he spewed his answer to gregoire. he was paying along with every other american obama doesn't understand the free market system. he will give them private equity because he doesn't understand benefits of private equity in job creation. i was ashamed that cory backed down a little bit. >> we are going to hear more from sarah palin on the show. she is weighing in on whether wright should be fair game. >> brit hume is talking this morning he's reacting to the attacks on bain capital. >> the president said today two things of importance. he said they are not attacking private equity. he said success at that does not qualify you to be president. if you are private equity executive what you are trying to do is maximize the profits of your shareholders. you have to look at all of the people who may be out of a job. you can argue different things about whether he has been good about people or whether it should be equity investing with federal money. the point being that is an area where i think at thats nit is n good to go af

gregoire, "red eye." >> greg: that is early morning. >> andrea: greg goes after democrats and republicansld do it they'd have more credible. there are funny obama jokes but they don't make them. one more thing is next. ♪ ♪ >> eric: all right. time for one more thing. dana will kick it off. >> dana: last night i got to go to manhattan institute alexander hamilton award dinner. they honored cardinal dolan and governor mitch daniels of indiana. governor daniels is such a refined, elegant, dignified leader. he is very effective, too. listen to what he had to say. >> just as it is to me a cardinal sin, excuse me, archbishop, to take a dollar through the coercive power of the state to a free citizen for unnecessary purpose. if you go to one of our licensed branchs and bureau of motor vehicles he will be out last month in 9 minutes and 38 seconds, 98% of the time you will be satisfied. >> dana: i think of my new york driver's license soon i don't know if the state can beat indiana. >> greg: bring a pillow. >> andrea: 17 forms of identification. >> eric: that is so mean. i'll go next. on the day

did you e and washington state's crist gregoire are this country's only two female democratic governors. and they are not running for re-election. the picture isn't nearly as bleak on the republican side. there is arizona's jan brewer new mexico, susan is a martinez oklahoma's mary fallin and south carolina's nikki haley. none of them are up for reelection in november. you can imagine why so many democrats, both women and men are hoping tonight's first guest is elected the next governor of new hampshire. maggie hasson is a former three-term state senator. she faces a primary fight in september, which she is expected to win, and she comes to us tonight from manchester. maggie, welcome into the war room. >> thanks for having me, governor. >> well, it's great to have you. so is the possibility of being the only woman democratic governor in office next requestjanuary, is that adding any pressure to your campaign? >> oh just a little bit but mostly, we are really focused on making sure campaign is vunning on all cylinders moving the state forward and focusing on new hampshire has the best wo

and the governor, christine gregoire, says they're at the bone. >> to cut people off hospice i thinkmmoral. to cut children off health care, to cut their education so they don't have a chance at a decent future, i think that would result in an immoral budget. >> she says she doesn't understand why so many of the state's high-tech ceos, who are always complaining about the woeful state of american education, are so opposed to paying this tax for schools. these businesses that want the educated workforce, they're against this. what do they say to you when you challenge them on this? >> i tell them-- i have the utmost respect for them. these are great ceos. and i say to them, "here's the problem: you always want us to invest more in education, and now you say no. so my question to you, if not this, then what? don't just tell me no." >> well, what do they say? >> they don't have an answer, lesley. >> the initiative was way ahead in the polls until the opposition started airing ads saying 1098 is a slippery slope. >> and can be extended to you in just two years. >> polls now show the midd