and democratic strategist, karen finny, and jonathan capehart.ically involved in this conversation, walk us through the satisfaction or dissatisfaction of what you have gotten from your president since he came into office? >> at this point i would have thought much more would have been accomplished from the employ-free choice act, or to passing health care reform which was supposed to be done by september 15th to a much larger stimulus package. there are many areas where even though i was in many ways wary and critical of the obama administration from the left coming into the obama presidency, i thought more would have been accomplished by this point. >> mark, from a more conservative perspective, and particularly forget your politics as a former bush strategists, walk us through your assessment of how this man, this president, is attempting to get things done, and how things went in past presidents in the first few months. >> well, i am -- >> if you want to get into a choice conversation, and you are in favor of corporate communism and in total

opportunities to knock people beside the head and club them in the knees if they have to. >> jonathan capehart, mob talk there thanks, jonathan. you sound like the godfather -- what is it, godfather, you love, respect or fear, can you have respect when there is no fear? but we are going to play that snl clip, too, where they kind of spoofed the president on this laundry list of things he wanted to do and some say still maybe behind the curve on it. >> one of the things, so fired up about this, heard on the hill, they described, this is the white house nobody fears this white house, no consequence if you cross them. what is the consequence for cross the president on the olympics? valerie jarrett says the olympic committee promised us something but didn't deliver. no should be waging war today against whoever crossed them on this should be much stronger against mcchrystal for speaking out about the troops, health care, who as far dragging their feet. if the white house is not respected, continue.to get double crossed. >> david schuster, i know in a fight whose side i'm on, bridging the heat. >>

we've got "the washington post's" jonathan capehart as well standing by and ready to go in washington. jonathan, good morning. >> good morning. >> a lot to talk about this morning with the congressman who made that -- well, it was the sound bite that congressman alan grayson made on the house floor that we showed yesterday with the sign, republicans want you to die. well, he's just not really apologizing. >> he's not really into apologies. >> no. >> did you hear that one? >> i actually have a better one for you. coming up in this newscast. i actually think he might have made things worse. >> that phrase knuckle dragging neanderthals. that's what joe called me years and years ago, a knuckle dragging isolationist. >> joe scarborough? >> when he came on my show "crossfire" as a congressman. he said it in jest. >> we'll have to talk to him about that. he'll be back soon. we'll get to that. and we have grayson's latest house floor exhibition. >> do you think some of these guys, pat, are just trying to get known and get famous? he sees his moment and is seizing it. >> he saw what happened t