a conversation with larry cramer. plus -- >> is there anything more terrifying than a room full of people without guns? >> i guess what would be more terrifying would be a room full of people not allowed to have guns. >> i just got chills. >> a former "daily show" producer admits he felt guilty making fun of people he thought he couldn't stand. i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." >>> the leak of a plan that was being weighed by a conservative super pact to launch an advertising blitz built around jeremiah wright drew plenty of media condemnation. tinged with suggestions of racism for invoking president obama's former -- but a different approach than a lengthy "new york times" piece today about the role of mormonism in romney's life. author jody cantor writing "mr. romney's pension for rules mirrors that of his church where he once ex-communicated adulturers and sometimes discouraged mothers from working outside the home." are there a different standard for covering these two presidential candidates? join

back to you, larry. >> all right. thanks for jim cramer and thanks, of course, to mary thompson for great reporting. there'll be much more on this tomorrow all day on cnbc. now let's turn to our other big story tonight on the "kudlow report." the president's at george clooney's house mingling with the hollywood a-list, the senate back in washington doing, well, nothing as usual. they're holding up the budget, they're holding up keystone. in fact, 2011 the least number of public laws passed in over 15 years in the senate. republican senator marco rubio lashed out yesterday on the floor. take a listen. >> the senate's become a theater. it's become a show. and that's why people get grossed out by politics. that's why people watch the news at night and just don't understand this whole thing. they have a right to be frustrated and upset, a right to be impatient with us. because nothing is happening on the issues that matter to the real lives. >> cisco ceo john chambers says government policy is going to determine job creation. so why are do-not

cramer. see you tomorrow! hey larry, what do you have for us tonight? >>> thank you, jimmy. the president panders to avoid the real issue, which is the economy. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." the president comes out in support of same-sex marriage. okay. my take, it's an opportunistic distraction from his economic record and the fiscal issues that are front and center that are going to determine this election. one of seven unemployed are underemployed. like growth at a stagnant 2% and his war on business, energy, and successful investors. those are the issues. also this evening, any reports of the tea party's death are greatly premature. angry voters throw senator richard lugar out of office after 35 years. a resurgent tea party tidal wave should send a message to republicans and democrats. >>> and ahead, newly minted republican tea party candidate for senate in indiana richard murdock, and tea party statesman, south carolina's senator jim demint. we have them both. and also this evening, ceos slam tim geithner to boost growth by not r

cramer. see you tomorrow! hey, larry, what are you looking at tomorrow? >>> mitt romney has got much more work to do with investors. that according to a new poll. we'll reveal it all right here. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is the kudlow report. we begin this evening with breaking news. the cia thwarted an al qaeda plot to blow up a jet liner what. do you have for us on this story? >> u.s. officials saying late this afternoon they had foiled that plot, which apparently developed in yemen. the plot seems to be similar to the underwear bombing we saw in 2009. that attempt. now u.s. officials and government agencies across town here in washington are coming in with more details and more statements. we'll bring all of the late toast you a little bit later on the show. >> all right. thanks very much. >>> also this evening, team obama unveils its first ad since the official start of the campaign. the ad is called "go." so of course, we ask go where? so called economic recover vi stalled at 2%. job growth anemic. five trillion in debt and count

cramer. see you tomorrow! hey, larry, what do you have for us? >>> all right, jimmy, i'm worried about deflation nar tax cliffs. this is "the kudlow report." our top story tonight, war has broken out between president obama and house republicans led by speaker john boehner. >> i'm trying to encourage people on both sides of the aisle, on both sides of the capital and at both ends of pennsylvania avenue to be honest with the american people and to be honest with ourselves, to begin to tackle this problem in an adult fashion. >> all right, folks, let me tell you this. if president obama can't show the country he can make this deal before election day, then mr. obama cannot win the election. mitt romney and the republicans are trying to smoke out obama and prove that romney, a former businessman, is the real deal maker in chief. to wit, the president's budget was defeated 99-0. today. 99-0. not even senate democrats were buying the obama budget. not even left liberals like bernie sanders. paul ryan's budget from the house also failed, but ryan at le

