showing up in poll numbers. >> you had better believe they will capitalize on the connection between harry reid and barack obama as much as they possibly can. reid did not want to respond to tarkanian. he says they have not even have a primary yet, and he is busy. here is what he told me. >> people in nevada know me very well. they know what i've done over the years, and i will deal with the republicans when necessary. right now, that is not necessary. >> he says he will not be distracted from the work she is doing in washington. -- the work he is doing in washington. things are tough and nevada right now. they have the highest foreclosure rate in the country and record unemployment. also, their jobless benefits are running out. the fund is set to go bankrupt in a few weeks. but today, reid's prediction was that the economy will turn around within a year. we will have to see if that is enough time for him to turn around his race. shepard: how one fishing crew lived to tell the tale of surviving a blaze on the high seas. . my digestive system didn't always behave. whatever i did my digestive ups

she looks as usual, smiling, harry reid with a smile on his face now.u hear the clickers and the shutters right now. >> we had a very productive meeting with the president and the vice president. the main subject was health care reform, but we talked about other issues that relate to the fall agenda and other issues. in terms of health care reform, we have come together at a time where three bills have been passed out of committee in the house, one in the senate, hopefully soon the finance committee will act and we have plenty to work from to pass comp hence sif asfordable, accessible health care. it's a pretty exciting time, the month of august our members have heard from their constituents that have communicated with them. they bring back the benefit of that thinking. they also have had a chance to explain to their constituents the opportunity that is in the bill. then again, we have legislation that would lower costs, improve quality, expand coverage and retain choice. if you like what you have, you can keep it. if you have something that you would l

harry reid is just trying to get a bill out. he's trying to get a bill out of the senate and get it into conference committee. that's what it's all about. because once it goes to committee, that's when we get down to the nitty-gritty. that's when the real work starts to get done. that's where the fate of the public option is going to be decided. either going to live or it's going to die. the folks in that room, nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, chris dodd, harry reid, max baucus, you're going to have to count on them heck of a different cloud than max baucus had in the senate finance committee. nancy pelosi hasn't buncheddgedt for the public option. our side can count on one man. we find that out last night. tom harkin is the ted kennedy on this deal. he is every bit as tough as ted kennedy was. here's what he told us on the program last night. >> i believe that when we merge these two bills we will have a public option in there that we will take to the floor of the senate and we're going to pass it. we will have a bill on the presiden

and take it from me, to end the discussion here about the new west, it includes harry reid. me the man, the net, a legend, senator harry reid! -- the myth, the legend, senator harry reid! [laughter] [applause] >> before going to sleep last night, i called my wife and renown -- in renoo. i've been waiting all my life to tell the story to someone. [laughter] anyway, my youngest boy has four little girls. the oldest is 89 and the youngest just turned 3. -- the oldest is eight or nine and the and this has just turned 3. and my son and his wife had just given the responsibilities. they have to help take out the trash and with the dishes and pick up the toys. each week they get a little more for doing that, so much each week for doing their chores. ella who has just turned 6 has just reduced. my son sat down and talk to her, ella, what is wrong with you? why are you doing your chores? she said, dad, i don't need the money. [laughter] not bad, huh? john, thank you very much for that introduction. the story of america and is the story of the american west. as america has grown and gr

, and as a consequence of that, the absence of republican votes prompted senate majority leader harry reid today to say that they could use a tool called reconciliation to get it through with 51 votes. here is how he put it. >> i hope that we do not have to do this. but if we can net -- cannot get 60 votes, we would have no choice but to do reconciliation. i strongly favor the bipartisan approach. >> that is what they all say, that they favor a bipartisan approach. but right now, reconciliation would really and republicans. -- really anger republicans. even some democrats do not like it. shepard: why bother with a compromise? >> now begins the problem with democrats, who are expressing misgivings over the cost of

what harry reid had, he seemed to be joking. lay down -- a town hall meeting because i wanted to be on scene two mondays ago. a lady in a wheelchair had diabetes and cancer and recognized me. she said that my wheelchair payments for medicare work going to be cut back under obamacare. i said, who told but you that? she said, those two guys over there. you lying right wing cowbirds iran after you scared this little old lady. if you think you're going to get somewhere by schering little old ladies,, and scare me. -- by scaring little old ladies,, and scare me. -- come and scare me. sean: there is not 47 million uninsured. you cannot keep your policy. taxes are going to go up. medicare is going to be caught. >> those are all exactly wrong. >> it is in the legislation that medicare will be caught. >> show me one place and that this is the insurance part of medicare. >> this is the great weight that a lot of democrats say that these are myths. a lot of things that the republicans are saying are true, they just are not in the specific

