. >> the -- >> may i dr., krauthammer? >> i did not say a word. i and silently rolling my eyes. >> keep rolling. they want to get this son of karl marx out of the white house, but they have to be careful. if there is a feeling he is being treated unfairly, it is seen that they are trying to take michelle obama and the nice kids out of the white house, there will be people who come out and turn out. we are early in this part of the campaign, but you can count on the nastiness to fire up the base. limbaughs will let it all hang out, and there will be a reaction. now i stop and pause and wait. >> i mean, give me a break on the fox news. i'm flattered cox news, of which i am a small part, is so powerful and accepted. but come on. what mark was saying, the numbers for john mccain, it was the increase as them and turn out of the base that was so important for obama. 2008 was the dream. now you have a reality. no enthusiasm, that is pretty obvious. he was the most charismatic candidate in 2008 than we have had since reagan and even more. it was a perfect

dr. krauthammer or? >> i did not say a word.as silently rolling my eyes. >> keep rolling, because i willl keep r rolling. they had reasons to get this son of karl marx out of the white house. t they have to be careful about how they go after barack obama. ere is the base out there, and if there is a feeling he is being treated unfairly, that they are trying to take michelle obama and those nice kids out of the white house there will be people who will come out there and turned out. we are earlyly in this part of the campaign, , but you can tell that the nastiness to fire up the base is going to come out the limbaughs will let it all hang out, and there will be our reaction. now i stop and wait. >> i mean, give me a break on the fox news. i am flattered that fox news, of which i am a small part, is so powerful and well accepted, but come on. what mark was saying that it you look at the numbe for john mccain, it was t enthusiasm and turnout of the base that was so important for obama. demand in 2008 was the dam. now yohave a reali

krauthammer after these messages. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. we continue our reporting on dr.quille afridi convicted last week of high treason by pakistani kangaroo court. he was sentenced to 33 years in prison. his relatives told fox news he has tortured. president obama has not said anything publicly about this and fox news white house guy ed henry asked about that today. >> we have made our views known that the doctor in question here should not be held, that he did nothing that would justify him being held and we're certainly consulting with the pakistani government on this matter but i don't have any other details for you. >> there is no plan b. obviously you have made that case. pakistanis still have him. >> we are in consultations with him making our views known to the pakistani government. >> bill: joining us now from washington fox news political analyst charles krauthammer. so, i'm going to appoint you this evening to advise president obama on pakistan. you would tell him to do what? >> three point plan, number one, cut out the i had idiocies, our defense was to say

krauthammer will challenge me on the president's foreign policy. there is no question, no question at all that mr. obama is not showing leadership in the case of drdi. pakistan less them operate on their soil. and the taliban leadership lives in qwetta, pakistani city near the afghan border. the pakistanis don't care what we say or think. so i am very concerned and believe the obama administration must act decisively and publicly in defending dr. afridi. we are waiting, mr. president. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction, joining us from washington. congressman dennis kucinich and from long island new york congressman peter king the chairman of the homeland security committee. congressman king, you have publicly said that the united states government outed dr. afridi, thereby leading to his prison sentence. are you standing behind that? >> yes, i do bill. several things here. one in the immediate days after the killing of bin laden had sources in the government talking about d.n.a. samples, how he wanted to compare d.n.a. then soon after that the pakistanis started to lock up various health officials and there was a story

krauthammer will challenge me on the president's foreign policy. there is no question, no question at all that mr. obama is not showing leadership in the case of drdi. pakistan less them operate on their soil. and the taliban leadership lives in qwetta, pakistani city near the afghan border. the pakistanis don't care what we say or think. so i am very concerned and believe the obama administration must act decisively and publicly in defending dr. afridi. we are waiting, mr. president. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction, joining us from washington. congressman dennis kucinich and from long island new york congressman peter king the chairman of the homeland security committee. congressman king, you have publicly said that the united states government outed dr. afridi, thereby leading to his prison sentence. are you standing behind that? >> yes, i do bill. several things here. one in the immediate days after the killing of bin laden had sources in the government talking about d.n.a. samples, how he wanted to compare d.n.a. then soon after that the pakistanis started to lock up various health officials and there was a story