joining us to begin things, james carville, cnn political contributor, democratic strategist, and sammy kershaw, country music artist and republican candidate for lieutenant-governor of louisiana. sammy, i will start with you. the president said in one paragraph here, make no mistake, we will fight this spill with everything we have got for as long as it takes and we will make bp pay for the damage their company has caused. we'll do whatever is necessary to help people recover. was that strong enough for you? >> well, you know, i also heard him say that -- he was going to work together with bp. but i hope that don't just mean they're going to make bp pay not only that, but they need to work together to plug this hole. that's what we need. we need the hole plugged. there is a lot of folks down there hurting really bad. a lot of fishermen, shrimpers, crabbers. and you know, we have a -- a coastline.org, protectourcoastline.org. no government red tape or bp paperwork. it's something we have put together to help the fishermen and all the folks down there on the gulf. and you know i hear a l

earlier this week, democratic strategist james carville said the moratorium was "wrecking the economy of the gulf coast." one of the greatest threats to the economy of the gulf coast is the loss of tourism. our hotels and restaurants have seen business decreased by as much as 70%. every press conference on monday, president obama pointed out that there were a lot of beaches that are not affected and will not be affected. i was hoping the president would make this important point to the larger audience tuesday night, but since he did not, i will say it again. the vast majority of gulf coast beaches are clear, beautiful, and safe. tony heyward recently said he wanted his life back, and later apologized. bp but dollars before say, and we are all paying the price. we are told that bp would be held accountable and pale damages, but we in the gulf states need to have our way of life back. we won our jobs back, our economy back, and we need our tourists back. so please come and visit us. you deserve a vacation, and we could use the business. thank you. >> this week on "the communicators," re

if it's above james carville's pay grade it's way above my pay grade. >> i can tell you one thing -- >> my country right or wrong is your point on this. >> i'm behind this president. that's my point. >> that's your point. >> i tell you what, this strategy -- we depend on karzai and there's no way. karzai is fundamentally corrupt. something i do know a little bit about. i'm sorry. he might be there but the idea that this guy is going to help us get out of there is ludicrous. >> ludicrous. >> larry: dana, what's the end game as you see it? how will it end? >> i can tell you how i would like for it to end. petraeus will get us in and out. finish the job. get out. make sure they have a stable government. we have people over there voting. women are being freed. you don't have any progress without struggles sometimes. i'm glad that we didn't turn a blind eye to a lot of the travesty over there. as a woman i can say that. i can't tell you what will happen. i can tell what you i would like to see happen. >> here's my plan, as a woman i say we air lift anything with a vagina out of afghanista

here to talk about is james carville, cnn political contributor and democratic strategist and a conservative talk show host and organizer with the t.e.a. party coalition and back in l.a., stephanie miller, host of her own program and we go to las vegas with the libertarian talkative half playing at the hotel and casino in vegas. they also have a series on showtime. james, these hearings are pro forma unless someone speaks out on an issue. this is going through the motions, isn't it, james? >> pretty much. we do this every time we have one and everybody postures and at one of the hearings then senator biden asked a 24-minute question or something. we're going to have this. she's going to be confirmed and as she well should be and four republicans and one democrat will vote against her. it will be about the way it ends up. >> dana, how do you feel? the previous conservative appointees took the middle road. she hasn't been questioned yet. they weren't definitive on any topic and they were approved. don't you expect this to go the same way? >> probably more than likely i expect it to go through.

i heard mary matalin in an interview with james carville.he was talking about what happens if we put the key out of business. nobody gets anything. when is a firm, real message going to be sent to all of big business. at the same time people are talking about the loss of oil, the loss of mmney from the peak. i heard another take on the fact that general motors is not building the hummer anymore. people were out crying that they would not be able to buy their homer, these big gas guzzlers. the real problem in this whole thing is that we've, the american people, we are the problem. host: should he have appealed more to the american people to make a sacrifice? caller: absolutely. is it life or money? that seems to be all that we are thinking about. money and what we are going to lose because we are so personally caught up. what obama was talking about change everyone was jumping up and saying yes, a change. americans do not want change. they want stability in the ill- gotten gain of an unfair system that was never balanced. it was that -- it wa

just go with colin powell and james carville, who believe he was too slow? >> each has said that we ought to have a comprehensive response. >> that he should have done everything two weeks earlier. >> i don't know what the critique was when the president was there on may 2. ?Ñ9[>> last week was tremendouy productive. he had gone two weeks before -- it was tremendously productive that friday, would not have been more productive the hit on the week before? >> he went before the week before, the week before, the week before. he did not go each of the last weeks. he will be there as often as the situation dictates. obviously, we are dealing with the worst internal disaster in our nation's history. -- the worst environmental disaster. we have mobilized the largest federal response in our nation's history, and we will continue to make sure that all is being done to plug the leak and to deal with the environmental and economic consequences of what that pollution has caused. i don't have any updates on the schedule. as soon as i do, i will certainly let you guys kn

earlier this week, democratic strategist james carville said the moratorium was wrecking the economy of the gulf coast. along with this bill posey devastation to our fisheries and the administration's decision to halt drilling, one of the greatest threats to the gulf coast is the loss of tourism. our hotels and restaurants have seen business decrease by as much as 70%. at a press conference on monday, the president pointed out that there are a lot of beaches that are not affected and will not be affected. i was hoping the president would make this important point to the larger audience tuesday night, but since he did not, i will say it again. the vast majority of gulf coast beaches are clear, beautiful, and safe. bp's ceo recently said he wanted his life back in and later quickly apologized. bp put dollars before safety, and we are all paying the price. we have been told that bp will be held accountable and pay all damages. but we in the gulf states really need is to have our way of life back. we want i were jobs back, our economy back. and we need our tourist back. so please come an