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e.j. dionne. and host of cnbc's "closing bell," maria bartiromo. >> announcer: from cnbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. substituting today, savannah guthrie. >>> good morning. the president is on day three of his ten-day vacation in martha's vineyard spending time with family and friends, hitting the links and doing some book shopping. aides say the president is being kept up to date on the situation in libya over the weekend. fighting intensified as rebels battle through the capital city of tripoli. new reports today of gunfire and explosions this morning. >>> also on the president's mind during this vacation, his plans to unveil a new jobs package in a major speech after labor day. and here with us to talk about the president's jobs agenda and his re-election efforts, a familiar face to many from his days as white house press secretary, robert gibbs, now a key adviser to the president's campaign. robert, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me. >> let'

i hope the president does what e.j. said. i hope it's bold. e.j. and i may define bold differently. come out with a plan that creating certain regulations. i'd encourage a mortar rum ator new regulations even on parts of the new health care bill. how do you get people back to work in industries who are ready to hire? there are things you can do right now. a lot of that money people worry will be spent on dividends or spent on stock buybacks. who cares. if the money comes back to the u.s. and u.s. investors benefit, the economy ben fiefits becausee stock market goes up. >> that's the issue. the president needs a short-term and long-term plan. the markets are built on confidence. people need to have confidence that we actually see a plan that will encourage businesses to create job. right now all we're ever hearing about is, oh, taxes will fgo higher. millionaires, billionaires, corporations will carry the brunt. the corporate sector has $2.5 trillion in cash. they're not putting the money to work because they're anticipating costs going higher late later. the point on regulation, dod

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thanks for joining me tonight, e.j. >> good to be with you. >> e.j., i am one of those who have to laugh when i read lines in places like "the washington post" or anywhere else that suggest that there is some area where the republicans might be reasonable and reach some agreement with the president, that there's some target of compromise for the president to aim at. do you think he should be aiming at this theoretical space where the republicans might be able to agree with him, or should he be going for the best policy? >> you know, my award for the best cheeky headline of the day goes to the fire dog lake website, "obama unsure on whether to propose jobs ideas that can't pass or jobs ideas that can't pass." the point being if he proposes something really big, the republicans will reject it, but if he proposes something small tailors to them, they are probably going to reject it too, and so i don't see any reason why he shouldn't go out there and be bold, and there are a lot of reasons why he should be bold. in the first place, look at what the republicans have done so far. if you approa

e.j. dionne joins me next to sort out the confusion. and if mitt romney wins the presidential campaign, the obama campaign is ready for him. that's coming up. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. [ male announcer ] get five dollars in money-saving coupons at v8juice.com. >>> when president obama began his address to the american people yesterday afternoon, the dow stood at just over 11,000. by the end of the day it had dropped another 200 points, ending the worst single day stock market plunge since the 2008 crash. that prompted this headline on the cover of today's "new york post," "tanks a lot." inside the story read "with stock markets in free fall yesterday, a desperate president obama tried to turn things around by delivering a rallying speech but it was so lackluster, it led to a full scale financial massacre." the story failed to mention any substantive effort will

e.j.nne joins us for that next. >>> in your view, we should still be using enhanced interrogation? >> yes. >> should we still be waterboarding terror suspects? >> i would strongly support using it again if we had a high-valued detainee and that was the only way to get him to talk. >> people call it torture, you think it should still be a tool? >> yes. >> rendition? >> yes. >> secret presence? >> yes. >> wiretapping? >> with the right approval. >> you say it is one of the things you are proudest of and you'd do it again in a heart beat. >> it was controversial at the time, it was the right thing to do. >> no apologies? >> no apologies. >> ladies and gentlemen, the unapologetic 46th vice president of the united states, richard bruce cheney, who's currently promoting his memoir and promising there will be "heads ek exploding all over washington." why? because his memoir throws a bunch of his fellow bush veterans under the bus. one who promised the intelligence of wmds in iraq was a slam dunk,

joining me now, washington post columnist, e.j. dionne. nice to see you, e.j. >> good to be with you, happy to help you out. >> exactly. now, look, i'm assuming there's nothing illegal happening in the video, but the moment i saw it i thought wow, this feels unsavory and icky. >> you saw on the videotape something that happens a lot in politics, mike kinsly once said the things we should look out for are not the things that are illegal in politics, but the things that are legal in politics. a couple things here, first, once again we see the dangers opened up but that citizen's united decision, which would make it easier than ever for corporations to have more and more influence on our politics, it just takes the lid off and regulations off, and secondly, i think you're seeing a kind of hypocrisy on the right where a lot of them ran against the bailout, but they are also opposed to the kinds of regulations that would make it less likely that we'll need a bailout the next time. i think you got this odd situation for the obama administration

