obama with romney 47, obobama 44.erry 46, question, did these polls show the electriccability of the republican candidate is less important than the ousting of president obama? >> i think you're close to the truth, john. president obama is in serious trouble as a president and a candidate, partly because of a lot of news on the economic front looks like it's even getting worse, but what these polls show us is that as charlie cook said, this race is becoming the republican party's to lose in 2012. the polls also show that the entire republican field it looks like including the controversial ones like michele bachmann may be acceptable to the american people, more importantly acceptable to the independents. everything, though, depends on the -- depends on what happens in the economy, john, because obama is still well liked by the amamican people and they still want him to succeed. >> i don't know how you -- his extraordinary weaknesses demonstrated in the polls. >> the american people have not given up on him. but in ta

barack obama is a type. he has been trained by his parents and his grandparents, as i was trained by my parents and grandparents, not to get to agree with white folks. right? that has the opposite effect of what we want to do. we want to be participants in american life. if i were angry and bitter and walked around frowning all day, i would not have many friends in life, or business partners. we are trained in a largely professional white world to behave a certain way. i learned that from my mother. he learned that from his mother and his grandparents. we can get angry. my wife can attest to that. but in our public persona, we are trained. our behavior is to be upright but not uptight. the real, not phony. but also listen and try to convey we are not going to jump you. i say let's hug them, not mug them. [applause] i am 1000% a supporter of the president. i was four years ago, and i am now. he can learn. they all learn on the job. ender johnson couldn't even read. he had to be taught how to read by his wife.

a picture of barack obama there. same thing with the mitt romney one. mitt romney just has clip art and a stock photo eagle. yeah, it's nudge, nudge, wink, wink, we'll launder the money to barack obama and mitt romney, but at least they are nudging and winking. the rick perry people aren't even nudging and winking. here is a picture, and another picture. want to give the money to elect somebody different than barack obama as president? rick perry, rick perry, rick perry. this is perhaps the larger role of rick perry in our national politics today, to make stuff obvious. and maybe that is a metaphor for his broader role in the campaign. but is rick perry's being this blatant about this any different legally than anybody else going around and nudging and winking about their monlaundering? laundering? thank you for joining us. >> thank you, rachel. >> you probably do not see this as money laundering. but in what ways is it not money laundering? >> one person's money laundering is another's free speech. and it happens in

the vote for obama was not a vote for obama. it was a vote against bush. that's what elected obama.resident doesn't make law. that's done by the congress. the president doesn't set a budget, that's supposedly done by the congress, although we have been operating for almost three years without a budget because the senate can't pass one as a cons sequence, it's not whether the president has it, it's what we do in congress that's going to make a difference. >> leadership factor here as ronald reagan demonstrated. the stronger you are as a leader, the more you can can a july congress con joel congress to do the right thing. >> the word pojule that mist phis me. what is this guy going to do and what can he influence? he certainly can't make the law and he can't make the budget. yes, he can get on television and speak. and he does that quite often. and apparently it's not working. there is something more fundamental going on here. and that is maybe containsian economics doesn't work. >> bill: it doesn't work. obviously. not in this country and no other countries. >> why are people like fr

ron paul 45%, obama 47%. bachmann very close. obama 48%. bachmann 44%. what about this g.e. deal? i mean, is it me? is it me, mr. rove? you can tell me. is it me? >> look, american companies have the right to partner with whomever they want. i'm worried about two things on this. we know the practice of chinese companies is to require as a price of doing business with them, of being their partner. that you surrender, that you turn over valuable technology. that you, in essence, help their economy along by giving them your intellectual property rights. second of all, g.e. is talking about partnering with a company that does a lot of work with the chinese military. so, g.e.'s sophisticated avionics is going to be put into the hands of a company in essence supplies the chinese military including air force and navy with vital aviation equipment. >> bill: even beyond that jeffrey immelt, the ceo is in charge of the president's council on jobs and competitiveness. this takes jobs overseas to china. and it makes china more competitive against boeing. >> yeah, yeah. >> bill: wait. >> i got

