>> in part, because the spending has made obama unpopular with some. there are at least three democratic senators, conrad, bayh, and ben nelson, who said they will not vote to let the tax cuts expire even on the wealthy. that makes it procedurally more complicated. talking to them late in the week i'm not convinced that they're hungry to have this keebt -- debate in the senate. the senate democrats scared tv and may try to put it off until after the election. >> you comp the stock market if new york all the time. what's the excuse me --sumption? that the tax cuts are going to continue or to die? >> they're assuming they're going up on the top 2%. but it's a dicey thing. you get more deficit but everyone knows they're going away in a year or two? so people aren't going to spend money on creating jobs. a year or two econmiocally doesn't do much for you. chris: the weak economy, this friday, the economy seams to have stalled. does that make it easier to say no tax increase now? >> on the middle class. he's got to make this point. his biggest challenge is

obama was for a long time very unpopular in israel. the prime minister doesn't have to worry about the u.s. president as much. the body politic in washington is going to support israel. >> rose: how important is it to our national security interests that we somehow find some way to make and to advance the idea of the peace process between the israelis and the palestinians in terms of our national security? >> well, i think general petraeus answered that before he took his... >> rose: well, i was trying to get you to confirm general petraeus. >> i am going to where he said this was key to our own national security and that we couldn't-- i'm paraphrasing now, we couldn't get a handle on islamic extremism without bringing a betterment to the situation of the occupied territories. >> rose: i want to talk about russia. have they restet relationship? is it better today than it was at the end of the bush 43 eight years? >> i heard a great story the other day, by the way, from russia. who said there were two factions in russia. there's a putin

obama has been tremendously successful passing a lot of legislation. unfortunately for democrats politically it's legislation again that i go back to that's unpopular with the american people. and you know, adam spoke about how the individual mandate, for instance is unpopular but it's the overwhelming way to reduce health care cost. guest: tell that to the people in massachusetts they've had individual mandate and a system that's very similar po to what obama is doing and health care costs are still sky-rocketing with the individual mandate. i think there's a lot of wishful thinking o on the democratic side but the more that this goes on the more people learn what's in the health care bill it's just going to continue to be unpopular and whatever comes before the voters, we've seen that. one more point. he noted how he tried to dismiss the missouri ballot measure saying it was voted on during the primaries when the electorates helped the republicans, but why did it end up there instead of the november ballot. it was originally supposed to be there but democrats fought it being there because they were worried it would turn-out conservative tomorrow on "w

guest: that is because he is not that unpopular in washington. barack obama is still the candidate who tracks voters -- who attracts surrogate voters. they are pivotal -- they were pivotal in electing him in 2008. money is the motivator. mojo.will be gagt he will try to give the candidates a boost. host: where will they be on wednesday? guest: he will be in florida. there is another competitive race for governor. you have some senate races, a primary there involving jeff green. one of the things that will be interesting with these races is how much he campaigns for kendrick meek. the real focus is alex sink. host: heat will go to columbus, ohio. guest: all of these governors races are hyper local races. whether it is health care, double digit unemployment. the unemployment rate in ohio is something like 11.6%. the stimulus package is being debated there. whether or not strickland has been good. these are pivotal states on 2012 as you saw them in the previous campaign. that is why obama is devoting so much time in these next days. he will be in five states ove

guest: that is because he is not that unpopular in washington. barack obama is still the candidate who tracks voters -- who attracts surrogate voters. they are pivotal -- they were pivotal in electing him in 2008. money is the motivator. mojo.will be gagt he will try to give the candidates a boost. host: where will they be on wednesday? guest: heill be in florida. there is another competitive race for governor. you have some senate races, a primary there involving jeff green. one of the things that will be interesting with these races is how much he campaigns for kendrick meek. the real focus is alex sink. host: heat will go to columbus, ohio. guest: all of these governors races are hyper local races. whether it is health care, double digit unemployment. the unemployment rate in ohio is something like1.6%. the stimulus package is being debated there. whether or not strickland has been good. these are pivotal states on 2012 as you saw them in the previous campaign. that is why obama is devoting so much time in these next days. he will be in five states over th

guest: that is because he is not that unpopular in washington. barack obamatill the candidate who tracks voters -- who attracts surrogate voters. they are pivotal -- they were pivotal in electing him in 2008. money is the motivator. mojo.will be gagt he will try to give the candidates a boost. host: where will they be on wednesday? guest: he will be in florida. there is another competitive race for governor. you have some senate races, a primary there involving jeff green. one of the things that will be interesting with these races is how much he campaigns for kendrick meek. the real focus is alex sink. host: heat will go to columbus, ohio. guest: all of these governors races are hyper local races. whether it is health care, double digit unemployment. the unemployment rate in ohio is something like 11.6%. the stimulus package is being debated there. whether or not strickland has been good. these are pivotal states on 2012 as you saw them in the previous campaign. that is why obama is devoting so much time in these next days. he will be in five states over the

unpopular. >> some times at the same time. >> right and having one friend say hello and the other goodbye i asked him what is going on with obama's presidency and why is his popularity fading? >> it is pretty amazing in the last couple of months president obama's popularity has plummeted to the point where even now democrats, once looked at him as the rock star are distancing themselves. surprised? >> not at all. that is what politicians do. he was during the 2008 elections really just a super star. he reached a crescendo at the convention in denver. since that time, there have been signs of fraying at the sleeveother places. believe me when it comes that it is clear you are a liability on some issue, no one wants to touch you. >> what has turned him into this? >> the health care was a great challenge, the whole business of expanding the war in afghanistan without making it a real national pride issue. all of those things have lead -- >> let's not forget economy. >> well, i am getting there. all those things have lead to people who are losing their jobs, people who are losing their homes, people who are having any kind of a probl

obama's credibility where he needs it so desperately on jobs and the economy. >> rose: john? >> well, i think he gave a tough and principlesed statement. he knew it was unpopular. i applaud him for doing it. and i think it was important that he do it. i think much like president george w. bush who went out of his way to say this country is not at war with islam. it's at war with al qaeda. we need to set pretty sharp markers down. and i think that the president did that. i think he did it in the deepest and richest traditions of our country and its support for religious freedom. and i think that sends a powerful message around the globe that we do stand by our principles thes. we are a country that, that relies on religious freedom and holds it up. and you know, so i think it was an important thing to do. i think it was a necessary thing to do. and it was an unpopular thing to do. so i applaud him for doing it. >> he should have made the distinction that george bush did between a faith and at the same time some people who in a sense want to kidnap a faith, al qaeda. >> you know, well, i think he was trying to do that by saying that particularly the people who a

obama is in chicago. he's touring the ford motor company plant. any minute now he's scheduled to make a speech. he will reportedly talk about that unpopular decision to bail out the automation and how he says it helped save jobs -- -- the auto industry and how he says it helped save jobs. >>> naomi campbell is testifying in a war-crimes trial in the netherlands. she said she received some dirty-looking stones after a 1997 dinner party from charles taylor. campbell said she didn't know if the stones were diamonds or if the diamonds just came from trial. prosecutors says she'll have evidence that taylor traded guns and rebels in nations. >>> it's official, oakland mayor ron dellums will not seek a second office in office. he reportedly told officials his reasons are personal. he's been credited with on taping at least $80 million in federal stimulus money for oakland but lately critics say he's been missing in action. there are currently eight candidates in the race for dellums' job including jean kwan and rebecca kaplan and don perata. >>> 7:18. two men are charged with what san francisco's district attorney is calling massive fraud. they