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here to talk more about this is e.j.umnist, senior fellow at the brookings institution and contributor. i wonder why there is such rancor here from former vice president. why come out attacking members of his own administration? >> i think you do get a picture of quite a bit of dysfunction inside of the bush administration. i think cheney felt that in the second term the policy was getting away from him. i think you saw a shift in president bush's foreign policy from something like the cheney policy to something like condoleeza rice's policy. and that's why there's certain continuities between the second half of bush and president obama. there were some interesting revelations in the book. i thought even if colin powell is right in saying that heads are exploding in washington. i thought that was the toughest shot. because the way you sell a book is to get people to believe that heads are exploding. the account of the last meeting before iraq is striking. president bush in his account of the meeting said it ended with hi

joining me now is e.j. dionne. great to have you with us. tax revenues are really in the future? >> first of all, the president said he wanted $1.2 trillion when negotiating with john boehner. you cannot talk about the deficit and be serious about closing it without an awful lot of revenue. you just can't do it all with cuts, without cutting programs altogether. we do owe paul ryan a debt for pointing that out to us. but i think the president really needs to come out there strong for job creation. when you think about as a country we can borrow money at 2% a year right now for ten years. we can do a lot of good things for the country. it's not just liberals calling for stimulus. john harwood had a very good piece in the papers to day. he said they cannot do this all by them self. the president needs to come out strong a, because the economy needs it, and, b, i think the american people need it. >> saying that president finally needs to put these revenues on the table for serious discussion. and if you look at the polling, you know, the ameri

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lawrence o'donnell asked e.j. dion dionne, about what they bring to the table. >> his significance is that they can put revenue on the table. they want to talk about revenue. kerry is a national figure. he's endorsed obama's big deal. and patty murray is a loyal party person, who is not going to go way off from where the majority of the caucus is. >> she's on the budget committee. these people know the nuts and bolts. they don't be confused by what's being discussed there. what should the democrats do in the house in terms of appointment of this committee? >> i might finesse it and see what boehner is doing in the house. if he goes to the tea party and says no one who is a moderate conservative, you know where this committee is going. and you might put more militant people on there. i think she needs a couple of people who are very strong on the democratic position, like barney frank. and somebody more moderate. maybe put steny hoyer on. there's a little tension between pelosi and hoyer. put him on there. >> lawre

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host: gary on twitter says -- e.j. dionne has this in "the washington post" today, asking, can america still lead? from bronx, new york on the line for independents, samuel is up next. good morning. caller: good morning. i do not think america can lead. the world watched the raising the debt ceiling. we waited until the last minute, putting people's social security checks in jeopardy again. the whole world was watching us. i think it is good would happen. maybe now we will become more serious. before this happened, i saw the republicans and the tea party gleefully acting like they were holding the president hostage. the whole world watched us. they downgraded us. right now, i think we should be. host: let's look get a story from "usa today." maryland, tommy, democrats' line. caller: good morning. i think america can still lead. one of the major problems we have now is the direction the tea party and republicans are trying to take us. you have eric cantor and john boehner. they have admitted their number one priority is

and talked about this and take a look i think hillary would have been better i think he lived through e.j. dizzy dress. and impeachments and all of that she would never of still like obama seems to think that he can win them over to go shit with him she would have bill you know i mean she would she knows how to deal with difficult. i don't you problems with is and i'll tell you why because yes we can talk about hillary and how she's a ballbuster you know she is so much tougher than obama and i think there is a statement to be made there but i don't think you can actually ask would it been would have been different or would it have been better of course would have been different but would it have been better if this person was in office because. from the record if you look at obama specifically people flip flop they change completely for when they're on the campaign trail to when they get into office you have to start asking all the whys and you never really believe that really just trying to sell us lies or just something change about you fundamentally once you're in that seat of power bu

right now -- what e.j. dionne writes today. what do you think? can america still lead?et's continue on. let's get right to the phones. dennis on the line for democrats in maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for the opportunity. the short answer, yes, americans still lead. america is still the richest nation in the history of the world. we still have trillions and trillions of dollars that these bankers are sitting on that they will not release into the economy. even though the president has to deal with this small minority of republicans, the so-called tea party people, who has his hands tied, i think it is really a shame that the credit score had to be reduced. i blame it -- i put it squarely on the backs of the republicans. one last thing. america will get a chance to speak next year in the elections and i can guarantee you they are going to clean house with these republicans. host: dennis, who do you look to to leave? you mentioned you think bankers are sitting on money. the look to congress? caller: i think it will take a combination of grown-ups

e.j. dionne. and host of cnbc's "closing bell," maria bartiromo.sion >>> good morning.