i'm jim cramer, i'll see you tomorrow. hey, larry, what do you have for us? >> all right, jimmy, question. would a third straight e neanem jobs report hint at the front edge of a recession? good evening, everyone, this is the "kudlow report." our top story this evening, team obama heads to mitt romney's home territory to attack his massachusetts success. but team romney one ups by going to bankrupt solyndra, the home of obama crony capitalism handing over $500 million in taxpayer bundlers. it's going to get ugly. >>> also this evening, awful moments between president bush and president obama at the unveiling of bush's white house portrait. almost every day president obama says he inherited a mess from bush. when will obama quit blaming his predecessor? >>> plus, if team obama has been publicly down playing the importance of tuesday's wisconsin recall election, why are they now dispatching their only star bill clinton to the front lines? scott walker is going to win going away. >>> markets at the end of the day, basically flat, investors on hooks over europe.

cramer. i'll see you tomorrow. hey, larry, what do you have for us? >>. >>> good evening, i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." the president unveils a to do list and he call it is a post-it note. great, the post-it note president reducing economy to tiny issues instead of big picture issues. what about the lack of the budget deal, what about corporate tax reform, what about simpson-bowles, what about the keystone pipeline? what about entitlements? i'm talking serious big issues that will affect the future of our great country, not little post-it issues. the greek drama continues. radical leftist greeks threaten to rip up the currency deal, take over the banks and that sent the market in a tail spin. >> we recovered our bearings. the dow finished down less than 80 points. felt like it could have been a lot worse. investors raising cash, selling gold sharply and oil down on the markets. other news for you, larry. we'll have a whole rundown in 15 minutes. >> and, folks, ron paul says he is not ready to endorse mitt military but he is ready to sinks fed. he's my special get tonight. b

i'm jim cramer and i'll see you tomorrow! larry, what do you have for us tonight? >>> all right, jimmy. 2% growth is unacceptable for america. and i'm going to show you how to fix it tonight. good evening, everyone, i'm larry kudlow. this is the "kudlow report." our top story this evening. with sloppy reports on the ism services index and an outright drop in productivity, we continue to add why the economy is still bumping along the bottom at only 2% growth. it is unacceptable. we can do better. in fact, it's in the past three years we had trusted free market forces rather than unprecedented government intervention, we would be at a proper 6% to 8% bounceback. but you know what, folks? we will eventually get it right, i'm an optimist in a long run. >>> also this evening, mitt romney wages war against obama the divider in chief. as team obama bungles relations with china, takes every opportunity to attack success and imposing a leftist agenda, can mitt effectively fight back in the ever important swing states? >>> and finally, a bill in congress to abolish the tsa.

cramer. i'll see you tomorrow. hey, larry, what do you have for us? >> facebook or not, i'm fearful of a deflationary stock market. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." our top story today is like seinfeld, it's about nothing. nothing happened in the white house about the impending fiscal cliff. just as a worried, stocks got slammed. one guy trying to save the market and the economy right now, that being house speaker john boehner. please take a listen. >> we should not wait until the 11th hour to address these issues. the only ones talking about drama or breeinksmanship are th democrats across the aisle. >> investors are very nervous about this. the market plunged today, 156 points on the heaviest volume in two years, the s&p down more than 2%. look at the ten-year bond rate, record lows, 1.70. it was above 3% last july. gold in a bear market plunge still down nearly 20%. these are worrisome deflationary signals and we're going to have a powerhouse market panel to go through it. instead of dealing with the impending crisis on tax reform, se

cramer. i'll see you tomorrow. hey, larry, welcome back. what are you looking at tonight? >> thank you, jim. i am back. investors seem to be back at at work. and mitt romney is back at making a very strong white house run. good evening, everybody. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." top story tonight, team obama unveils a new ad personally demonizing mitt romney in order to disqualify him. like all those other personal attacks, this one will backfire. obama is running an amateur campaign, and he is the one getting hurt. the polls are showing it. and he's badly splitting and dividing his own democratic party. and mitt romney does not want a grand bargain deal on the so-called fiscal cliff because a lame duck democratic congress and a lame duck democratic president. why do it? instead, romney will want his own program to go into place in his first 100 days to reignite economic growth. and yes, the dow climbs 125 points despite some bad consumer confidence numbers, a weak factory report, but i still fret the dollar deflation is in the air, may harm stocks. so here'