obama's re-election campaign. if they're hoping the president's political skills plus a loser republican opponent will get him through next november, don't count on it. i worked for president carter against reagan and voters not accept the argument had you no choice but to stick with the incumbent. it's a losing strategy. plus, how exactly did the tea party, a minority in one-half of one-third of the government, the house of representatives, manage to shape the direction of the country to its will. facts, history, evidence, do not matter to them. all that matters is a commitment to ideology, and willing to risk among other things bringing down the economy if they don't get their way. senator pat moynihan of new york said you're entitled to your on opinion, not your own facts. the tea party disagrees. up in the air, 200 construction 70,000 construction workers out of work, why? because of another quibble in congress. an effort by republicans to make it harder for airline employees to unionize. it was solved today a

if we see obama? another battery plant, i think everybody is ready to give up on wind, solar and hydro. the idea that that will pull us out of the ditch we remain in. i was talking with emanuel cleaver earlier this week, and we were saying, look, there's bound to be disappointment, but at the end of the day, people don't understand what these green jobs are. if that's the only plan he has, i think the white house is in serious trouble. >> what stops them, jon, from proposing -- why don't they have a well-advertised program to put 2 or 3 million people to work on public works projects. put out a list of bridges below code nationwide, all the subway systems, put out the lest, on numbs, on tv, show it, use the advertising ability, and say we want these jobs done. it's the republicans who are stopping it. let's talk about it in the next election. at least they put out in public what they would like to do. i don't know what the president would like to do. >> i think that's a great idea, you know, they reje

no vetting of obama.ro, i've never seen anybody in the political arena get away as much as this guy with as little scrutiny. >> right. just a footnote, bull connor was of course a democrat, as were all the southern segregationists. but the silver lining to all this is, when we do elect a president because the media will investigate back to our ancestors in 1861 for our candidates and investigate the relatives not only of the candidates. look at how karl rove was investigated and ripped apart. even advisers to republicans will be investigated. the bright side is, we don't end up with a republican president who is suddenly having an affair with an intern. or a republican president who votes prince for his entire term as the economy falls into the toilet. democrats are always surprised when these scandals develop. maybe if the media did five minutes of vetting of their candidates the same level they will do to a ran presidential adviser, it wouldn't be such a big surprise to them. >> sean: you have been all

if you are a left wing intellectual, which is what obama is. you believe in a series of principles that don't work. he's been trying for 2 1/2 years now. i saw one reference that a democratic senator said the problem with thex(ipv stimulus package was it should be four times bigger, should be three trillion. i thought there is somebody who has no ability to deal with reality. and no understanding of the real world. that's the base of the modern left wing of the democratic party. it lives a fantasy life. now the fantasies have come crashing to ground. i think they don't toe what to do. i predict if he does -- does come up with some plan in early september it will be dramatically too small. they ought to repeal the dodd-frank bill killing the banking industry now. i met with people in the thai community, korean, chinese community, in every community jobs was the number one concern. in two of the three communities they thought the dodd-frank bill was killing local banks, small business, crippling the housing industry it would be easy to repeal it

obama's own submitted budget and deficit projections. and then when speaking of the effort to reduce the deficit, the president has the human being riss to tell conservative -- hubris to tell conservative republicans to take a balanced approach and to eat our peas. if there's anything more catastrophically out of balance than our federal budget it is the arrogance to competency ratio of this white house. we have watched as president obama ran up a trillion-dollar deficit for the first time in history and then break that record the very next year. and then say that we would have, according to his own projections, a trillion-dollar-plus deficit for, quote, years to come. we have watched as the obama administration promised that if we would just allow them to spend $800 million on their stimulus package the economy would rebound. and unemployment would never reach 8%. well, of course that didn't happen. and then we watched this administration bring us obamacare or the health care takeover by government. and, mr. speaker, let me just suggest