today, harry reid is a majority leader in the u.s. senate. the respect of colleagues from both parties. and a powerful advocate for nevada's middle class families. every day, senator reid put the leadership position to work to deliver meaningful results to nevadans. but he still lives in searchlight, nevada. and he is still guided by the lessons and values that he learned there. the las vegas sun newspaper summarized reid's story by saying that he has gone from underdog to senate, to the senate's top dog. senator reid is leading the way on solutions to keep nevadans in their homes and to end the foreclosure crisis, which is weakening their state's economy. he is a leader on reducing the cost of health care while increase the number of nevadans who have medical insurance. he has worked to create thousands of good-paying nevada jobs by making the state a leader in renewable energy. reid has brought hundreds of millions of dollars to make nevada safer. the money puts more police on the street and assures nevada's military bases have everything th

harry reid said the president is a loser and liar and never apologized. nancy pelosi didn't say that al gore was insighting violence against bush when he said that. this double standard is glaring. >> yes. please, it's hypothetical. -- hypo critical. now all of a sudden they want to dust off the cobwebs of the miss manners book and say be nice, be courteous. what's not courteous is them saying the american people are violent and these tea parties are outing control. it's very disrespectful. how is it supposed to be the party of the people when they are criticizing those people for exercising their freedom of speech in sean: i like what pete sessions said, the speaker is now likening genuine opposition to assassination. if anyone is ratchementing up the rhetoric, this kind of thing and the phony crocodile tears, nancy pelosi was silent when al gore said when he said, when harry reid said when he said. she made incendiary remarks. >> they're hypocrites. they're politicians. sean: she's a hypocrite? look into the camera and say that. >> nancy pelosi is a hyp

harry reid said the president is a loser and liar and never apologized. nancy pelosi didn't say that al gore was insighting violence against bush when he said that. this double standard is glaring. >> yes. please, it's hypothetical. -- hypo critical. now all of a sudden they want to dust off the cobwebs of the miss manners book and say be nice, be courteous. what's not courteous is them saying the american people are violent and these tea parties are outing control. it's very disrespectful. how is it supposed to be the party of the people when they are criticizing those people for exercising their freedom of speech in sean: i like what pete sessions said, the speaker is now likening genuine opposition to assassination. if anyone is ratchementing up the rhetoric, this kind of thing and the phony crocodile tears, nancy pelosi was silent when al gore said when he said, when harry reid said when he said. she made incendiary remarks. >> they're hypocrites. they're politicians. sean: she's a hypocrite? look into the camera and say that. >> nancy pelosi is a hyp

are you ready to tell harry reid, we're ready to go with oust this?liation? >> if we have no other choice, if we can't get the whole package we want, then, yes, as far as i'm concerned, we need to use reconciliation if we need to. here's what i'm worried about, ed. i've been looking for seriously at all of the details on reconciliation. we can add coverage for people under this

senator harry reid, senator durbin, senator menendez, the leading democrats, let me point out it's not that they did anything wrong either. we have political discussions about trying to put together the best result for the people of illinois. write in the book i said my first choice was the someone i did not like. can i make her a senator warner father's been blocking things. it was the best thing i could get for the people saw decided that's what we should do. again, that's the truth. if i could just make it clear again, the prosecutor who brought the false charges and said he was topping the crimes -- a crime spree before it happened, the morning before, this is a computer coincidence, the morning before and telling my chief of staff over the telephone i want him to work out the tactics on this deal. the next morning at 6:00 am with fbi agents at our home and our bedroom and our little annie, five years old crawl into bed with us. she was sleeping. >> mike: that would be horrible and transfer anybody. i want to ask your question. did david axelrod, one of the chief advisers to the pr

al loser by harry reid and john kerry and ted kennedy and john murtha and nancy pelosi.ire storm this week over congressman wilson. he called him a liar. he was right and president was wrong about immigration. the question i have, is this just feigned outrage by democrats this week? >> you are right, there was a lack of outrage at all of the ad hominem attacks against president bush when i was there. i worked on the house floor, i worked for the president. there is legitimate criticism of the obama's beach, and it was very political. he contributed to a partisan atmosphere in the chamber, which i do not think was appropriate, but as wilson said himself -- sean: the apologized. none of these democrats have apologized. and the media did not call him out. >> what good would it do? they still are after him. they want him grovelling, and they still will not accept it. but look, and he should not have done it, and those of us defending him could say that, but the minute the speech was over, out of the chamber, i did not want democrats telling it to republicans. whee thought bo