cramer, i'll see you next time. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera, in for larry. larry is not only a tv mega

larry. "the kudlow report" is moments away. >> hewlett packard good. it's all europe. we're not going to chang until they fix the problem. i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow! hey, michelle, what are you looking at? >> it is all about the euro, jimmy, you are right, an unraveling euro and europe. investors worried about an economic slowdown. why doesn't the president and washington see this? good evening, i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for larry kudlow as he takes a few days off. this is "the kudlow report." radio talk show host lars larsson joins me as my special get tonight. the president is once against at another fund-raiser saying he has a new feeling about america by doubling down and attacking mitt romney, big business and private equity. this as team obama unveils two ads touting his record on medicare and veterans. no mention of obamacare. but things can't be good for the president when he loses 42% of the vote in his own primary against uncommitted. happened in kentucky. 40% to a nobody in arkansas. we'll get all that tonight. also tonight, if ever there was a sign that the market thinks a global slowdown is heading th

cramer on mad money. >> there is always a bull market, i promise to find it for you. i'm jim cra plfrner i will see see you tomorrow. larry, what do you have for us tonight? >>> to >>> phony stimulus isn't working. i'm mad as hell i'm not taking it any more. good evening everyone i'm larry kudlow, this is the kudlow report. after putting out trillions of stimulus and federal reserve, we still got a miserable jobs report today. it is a crippling blow to the president's reelection, forget the spin, the idea that after three years of all this phony stimulus producing a meager 115,000 jobs on top of the pathetic 2.2% gdp is insulting to the average taxpayers intelligence and wallets. it's just awful and to recoin a phrase from governor mitt romney iets still the economy and people aren't stupid. we'll take up the topic with our free market panel and look at the market, we'll look at politics, we'll look at the economic fall-out of the jobs report, i'll tell you folks, something has to change, and that change had better be a return to free market capitalism to save this country's future. we're going do have a rice-moore debate

cramer. i will see you tomorrow! >> hey, sully, what are you looking at? >> i can't say it look you did. but the facebook ipo, a big uh-oh. i'm filling in for larry kudlow as he takes a few days off. and it is a big news night. your top story, breaking news, a new nbc news/wall street journal poll released minutes ago shows most americans are losing confidence in the president's ability to handle the economy. also breaking tonight, facebook ipo finger pointing. the nasdaq admitting it was a mess. envestors filing suit and now morgan stanley has been issued a subpoena. the question tonight, was the facebook ipo a failure? plus the congressional budget office sounding larry's alarm. if the bush tax cuts expire, the american economy will come to a screeching halt. and here's a story that would make larry's blood boil. a british auction house plans on auctioning a vial of president reagan's blood since the day he was shot. yeah, folks, that is a true story. breaking news with the new poll. john harwood joins us live with the details. john, what does that survey say? >> brian, one of the things it says is that voters are so locked in that even big new

cramer on "mad money." i'll see you tomorrow. >>> just too big to fail. just too big a taxpayer risk, and should be broken up. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." team obama unleashes an attack ad, calling mitt romney's former private equity company bain capital a, quote, vampire for shutting down an unprofitable steel mill. but it turns out as president obama comes to new york on a taxpayer-funded ride, one of obama's millionaire campaign bunninglers an executive at bain capital. bain capital, right when that mill was shut down. romney himself had already been gone for a couple years to run the winter olympics. in just a moment, our weekly debate. i'm going to ask the dnc's communication director brad woodhouse and his colleague at the rnc sean spicer whether this latest volley in the war is credible. >>> chief economist austan goolsb goolsbee. not create many new jobs. that, folks, is the real issue in the campaign. our political panel is going to weigh in. >>> also, questions about the scandal surrounding jpmorgan. heads have already rolled. is jpmorgan a perfect example of the bank that is too big to fail, too b

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