they went after barack obama. one -- when newt is saying "i want more substance on why we agree barack obama should be gone, the president shouldn't go on vacation. all of these things during a time of crisis. is there something barack obama could learn from this? >> yeah. i mean it would all attacks being felt they're going to go school on this now and start, and push back hard. but look. the fieldx8ñitself, this was a much better debate. they're getting stronger, these debates are good for them. >> i agree. >> and the only one going after the weaker debate is -- i think everybody else. >> sean: rick santorun got more time at the end. rick santorun. let's talk about herman cane, ron paul who had and had a lot of moments there. and america's got to learn to take a joke. >> that is a great line. >> good line. i like that a lot. >> and more she does that, less political he seems and more real and business-like heÑ seems. did he get enough of a chance to talk in terms of business. >> he should focus more on experienc

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>> he is responsible. >> sean: is obama irresponsible? is obama unpatriotic? >> the bush numbers that he is citing were during a boom. official, if you go into the worst downturn in your lifetime. i'm surprised you are not giving him credit. at the same time spending had to go up to deal with the crisis he's had the lowest taxes in 60 years. >> sean: because he couldn't get his way he tried to raise them. >> sean, he cut taxes for 150 million workers, the biggest middle class tax cut ever. >> sean: for get sean hannity and i'm a conservative. look at his numbers on the economy, on the right track/ wrong track. faith in the government to of problems. obama's personal approval ratings this week the lowest in his presidency. the american people are judging as of this moment that his economic policies have failed. you won't acknowledge his broken promises on cutting the deficit in half, on 8% unemployment, on turning the economy around. you are going to say he's been a success that he has met his promises? >> look, i'm saying we are laying a foundation for growth.

-- opponents and president obama. i do know that nothing gets us more excited here in washington than a presidential campaign. today at the national press club we are welcomed -- pleased to welcome one of the candidates for the gop presidential nomination. buddy roemer served four terms in the u.s. house of representatives, so he is no stranger to washington. before being elected governor of louisiana, as both a democrat and republican. he served as the chief executive officer of business first bank, a community bank in baton rouge, louisiana. the wreck his career, buddy roemer has been known as a reformer not afraid to cross party lines. a longtime proponent of campaign finance reform, governor romer has made fighting the special interest money in washington a platform of his campaign. last month, governor romer promised to reveal and challenge the control of the special interests over our nation's capital and demonstrate what he calls the freedom to lead that can only come from reducing their money. putting his mone

obama said that is not going to happen.the infrastructure of libya is not that of somalia it is capable of producing a million and a half barrels of oil a day. and there's something in the neighborhood of 50 billion dollars worth of libyan assets that are in the control of nato, the united states and other countries that froze those assets. libya has potential. the problem is, what does in mean for people like assad? in syria he's got an exit. gadhafi has nowhere to run. syria has -- [ talking over each other ] >> sean: probably does. chavez comes to mind first. >> you can't get there from here. his problem is, no planes, now the airport is -- steve harrigan just reported the airport is in the hands of the rebels, there's no way out for in guy. he's not going to get to zimbabwe, south africa, certainly venezuela. >> sean: if gadhafi goes does that mean obama agrees with the bush doctrine on preemption now? >> you make a good point. in there's been ambivalence, uncertainy, certain no coherence to american policy. it was lead

if obama had lost, hillary won, saying, gee if he only had obama. >> exactly. exactly.opportunity for hope and change in history, and -- >> and there's not all that much difference. that's not like reagan and rockefeller or something like that. they're not that far apart. obama and hillary. >> here's a question. why -- >> they work so well together. >> the heart of progressives who watch this program. it seems to me that the clintons were able to do things like ball, the budget over eight year. worked with -- newt gingrich and did it. voted for welfare reform. got rid of welfare as a right, basically. they did nafta, which drives labor crazy. they were forgiven on every point, gene. this president gets health care through. the greatest social evolvement since the '60s, and he gets nothing but grief. >> well, you know, were the clintons entirely forgiven? i'm not sure they were entirely forgiven. well, you know -- but imagine a hillary clinton administration, imagine bill clinton in the white house. imagine bill clinton in the white house. >> that's good. >> but imagine