thank you, harry reid, for helping make this possible. we would not be here without our advisory board. nancy garrison did such a good job, the curator of the senate. diane, you are so fantastic. so many people helped make this possible, all working under the direction of the majority leader, harry reid. we go all the way back to the house, at time when we came to the senate and i wound up being majority leader. he was the whip. every time we would have a bill, 100 amendments what appeared miraculously. i would start going to harry, who was working with tom daschle, and saying can we narrow this down a little bit. i always wondered why it was 100, and what did he do. after a few hours we would have it down to 17 amendments and we would get a vote on for five of them. harry work to the floor and had the confidence of his leader, tom daschle. i will always appreciate that time when you read the whip and i was a leader. towards the end of my time here, we wound up on one vote in 2007. we were down in the well. i will not mention the bill, be

harry reid the loser in front of school children.kerry and murtha and the list goes on. >> we know the ugliness. sean: democrats are never asked to apologize. i'm sitting there saying joe wilson did the right thing. he wanted to apologize and the president rightly accepted it. >> i will agree with that you democrats have done the same thing to republicans. i just don't think it should be done on the floor of the house. i think there is a certain decorum that's a great body. it is the people's house. and i just -- i would not want top attribute it to something like that. sean: is obama care going to pass. >> at the end of the day the democrats are going to rally around it and they are going to pass it it's not good legislation. by the way, diabetes, heart disease, pulmonary disease, strokes, four or five illnesses consume 75% of our money of health care dollars. there is no -- there is nothing -- we don't hear people saying preventative care saying sean, you know, if you run -- sean: stop eating all that junk you eat, hannity. it's gr

school children and, secondly, the one with the speaker, excuse me, the senate majority leader harry reid calling the president of the united states a liar. i think it's very, to me, it's interesting to see this effort to call, to create a race issue around public policies. >> we don't want to simplify it too much, lou. we want to talk about not only the content but the context. in this particular case, jimmy carter is someone, keep in mind, that grew up in a segregated southern state, went on to become governor of that state and then president of the united states. his exposure and experience with these issues are quite profound, so very well when you have president carter saying things like this in his analysis and if you listen more to what he's saying, that we've seen these kind of strategies played out to actually interfere and create a disparate effect for african-americans, whether you're talking about being able to get a job and how easy it is to dismiss someone who's african-american, we still believe at first -- last hired, first fired, there are many disparate attitudes still u

en el capitolio, el senador harry reid, la secretaria de trabajo hilda solis junto a sindicatos y personalan por su aprobacion... "hay bastantes personas que no tienen su trabajo y al mismo tiempo muchos latinos ahorita no tienen cobertura medica. tenemos que reducir los costos, dar mas amplios servicios a las personas que no tienen y merecen un seguro medico" se estima que 46-millones de personas no tienen seguro de salud en todo el pais... "las personas continuan perdiendo sus empleos, sus casas, su cobertura medica y las ganancias de las compañias de seguro siguen aumentando" sectores que se oponen al plan del presidente obama, aseguran que la reforma no se concretara.... "esta claro que el plan del presidente no se convertira en ley y no porque las personas no quieran una reforma de salud, sino porque es una receta equivocada para america" "sin lugar a dudas, el plan para reformar el sistema de salud continua originando una serie de reacciones encontradas en todo el pais.

harry reid said it was his first choice, but usually to work around it.on next. and how does the president convince america, who does not like it, to like it? to silence headaches... doctors recommend tylenol... more than any other brand... of pain reliever. tylenol rapid release gels... release medicine fast. so you can stop headaches... and feel better fast. trace: just crossing, major garrett has just put this in. president obama will push for a public option in his speech to congress tonight, which happens in five hours. i want to bring in the former white house deputy assistant to president bush. it is pretty good nebgig news -t is pretty big news to hear that from the president. am i citing a with nancy pelosi? >> temporarily. barack obama understands that he cannot walk away from the public option tonight. he will push for it tonight. he understands that when the health-care bill is negotiated between the senate, which will not pass the public option, and the house that is insisted on it, he will be able to say that i did all i could and now we hav

