do that. what he said in the state of the union just this january, drilling offshore is part of a broader more comprehensive strategy on his part. i don't think there's a big surprise on the substance. i think the surprise to me, anderson, is, he didn't, as he promised, use offshore drilling and nuclear power as bargaining chips with republicans to get them to come on board, not only -- >> because the

and our senior political analyst, david gergen. david gergen, let me start with you.e, because the u.s. policy towards the israeli/palestinian conflict is to facilitate negotiations, but let the parties themselves negotiate and come up with a final resolution not to come up with a u.s. peace plan that would be imposed on the parties themselves. that is repeatedly rejected by u.s. officials, but right now there may be a change. >> you are absolutely right, wolf. for president after president, the policy has been that the u.s. should play the role of a mediator, of an even-handed mediator. the israelis and to some extent the palestinians said don't impose peace on us. if you see conditions out there you want to see met, here's what we want. the palestinians can grasp ahold of those conditions and say, okay, that's the bottom line of the negotiation, we are not going to retreat anywhere from those lines and puts enormous pressure on the israelis. but this president and his administration have met and have high ambitions for the middle east. they increasingly believe that

david gergen and candy crowley, john king, republican strategist ed rollins and roland martin.hat about that? if that happened, you would think there would be video by now. is it a win for the tea party? >> i think it's dumb to focus on this. if you are trying to create an actual movement, this is the last thing you want to talk about. you want to talk about policy. you want to get folks involved. you don't want to remind people there's a possibility the "n" word was used. it makes no sense if you are trying to create a movement. >> david, i don't know if you were listening into the discuss before the break and talking to the state senator. a lot of liberal groups were raising red flags saying they want to raise a militia. the state senator made comments that raised concern. now, he's clearly saying he's not for an armed group of activists. >> well i don't know if he laid it to rest or not, anderson, but he suggested there's more smoke than fire. until there's proof, i take him on his word and move on. i do want to disagree with roland about the point of the tea party and the q

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i heard david gergen recently say talking about out hay and he had a quadruple bypass and how he had changed after that. i looked at that when i was a raging worse than watergate i talk to grow cheney south and he would never read these his health records and i did a lot of digging than and talking to a doctor recently doing research us whether a quadruple bypass this change a personality because i think there were two different genes and it is only anecdotally whether personalities change in the circumstances but from those who know one. i did not know dick cheney at the nixon white house earlier. i knew people who worked with him when he was white house chief of staff. they were not overly impressed with him then and i must say i find him a rather troubling character. a very difficult conservative and a anxious for his book to to amount to try to justify the just claims it is okay. but it is not likely he will be elected president. >> and my life so far by jane fonda? [laughter] >> guest: i could not resist that. i have known jane for a number of years and when i read her book a of

i heard david gergen recently on cnn talking about al haig after he passed.nd haig had a quadruple bypassed and how he changed after that. when i was writing "worse than watergate," i talked about cheney's health and the fact he wouldn't release his health records. and i did a lot of digging then. and i actually talked to a doctor very recently who was doing some more research on this subject as to whether a quadruple bypass does change a personality. 'cause i think there were two different cheneys. it's only anecdotal at this point as to whether personalities change in these sidewalks. -- circumstances. but from those who knew -- i didn't know dick cheney at the nixon white house in his earlier iteration. i knew people who worked with him when he was white house chief of staff. they were not overly impressed with him then. i must say that i find him a rather troubling character. i find him a very typical authoritarian conservative. i'm very anxious for his book to come out to see what he says to try to justify this. probably won't try to justify it. just cla

i heard david gergen recently on cnn talking about al haig after he passed, and al qaeda had a quadruple bypass. and how he had changed after that. i look at that when i was writing worse than what a gate, i talk about cheney's health and the fact that he wouldn't release his health records. and i did a lot of digging then and i talked to a doctor very recently was doing some more research on the subject as to whether a quadruple bypass does change a personality. because i think they were two different cheney's, and it's only anecdotal a parent at this point as to whether personalities change in the circumstances, but from those who knew cheney, i did know dick cheney at the nixon white house in his earlier. i knew people who worked with him when he was white house chief of staff. they were not overly impressed with him then, and i must say that i find him a rather troubling character. i find him a very typical authoritarian conservative. i am very ages for his book to come out to see what he says to try to justify this. probably won't try to justify it. will claim it is okay, but i am g

our senior political analyst gloria borger and david gergen are here. there is tough decisions that have to be made, gloria, sooner rather than later. >> absolutely. fix entitlement programs, we all know what they are. we got to fix entitlement like social security and medicare, cut federal spending and raise taxes or perhaps all of the above. that's the testimony they heard on this panel today. it is not rocket science. they all know what they have to do. the question is whether they're going to be able to get there because the president has said these proposals, in order to go to congress, need to have 14 out of the 18 members supporting them. and so that means got to have republicans and democrats and the question is whether you can get from here to there. >> here's what the president said, all options are on the table. listen to this. >> i want to deliver this message today, we're not playing that game. i'm not going to say what's in. i'm not going to say what's out. i want this commission to be free to do its work. >> they're going to do -- spend a