mitt romney goes after president obama.r criticizing her students' bad behavior on the net. did you see that? moments away. >> bill: back of book sellingment. did you see that. mitt romney has been laying low this summer. but now is he beginning to open up on the president. >> change has come to america, america, america. ♪ ♪ >> yes, we can. thank you. >> if i don't have this did you know don in three years, then there is going to be a one-term proposition. >> bill: all right. here now to analyze fox news correspondent juliet huddy. 48%. >> up from 7% to 10%. yeah. >> bill: the employment rate -- the unemployment went up 48%? >> in the last three years since obama gave his speech there at grant park. >> bill: if you look at it objectively, not a party one way or the other, pretty effective ad. >> it's a beautiful ad, very slick ad. takes obama's words and uses them against him and his passion, as you see there, that victory party in grant park there and uses it against him because this is essentially based, called the obama

they went after barack obama. one -- when newt is saying "i want more substance on why we agree barack obama should be gone, the president shouldn't go on vacation. all of these things during a time of crisis. is there something barack obama could learn from this? >> yeah. i mean it would all attacks being felt they're going to go school on this now and start, and push back hard. but look. the fieldx8ñitself, this was a much better debate. they're getting stronger, these debates are good for them. >> i agree. >> and the only one going after the weaker debate is -- i think everybody else. >> sean: rick santorun got more time at the end. rick santorun. let's talk about herman cane, ron paul who had and had a lot of moments there. and america's got to learn to take a joke. >> that is a great line. >> good line. i like that a lot. >> and more she does that, less political he seems and more real and business-like heÑ seems. did he get enough of a chance to talk in terms of business. >> he should focus more on experienc

i'm talking about obama. current day. >> i'm talking about double standards. >> laura: substantive thing he talked about oonels and the need for these car manufacturers not just to try to dine out on suv and truck sales and our brain room in new york found out a couple of statistics, 63.75% of all vehicles sold in the united states year to date have been trucks. g.m., second quarter 92% earnings, strong earnings increased because of the global sales and because of the huge production of high margin pickup trucks sold in the united states. this is big money for detroit. and, yet, the president comes in and lecturing detroit about you need to build smaller cars. either of you can chime in here. how does that help america start working again when the chevy volt sold 120-volts in the month of july. 120. >> doing away with trucks. need to buy trucks. talking about fuel efficiency and what is going to sale and what sales on the global market. people want smaller more fuel efficient cars. not dictating it. not takin

quote, obama's intent is not to destroy. his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him as an african-american male. obama received tremendous advantages from a lot of these programs. all right. catching my breath. the paper reports that coburn went on to say that most of the country's problems were created by congress, and that, quote, i don't think that presidents matter that much. now, look, harry truman famously equipped, if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. the oval office is a lonely place. but there is this idea that the american president is some kind of superman with, shall we say, magical powers who can fix the economy faster than a speeding bullet, bend the congress to his will, and bring world peace while giving everyone tax cuts, protecting entitlements, and erasing the national debt, which is basically the idea that the presidential candidates are pushing right now. >>> joining me now is jonathan capehart, "washington post" editorial writer and msnbc contributor. >> hey, melissa.