>> all right, senate majority leader harry reid and nancy pelosi.g when they described their meeting with president obama today on health care reform as positive. harry reid said they're approaching this in the form of bipartisanship. when you hear as far as the possible compromise of a trigger on public option you hear nancy pelosi say for the most public option is essential to -- >> she said without the public option -- >> she says right now a public option for the moment a public option is required. you get the sense, tamron, reading into that a little bit there was a little bit of wiggle room for the first time from the house speaking toward the idea of a public option trigger which may be the compromise it seems they're headed toward in the senate. >> the way she described the trigger was more on an intimidating option for the health care industry, itself. she said they would want to take the deal upfront, the public option as opposed to a trigger which would be of a more detriment because in sense it would be a policing if they are getting the

and harry reid called us evil mongers. would you like them to apologize as well?nt of the united states in a joint session of the congress. you think it's okay for something to yell out the president's a liar? >> i think it's rude what joe wilson did, but at least he had the nerve to do it to obama's face, unlike harry reid who called george w. bush a liar behind his back and barack obama who told a reporter -- >> you're making excuses for him. jack, where do you come down on this issue tonight? >> come on, this is absolutely repulsive. he represents what the republicans are right now. they started out by saying we're going to kill your parents, aport your kids, now it's the brown people's fault. what else do they have? maybe they can say, what we'll do is spit on the bible and then it's going to be gay people. i'm sure that's the next attack. it's going to be something ridiculous, what we've been saying and it a es not a shock. >> tom tancredo, would you admit this was an orchestrated effort to discredit the president? there was material that was distributed amon

al loser by harry reid and john kerry and ted kennedy and john murtha and nancy pelosi.lled him a liar. he was right and president was wrong about immigration. the question i have, is this just feigned outrage by democrats this week? >> you are right, there was a lack of outrage at all of the ad hominem attacks against president bush when i was there. i worked on the house floor, i worked for the president. there is legitimate criticism of the obama's beach, and it was very political. he contributed to a partisan atmosphere in the chamber, which i do not think was appropriate, but as wilson said himself -- sean: the apologized. none of these democrats have apologized. and the media did not call him out. >> what good would it do? they still are after him. they want him grovelling, and they still will not accept it. but look, and he should not have done it, and those of us defending him could say that, but the minute the speech was over, out of the chamber, i did not want democrats telling it to republicans. whee thought booing george w. bush was tapes list -- tasteless an

support, senate majority leader harry reid now routinely warns that he liked the past reform, but if republicans remain opposed, democrats will use a budgetary fast track tool known as reconciliation to ram it through with a simple 51-member majority of democrats alone. >> i hope we don't have to do this, but if we can't get the 60 votes we need, then we will have no alternative but to do wreck con reconciliation. >> cost is key for republican support. today the non-partisan congressional budget office released release an estimate that the baucus plan will not raise the deficit over ten years and will lower healthcare costs overall over 20 years. the problem is the c.b.o. has said in the past that projections beyond a decade are unreliable for budget forecasting. finally, democrats are now obtsding to the high cost of consumer's mandatory coverage. premiums alone could reach 13% of income which could break some family budgets. florida democrat bill nelson. >> the federal government is planning in this bill to give them a subsidy. that subsidy gets very expensive, and runs the cost of

that was the other end of the deal, the reason were you going to bring menendez and durbin and harry reidecause they decided they wanted lisa matigan for the upcoming reelection to the senate. >> such a pleasure talking to you, mike, versus regular media they don't understand the intercassies of politics, you're a former governor and you understand how things work and you want to get things done and chicago is a different place in illinois than arkansas. >> mike: you have a reputation in chicago, rod about the politics. city. >> and i consider myself on the other side of that. when i would try to approach some of these big democrats in illinois to do the right thing for people. they couldn't do it. there always had to be something in terms of what they wanted. >> mike: and people weren't exactly doing the right thing and tony restco, for example, and probably a deeper connection to rezco and programs. >> yes. >> mike: tell me how that worked, you, restco, barack obama, restco is in prison right now. >> two things, on the senate seat so the audience knows, there are taped conversations, th

