earlier this week mr. stein said this about secretary of state hillary clinton. >> she should have resigned over that murder of the ambassador in libya because it was her fault that he didn't have adequate security. >> oh o, you know what? it is a good point. you know, when -- >> -- she is in charge. >> yeah. >> if she screws up, she should resign. >> bill: joining us now from los angeles is ben stein. so, yeah, i mean, you know, in theory, yes, the person who is in charge and obviously the ambassador worked for the state department, hillary clinton was his direct loss. should take the hit for this. but you might make an argument that, you know, look, she is all over the world. she is not milk crow managing what is going on in benghazi, libya. the cia might be at fault as well. they should have known and on and on and on. and you say. >> i say that she was being briefed all the time and if she wasn't being briefed if she was declining her intelligence briefing which has been reported on fox then she is at fault

stein. >> adam, with great respect. mr. obama talked about that in '08, too. >> with you know what, this week i wrote a piece about the guy who invented the safety razor, and he wrote a book about social utopia, and he wrote this before he invented the razor. and the irony he became one of the richest men in the world and he wrote at that there would be chaos and rising in the streets. this is in 1903. >> are you saying they're trying to destroy the capitalist system. >> no, we've heard that capitalism is going to destroy america and ten years of this. the argument is well over 100 years old and it does not hold water. >> that's not quite what they said. it was an interesting-- no, no, let's talk about shared prosperity and shared profits did you shared prosperity. >> i thought it was an interesting strategy to say we're all capitalists like you are, but we have to maintain the social safety net because of 2008, essentially, and that-- >> that's exactly the point. >> neil: sandra? >> that is what he said. >> one thing that

mr. sam stein, he's got a look at the top stories in today's huff post politics page. >> good morning, guys. >> let's talk top romney pollster. the campaign has struggled a bit on getting the tax plan across to voters, something they thought should have been a strength for the campaign. do they still have time now 50 days out to breakthrough on taxes? >> yeah, the romney pollster saying he doesn't think that voters actually know the distinction between the romney plan for taxes and the obama plan for taxes, which is sort of a shocking admission this far out in to the campaign. you know, they're drastically different tax plans, obviously. and i think it goes to show you when you have an empty canvas, people paint things on it for you. the romney campaign, not just taxes, but a bunch of different subjects have allowed the obama campaign to obscure his policies and apply their own caricature to it. >> and just about every policy now. who handles taxes better, who is handling the deficit better, they're losing in all of these areas, even the economy now has drawn even, sam, this is when you tak

mr. wein stein tried to claim that they shouldn't be held accountable because they only read memos summarizeingthe wiretaps, not the full wiretap applications, as i think is required under law. but the inspector general found that justice department officials should review more than just the cover memo. he said that under the statute, they have the responsibility to be informed, fully informed before authorizing wiretap applications. yet, the inspector general also found that even if the -- -- quote -- "even a reader of the cover memorandum would infer from the facts that a.t.f. agents did not take enforcement action to interdict the weapons or arrest straw purchasers." end of quote. so the memo that mr. weinstein admits he did read indicated that a.t.f. had walked guns, according to the inspector general. back in september of last year, the attorney general holder said at a press conference -- quote -- "the notion that somehow or other this thing reaches the upper levels of the justice department is something that i don't think is supported by the facts." end of quote. now, maybe the attorney