obama won them by an overwhelming margin.hat's an interesting class divide, not so much a race divide. >> that's pretty traditional, the white working class feels threatened by change. what do you say when you hear republicans like reck perry say, we're going to take our country back, not the white house back, what does that mean if it doesn't have a racial ting to it? >> i think it absolutely has a racial ting. that's not the same thing as calling, saying that they're racist. but they are using what activists call, political activists call something, sending a signal to their base to say, we understand the grievances that you have. and there is an interesting, not just a class divide but an interesting psychological divide, too, among black voters that separates black and latino voters from white voters. many white voters are persuaded that the future is not going to be any better. it's going to be gloomier for their children than it was for them. blacks and latinos were hammered more by the recession but they believe the fu

obama.ll the polls show that americans are furious the government could not settle an obvious problem without a chaotic exposition. people are getting hurt as the stock market plummets. the dow down more than 500 points today. 1300 points in the last two weeks. everyone is nervous as retirement and education funds get pounded. the president came off as weak in the debt debate and the bad economy speaks for itself. how can any american be optimistic when the national debt is growing by more than $4 billion every single day. the only thing the debt compromise did was keep america's bonds from being downgraded and allow the feds to continue paying their bills. the deal did nothing, nothing to improve the very shaky economy as the stock market is now telling us. analysis by politico.com today says that president obama is in serious trouble for re-election. but, again, talking points has told you that for months. mr. obama knows he is in trouble. he also knows that republicans will not cooperate

she led the effort against obama care, we got obamawear. -- obama care.it is not her spine we are worried about it is her record of results. if that is your view of results, please stop, because you are killing us. >> chris: congresswoman bachmann. >> i was at the tip of the spear fighting against the implementation of obama care in the united states congress. nancy pelosi, harry reid and barack obama ran congress. but i gave them a run for their money. again on cap and trade i was there from the beginning giving speaker pelosi a run for her money. i asked her about her number one target to defeat last year i was taking them on, on nearly every argument they put forward. when others ran, i fought. and i ran against the increase of the debt ceiling. [ applause ] >> bret: let's hold our applause to get more questions in. >> chris: governor romney, you are campaigning as the man who can fix the economy. you acquired american pad and paper. two u.s. plans closed. 385 jobs cut. later almost 2,000 workers were laid off or relocated. when you were governor massa

the gallup poll shows president obama beat a generic poll. back to what you said, ron a telling critique of the president now. i want limb to succeed, i'm fond of him. they're transparent right now. too much talk, little action. too much academic behavior not any of gold old-fashioned democratic politics here. your dad, president reagan i used to say working on the opposition for tip o'neill, i always said every cab driver in washington, every cab driver, regular guy or woman knows where that guy stands. he wants to beat the communist, reduce the size of government by cutting taxes. they all got it. they didn't agree with it in a lot of cases but they got it. >> people come up to me now years later say, you know, i didn't agree with your father on much, but you no what? when he said something you knew he meant it. you knew where he stood. people don't vote for the most reasonable guy in the room. they vote for the guy they respect, or woman, they respect. and you earn respect by taking a stand. by making it clear what you're all about. and --

obama? 51 percent said no. 44% say they would.ow, on the state front, a map put together by university of virginia professor larry sabato who we will speak with in a moment indicates the president is leading in states reporting 247. republicans have 206 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win. notice the yellow states of florida and ohio which have 47 electoral votes between them. they are in the toss-up category. but, state polls indicate trouble there for the president. of course, polls are just a snapshot in time. but few expect the economy to dramatically improve over the next 15 months. and the economy will, of course, dominate the voting. the republicans though have one major problem. the tea party. they. a hard right approach to fiscal matters. and, if a moderate, like mitt romney gets the nomination, they might not support him. traditional g.o.p. folks believe that independent voters who are turning away from mr. obama big time would go for a guy like romney or even texas governor rick perry. talking points analyzes politic

president obama offered some pretty helpful advice to rick no relation perry. he said this isn't like running for governor, running for senator, running for congress, and you've got to be a little more careful about what you say. pretty easy to understand, when you're running for president, you're being recorded, recounted, and fact checked. no statement you make will go unvetted by media and the voters. this morning, rick perry responded to the president. >> you know, yesterday president said i needed to watch what i say. i just want to respond back, if i may, mr. president, actions speak louder than words, and my actions as governor are helping create jobs in this country. the president's actions are killing jobs in this country. >> so let's be clear. the governor claims to be creating jobs in contrast to the president. this, in fact, rick no relation's perry's marquee claim to why he should be the republican nominee and ultimately the president. here he is touting his job records today. >> some people dismiss texas' job creation, there have been some on the