tuesday mornings, senate majority leader harry reid criticized his colleagues for moving too slowly onpending bills but "the washington times" reports the democratic leader said that they would not be voabtsing because specter was returning home. specter was joined by president obama and took in $2.5 million. reid said "it's a basic courtesy we extend to republicans all the time. " the times says reid was accused of doublespeak, and rick santorum said, quote, "i had many a fund-raiser where i had to bake away and was not covered by my leadership." specter's opponent also criticized the move, saying the washington stab establishment favors the powerful and well connected who are too often rewarded at the cost of those at the bottom." those who criticize immigration raids often say illegals do the jobs in this country that americans will not. the center for immigration studies says those raids often create jobs for americans n2006, immigrations and customs enforcementations swooped in on meatpacking plants across six western states, rounding up nearly 1, 300 illegal immigrants. the cente

sean: harry reid, calling the president a liar and loser, was asked to apologize and he didn't. you think that is a double standard? >> there really is, particularly with senator reid. he indicates it was in a book. i truly am humbled. i respect the president. i respect the office of president. i believe that they do have a double standard. i am willing to discuss the issue of health care and really make a difference. sean: maybe the president will invite you to the white house for a beer. the left has targeted you and i have a link on my website for those that want to support you on hannity.com. we appreciate you being with us. let not your heart be troubled. when we come back, the great, great american panel. dad, here-look at this- your p.a.d. isn't just poor circulation in your legs causing you pain. ok-what is it? dad, it more than doubles your risk of a heart attack or stroke. i can't keep anything from you. you better read about plavix. if you have p.a.d., plavix can help protect you from a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps keep blood platelets from sticking together a

sean: harry reid, calling the president a liar and loser, was asked to apologize and he didn't. do you think that is a double standard? >> there really is, particularly with senator reid. he indicates it was in a book. i truly am humbled. i respect the president. i respect the office of president. i believe that they do have a double standard. i am willing to discuss the issue of health care and really make a difference. sean: maybe the president will invite you to the white house for a beer. the left has targeted you and i have a link on my website for those that want to support you on hannity.com. we appreciate you being with us. let not your heart be troubled. when we come back, the great, great american panel. (announcer) we understand. you need to save money. anything but the windows. with new windex outdoor all-in-one, just wet, wipe, and rinse... for a streak-free shine in half the time. she pulled a fast one! ( laughs ) new windex outdoor all-in-one. a streak-free shine in half the time. s.c. johnson, a family company. [ birds squawking ] [ moos ] [ man announcing ] if yo

greta: does that mean that senator harry reid will ordered these? he has the power not to. >> justifying the continuance of funding this organization -- if the president were wise, he will say this is not the change i had in mind. this organization does not represent the best values of the country. even though they do some good things, clearly, their practices are corrupt, and they are being investigated throughout the country, and now you have this video, and i think the president should stand up and say, "this is enough. cut off the money." they reacted to what fox has been doing, and this organization has lost its way. it is not connected to any real value system that the american people what their taxpayer dollars used to support, and that is not only registering people like mickey mouse to vote, but you have counseling going on for some of the roast behavior in the world, so the end of acorn is near. greta: can he keep postponing >> -- can he keep postponing it? >> that would be like keeping fox news off of the air. greta: that is not going to

she and harry reid went into a meeting with the president and said, mr. president, we've got the votes. the big question is, which of the many plans do they have the votes for? all we know for sure, according to abc, their sources tell them that the president said, ok, hurry. you've got to hurry. let's get this through congress quickly. but the problem, brian, are the president's own members of his own party on the far left. if there's no public option, they don't want to vote for it. brian: here's what lynn woolsey a democrat out of california had to say. >> well, they're going to have to work that out because there's a lot more of us than there are of them. i don't think there is any compromise because 74% at least of the public want that choice of a public option. and we've already compromised. our compromise was letting go of the single payer system for our good, strong public option. alisyn: i'm not sure where she's getting her numbers. that 70% of america wants that. that's not what the gallup poll says this morning. they say they would tell their p

check one, senator harry reid the leader of the senate is in big trouble back in nevada. dismal and running behind challengers for his seat for 2010. here reid has never and on the factor so we sent dan banks to nevada to remedy the situation. senator reid, i'm dan banks with "the o'reilly factor." your poll numbers in the senate race right now, you have down right now to danny and to sue logan by extraordinary numbers. how do you explain this? >> senator, will you come on "the o'reilly factor," senator? >> senator. any comment? bill: the woman grabbed banks. that wasn't so nice. check continues to encourage senator reid to discuss things with us in a civilized manner. there is no reason not to. check 2, good morning america on good morning america president obama was asked about glenn beck. >> you talk about talk radio and the things that are being said, glenn beck, for instance, really going after van jones, forced to resign, controversial things that he said about 9/11 and columbine. how difficult is it to stay on message? >> it's not hard for me to stay on message. my