. >> e.j., dionne, thank you. i asked are the republicans playing politics with libya? 90% said yes. that's "the ed show." i'm ed shultz. can you always listen to me on radio monday through friday and noon to 3:00 p.m. and follow me on twitter. >>> let's play hardball. > good evening. i'm ron regan in here for chris matthews. >>> gadhafi's rule so over. there are celebrations in the streets as gadhafi's forces largely melted away and his four decade rule is certain to come to an end. we will have a report from lib why and look at what gadhafi's fall means for the region own the united states. in a rational universe, republicans would be praising president obama for taking the longview and aiding rebels but instead they are falling all over themselves to criticize him for not doing quote enough. no surprise there. in may, osama bin laden went down. now it looks like it is gadhafi's turn. the sour grapes republicans aside, doesn't president obama deserve a lot of the credit? plus, rick perry, admitted, if you close your eyes and listen to the dropped g's, the act before y

we are joined by a fellow at the brookings institute, and my colleague at the washington post, and e.j., we have heard calls for a bolder president obama and specifically on jobs. ni nira tanden is quoted to say he can take his ideas a to the republicans and the american people will understand that he is on their side. should he do that, bring out a detailed jobs plan and let the gop shoot it down? >> i think he should, and i think that you may have seen the beginning of that, and by the way, good to be with you, jonathan. a lot of the democrats have been praying to little statues of harry truman and of course, harry truman in 1948 got re-elected running against the do-nothing republican congress and he sent up a bunch of proposal proposals, and they rejected them and he used the rejection as a campaign issue. you heard that today in holland, michigan, at the company when you heard of them promoting technology and innovation, he said we didn't go through congress to do it. then he talked about the things that congress needs to do and talked about road construction and the cut in the pa

. >> e.j., dionne, thank you. i asked are the republicans playing politics with libya? 90% said yes. that's "the ed show." i'm edsltz. can you always listen to me on radio monday through friday and noon to 3:00 p.m. and follow mo friday noon to 3:00 p.m. "the last world" starts right now. see you tomorrow night. >>> the president's strategy to support rebels in libya appears to be working, but deposing a dictator may be easier than working with republicans. >> it's clear that gadhafi's rule is over. >> the city is now full of celebration. >> president obama's libyan strategy is working, even though republicans say it's not. >> it's such a validation really of the administration's strategy. >> the president's approach certainly seems to have been the right one. >> the president is expected to speak momentarily. >> relinquishing power to the people of libya. >> that one american fighting man or woman got hurt. >> members of the gop criticize the strategy. >> they're always very quick to criticize the president. >> mocked when they decide this had plan. >> the president's

. >> e.j., any sign he will do it?ome division inside of the white house, but this may appeal to him politically and substantively, and substantively why shouldn't the president get out there to i is a, whether it can pass or not, this is what we should do, and strength is something he needs to convey right now and i think that this would convey strength. >> thank you very much. >> good the be with you. >> great to have you here. and what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours is next right here. [ male announcer ] this is lisa, who tries to stay ahead of her class. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two pills. this is lisa... who switched to aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve i

in "the washington post" e.j. dionne has this item. this op-ed piece goes on to say -- chicago, illinois. on our line for democrats. you are on "washington journal." carrie, is this trip on the road to economic or political recovery? caller: my question is -- when you pose a question gives the appearance as if there is something wrong with either way. the man has to get his message out. you hear all the time, if anyone keeps up what is going on, they lie about what he is doing all the time. the media does not even correct it most of the time when they have a pundit on, and opposition republican on, that says things are untrue. it is rare you save a person with credibility even correct him. he made a comment about how long can president obama keep blaming bush. i will tell you this -- it took more than three years to get into this situation. he should put the focus where it belongs as long as it is not corrected. the media keeps trying to keep his administration from talking about what happens in the bush term. host: chicago, illinois.

e.j.ote a column that says not only does the president sound like jimmy carter, he's increasingl looking like jimmy carter. none of what we're talking about is going to solve the real-life problem the president has. we need to think much bigr, change the subject and present something brand-new to america so the president is seen as leading our way out of this to big things, not traditional leverages that we may have. i think the solution is to go back to what happened for america in 1940, 1941 before we entered thworld war when we were seen as the armament of democracy and we started to get the world ready to solve a problem. we need to do that now with energy and become the armament of energy. and i think therare only two ways for the president to go. they are polar opposites and we need to make the remmendation to the president for which one of these huge courses of action to take. and we need to announce we're going to open up america and take tracts of land that were previously totally

e.j.rote a column that says not only does the president sound like jimmy carter, he's increasingly looking like jimmy carter. none of what we're talking about is going to solve the real-life problem the president has. we need to think much bigger, change the subject and present something brand-new to america so the president is seen as leading our way out of this to big things, not traditional leverages that we may have. i think the solution is to go back to what happened for america in 1940, 1941 before we entered the world war when we were seen as the armament of democracy and we started to get the world ready to solve a problem. we need to do that now with energy and become the armament of energy. and i think there are only two ways for the president to go. they are polar opposites and we need to make the recommendation to the president for which one of these huge courses of action to take. and we need to announce we're going to open up america and take tracts of land that were previous