what has barack obama done that in the course of 2 1/2 years? you might argue he should start doing that and they are started to contemplate. the fork in the road, put forth a jobs package with a chance of passing or put forward something we know won't pass but can score political points with? the second of the options is one basically closer to yours, which is to say, we're going to put this forward. republicans can stonewall, they won't pass it but we'll gain by waging a fight. all i can say is, i said it a second ago, contrary to the way barack obama governed over his entire first term so far. >> and there are people that -- michael smerconish, not full mooners who will see the necessity of voting for jobs as they seek reelection. that's a thought too. i don't think it's just for show. it's to get it done. the way i look at it. >> a couple things. first of all as a native of pittsburgh, there are 900 bridges about 500 of which need repair, i'm all for it. number one. number two, barack obama as john indicated probably should have spent for ti

. >> president obama.s of the american public made it very clear they want to see a combination of spending cuts and revenue increases and the paper said no, no, no. >> the tea party's approval ratings are just as low. they are actually much lower than president obama's. >> laura: first of all, the tea party is not an individual. okay? it's a group of people. >> they do not represent every american. >> laura: all over the country. i have met some of these guys and gals. they are different people. some people stress economics, some have views on immigration. the tea party? >> that's what they call themselves the tea party. i am referring to the name they call themselves. >> laura: if i'm sitting where you are sitting tonight, i'm thinking, gosh, this guy better turn it around. okay? because the tea party ain't going to save you guys. >> laura, you have to admit this, the president has major challenges because the republican party has made the political calculus mitch mcconnell by his own words said our numb

what raises have come from obama? and nothing. >> audacity of hope. >> that is before he became president. since he has become president, he has been so consumed with tremendous problems that he has inherited and coming up with in his way reasonable policy solutions, almost as if he cannot do that and reached out to the broad public with those memorable phrases that i think are part of the job. >> which you have to have. bob, let me go back to you and talk of about the lbj comparison that in some ways is so terrible. start with the difference between the way president johnson got things done and the way that this president is or is not getting things done. >> how did lyndon johnson get things done? there were quo ate from a signature use said president kennedy was a wonderful communicator. when he needed a vote, he would have the signature down to the white house and he would give him all the reason to like him. if the center said, if i give you this it will kill me with my constituency, kennedy would say "i understan

that sounds a lot more like barack obama, if you ask me. >> she led the effort against obama care. we got obama care. she led the effort against tamp, we got tarp. she says she has a titanium spine. it's not her spinal we are worried about. it's her records of results. if that's your view of effective leadership with results, please stop because you are killing us. >> juan: bachmann was also asked about some comments she made a few years back. >> in 2006, when you were running for congress, you described a moment in your life when your husband said you should study for a degree in tax law. you said you hated the idea. and then you explained, quote, but the lord said be submissive. wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands. as president, would you be submissive to your husband? [boos] >> what submission means to us if that's what your question is, it means respect. i respect my husband. he is a wonderful, godly man and a great father. he respects me as his wife. that's how we operate our marriage. we respect each other. we love each other. >> juan: there was also this exchang

most people still blame george bush for the economy, not barack obama. number two, rick perry hasn't answered questions nationally and is going to try to run away from the national press corps, i don't know if he can do it. there are questions about his record people haven't explored. some people, especially the bush people, think that rick perry is shallow. they say he's only in for the sound bites. you know, when proponents of george bush -- chris: when supporters of george w. bush accuse perry of being shallow, we've hit the mother load. >> i think democrats and the cast of "saturday night live" want to see perry as the nominee. chris: and a lot of focus on that guy. six months from now, david you pick this up here, who is going to be the hot hand in the republican fight? who will be the big name out of iowa? >> the big noise officially will be rick perry and the country will learn about him, look at his personality and his leadership skills and then we'll see. that's the great thing about a campaign, people look strong at the outset, sometimes have t