is harry reid protecting acorn? this week, the majority leader reject add request to call senate hearings to investigate the group. now lawmakers are speaking out. iowa congressman steve king is among them and joins me now from the great state of iowa. how are you, sir? >> i'm doing fine, thanks for having me on today. >> brian: let me read what harry reid said. he said on tuesday that he would not ask senate committee chairman or congress to quote, do thinking that would distract from the efforts to address health care climate change or overhaul the system. basically saying we're too busy to look at acorn, what say you, sir? >> i would say that any excuse will do if aur feeling the pressure of public scrutiny on a construct organization, a criminal enterprise like acorner that has tentacles across country and we should not accept such an excuse from harry reid or anybody else. this congress has a responsibility for oversight and i can think of no issue that compelled us so much as this issue with akrohn and the com

harry reid will have to make that decision f. he makes that decision to try for reconciliation, he is toast. i'll make that prediction. [ applause ] >> now where they go from here regardless of what happens with healthcare? we've heard from senator feingold and chair monster -- sorry, chair -- we've heard there will be no healthcare vote until december, christmas. they've lost control of of the calendar. there is something that happens between now and christmas. it's called off-year elections. off-year elections are the bell weathers that tell a party in power how they are doing and how much danger they are in, if they will do badly in the elections. we have had bell weather elections. when republicans won in 1993 after that date the liberal democratic congress and the liberal white house did not pass anything of significance wasoever and lost crime bills on the floor of the house. remember midnight basketball? these november elections coming up and there was a special election in my old bay area, california home district. these

he had been held back from a vote on the senate floor, but harry reid, i mean, he insisted that you havehave an up or down vote from people, because that's only fair. gee, that sounds like a hypocrite saying that, but maybe that's just me. the republicans that voted for it, bennett, collins, judd gregg, orrin hatch, dick lugar, olympia snoi and george voinovich. voting against closure on the republican side is webb and lincoln -- democrats, i'm sorry. judge, this does not mean that those people will vote for them, right, just up or down vote? >> right, it means just that they can get away from not voting for him but they facilitated the vote. glenn: how dramatic -- and please understand, cass sunstein, with what you know about him, good friend of barack obama. >> correct. glenn: went to law school with barack obama? >> they both taught together at the university of chicago law school. this is one of his best ideological academic friends and intellectual soul mates. glenn: would you say he is a radical, not in the marxist radical but wildly out of step with the american people? >> i would

the importance of getting the 60th democratic vote back in the senate for harry reid. >>> the race debaten the health care fight. first, it was former president carter. now it's former president bill clinton weighing in. >> i believe if he were not an african-american, all of the people against him on health care were still against him, because they're all against it, too. >> health care not a big enough obstacle to tackle? president obama also hits climate change and middle east peace today. >>> the u.s. scores a diplomatic win getting the israelis and palestinians not only in the same room but also shaking hands. >> it is past time to talk about starting negotiations. it is time to move forward. >>> and how low will he go? tom delay dons the sequins and takes the floor on "dancing with the stars." >> left, left, left, that way. >> going left for me is absolutely outrag

do you remember when harry reid, harry reid, the head of the senate democrats told a bunch of high schools that george bush is a loser? do you remember when they portrayed dick cheney as a fascist? no. it didn't start the day before yesterday or this past summer, bob. it started a long time ago. but, bob, you didn't realize it because it was aimed at republicans before. now that it's aimed at one of your guys, a liberal democrat, now it bothers you, this meanness. now you have a sensitivity to meanness. you should have had it all along. bill: ok. well put. the internet is a safe haven for liars. and i want to get your opinion on this. >> that's right. >> thought latest is that i am endorsing a public option in health care roll the tape. >> republican leaders are desperate from preventing consumers from having a public health insurance option. they thought they could slow it down and kill it. dead in its tracks. smart money in washington thought they were right. it looks like they missed. even fox's bill o'reilly understands why it's important for consumers to have public insurance option.

with the meeting is that the president was pushing the democrat leader speaker pelosi as well as harry reid that there was a real sense of urgency now. now is the time to act. and aides to the president tell me that's the approach, the tone the president is going to be taking as well tomorrow night in a speech to a joint session of congress. really trying to take the bull by the horns and acert himself. be more aggressive than he has been in the debate than before. this is a high-stakes forum. 16 years ago this month, then president clinton used the same venue, a high pressure venue to try to sell health care reform. he failed then. that's why there's so much pressure on this president, that there's not a repeat. that they fail on health reform and a year later take a beating at the polls in the midterm congressional elections. what is interesting is after the meeting speaker pelosi emerged still pushing very hard on the public option even though there are others in the democratic party who don't want it as badly. >> on the public option, i believe that the public option will be essential t

harry reid admitted to the nation -- actually, he didn't admit. he thanked the apollo alliance for their help with the stimulus bill. it seems we need to give up the old fashioned notion that congress, the men and women we actually elect and send to women send to washington, actually right the bills. they're not reading them and they're not even writing them n some completely unrelated story, we told you about the acorn corruption, which has been very evident this past week. the fringe media, when they cover it, has made this story into well, we're just touching on it, there are a few bad workers there, and not the massive fraud on the american taxpayer, let alone the power that they hold because they can't see the whole picture. we've told you that that are radicals. we have told you there are communists, marxists, revoluntionaries all around this president. well, somebody else that we introduced you to not too long ago that no one else is talking about, which, in a few minutes i think it will be mind-boggling to you, it's time to reintroduce you

-- what is racist about the boos and the cat calls i got every time i mentioned nancy pelosi or harry reid across country? what was race bit of my having a role in the unseeding of conservative republican white man john doolittle who was number two at the trough after jashg mertha? what is racist about the visit tree ol directed to barney frank and jack murtha and the administration. >> if you think this tea party thing is about obama, i have news for you. this started during bush. as i said repeatedly, president bush planted the seeds. and all president obama did is come along with a sack of fertilizer and a bottle of water to make it flourish. and then surround himself with these whack nuts, these czar nuts that he's got around him. >> mark, here's the difference. >> doing what they can to disrespect the people that pat bills. >> here's the different. when we speak about the issue, it's amazing. when i get the e-mails from people, we can talk about the president picking who should win the super bowl and then race is injected. race oftentimes is attached to this president. not just in ter

there is another potential challenger pulling ahead of harry reid.about the economy? >> it is tough in nevada, because it has one of the highest rates of employment -- unemployment and foreclosure anywhere in the country. here is how one analyst predicts that issue will play out. >> in 2008, you could blame it all on bush. he is out of office now, and the democrats have majorities. democrats might say, look, they have not done enough to revive the economy here in nevada. >> and, of course, there is a lot of time left to turn things around, both economically and politically. but this is a key race, and it would be a big loss for democrats that the senate majority leader lost his seat. -- if the senate majority leader lost his seat. jon: each year, billions of taxpayer dollars go to projects that do not seem to make sense. we are breaking down the worst of the worst with these projects. i hesitate to ask, william. what do you have today? >> they might make sense, but they do not work. we know that government wastes money. the hard part is getting peopl

sean: harry reid says he will use the nuclear option.f he goes down that road, what will the reaction be not only from republicans but from people in this country that are out there protesting at town halls, the march on washington this week. what's the reaction. >> i think the nuclear option is the only thing less appealing than the public option. you saw the outcry we all saw over the summer. this is not a republican revolt. this is a revolt of the american people. i think if he turns to that tactic, i think the democrats will pay hefty price. sean: rasmussen has a poll, lowest level of support ever now, 55% opposed, 42%. that's after, you know we had had a two day initial bump after his speech the other day. >> sean, i have been out at some of these town hall meetings. i went to the president's town hall meeting in new hampshire and you listen to these folks, these are people who are losing their jobs, they are making less, even if they do have their jobs, their home values are still down, here we have another health care plan or a pr

harry reid can't get behind this bill.ation. if you look at this, i would rather see a party, my own party that would go to town on this legislation and really duke it out for what it is we want than to have a republican party that constantly complains about the fact that they're not brought to the table when we're not seeing proposals from them. none of their own. >> one key republican, obviously, that being olympia snowe and here's what we heard, doesn't sound like she's in a rush here either. let's listen in. >> starting point, but we are far from the finish line. there are many miles in this journey. >> many miles in this journey and you've got baucus saying he hopes to have a vote at the end of the week and that sounds like her journey is being measured differently than his. >> the reality is, i served in the u.s. senate and no way to get 564 separate amendments reviewed and okayed at such a contentious debate. two things for your viewers to take away from this. one, look for this senate finance committee bill to be a