president obama was more than up to the task. but republicans, they just can't give him any credit at all. now so let's just imagine for a moment that president bush would have delivered the death of osama bin laden and end end gadhafi's reign of terror. i don't think we would have ever heard the end of it. this is freedom on the march. gadhafi was a bad guy. and this is the end of an evil-doer. and i think that president bush and the conservatives would have jumped in frontst cameras and said, we smoked out a tyrant. i mean -- you can bet we would have seen another mission accomplished banner. you know, do you remember the days when some questioned and criticized the war after the capture of saddam hussein. i remember the howard dean story. he came out and said he wasn't sure this made the country safer. he was accused of criticizing the troops of being unpatriotic and endangering our troops in the field. i remember the rhetoric. dean wasn't the only one. congressional members took heat. media people were labelled as anti-americ

obama, president obama, hits legitimacy and his creative contribution to strengthen this economy.y will do nothing to get us back on track. we need to stimulate this economy, create jobs directly, stimulate the economy through consumer spending, as opposed to enormous attack on people's reality. >> create jobs. >> so people will have a contribution to the economy. >> i have to ask you this for the sake of consistency. when you attack the presidentç who is now on a bus tour in iowa, was in minnesota, for going on vacation later this week, did you also have that position when president bush kept going on vacation when he had us in the middle of two wars? >> the president bush he went home to his ranch in texas. >> it was called vacation. >> a working vacation. >> no, i'm talking about the fact of the matter he's -- i'm saying never let the republicans talk. >> we'll be right back. every day, all around the world, energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy developement comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly

obama showing him is a still not george w. bush and something a very powerful card they still play because you have to admit if you like the man or not he is at least eloquent and some of the things he about his liberal. intervention humanitarian intervention which is really hogwash if you really look at it carefully if you watched anti-war dot com read there you would have known that but how do we get away from that i just really addressing michael's question well it's really hard to know what you can do to pose somebody like obama in a very direct way because i think that the left is very confused about what to do with him right now and so really i think that you know the opposition to obama on his war policies if it comes ball from the left and from the right that may be the most effective way of dealing with the issues so you may see that the left doesn't come out in full force against obama's war policies but if the some of the more reasonable elements of the right also do then there will be a general erosion of support a

obama looks terrible.ll the polls measure him against boehner, but boehner is not running for anything. >> sean: mitt romney is beating him by eight points. >> and before that was trailing. >> sean: the independents in this country are turning. >> they've turned. the point is, if you make him go through this again, which you could do, if you do what i'm suggesting, he'll look even worse. but this debt deal served one political purpose. it doomed barack obama. >> sean: all right. i hope you're right. dick morris, good to see you. only as much as we need to live within our means. coming up, we need to keep our eyes on news out of washington tonight. plus we'll get reaction from congresswoman michele bachmann up next. she says this bill does nothing more than put us on the same road as greece. she's coming up next straight ahead.xxma that works at the molecular level to help your engine run more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station

she led the effort against obama care, we got obamawear. -- obama care.it is not her spine we are worried about it is her record of results. if that is your view of results, please stop, because you are killing us. >> chris: congresswoman bachmann. >> i was at the tip of the spear fighting against the implementation of obama care in the united states congress. nancy pelosi, harry reid and barack obama ran congress. but i gave them a run for their money. again on cap and trade i was there from the beginning giving speaker pelosi a run for her money. i asked her about her number one target to defeat last year i was taking them on, on nearly every argument they put forward. when others ran, i fought. and i ran against the increase of the debt ceiling. [ applause ] >> bret: let's hold our applause to get more questions in. >> chris: governor romney, you are campaigning as the man who can fix the economy. you acquired american pad and paper. two u.s. plans closed. 385 jobs cut. later almost 2,000 workers were laid off or relocated. when you were governor massa