a movement that president obama once despaired. and that the white house asked the minones and its press to vilify. now the president seeks to leverage the tea party's legitimacy to buoy up occupy wall street. i guesspopu lists now. president obama's speech in osawatme invites compare with roosevelt's address. roosevelt's address on a quick reading -- i know you were all required to read it so i did as well -- seems to me moreiden obama's. it certainly in teddy roosevelt's style is more energetic. given the advantage to, in this judgment that i suppose teddy roosevelt is almost fixed in the ca

>> i think you have to ask president obama. i cannot answer that question for anybody. >> reverend franklin graham joins the conspiracy theorists. >> muslim world sees barack obama as a muslim. >> barry lynn and e.j. dionne have full analysis and the white house is responding. >>> today, women in virginia won a small victory to keep the government out of their bodies. but the fight continues. >> it's an invasive procedure and government entering into a woman's body. >> we talk to the democratic lawmaker on the front lines against a radical governor. >>> now's terry o'neill. lizs winstead and krystal ball on the republican war on women's health. >>> a week away from votes in michigan and arizona, the campaign vitriol is heating up. >> barack obama is the most dangerous president in modern history. >> jonathan alter and richard wolffe will break it down. >>> good to have you watching us tonight, folks, thank you for joining us here on "the ed show.." >>> you can make the case the religious right has taken control of the republica

like the republican roosevelt, and i think intentionally obama did not invoke fdr, obama claimed that his reform program aspired to deploy a more effective national government in the service of fair play that is neither socialist or capitalist. that is neither democratic or republican. that serves neither the tea party or occupy wall street. that served, he summed up, the progressive principles that were now interwoven into the fabric of american life. that's all good stuff. but i'm not sure that obama's own reform aspirations live up to that billing. they seem somewhat tepid in comparison to t.r.'s new nationalism. he called for an extension of the payroll tax in the short run and more generally for a fair tax code. these are important measures, to be sure, but he did not offer a strategic vision of bold, progressive initiatives for a new political order as t.r. did. nor did he explain how the landmark health care and financial reform legislation enacted in 2010, really important pieces of legislation, were the building blocks of a new fun dags. the new foundation was a term tried ou

line" radical politics and the obama presidency" . professor kennedy you write in your book obama won the white house does not mean that racial prejudice is no longer a force in american politics. david sears argues persuasively the election of 2008 was anything but post ratio. instead the racial hopes and fears and roped by a the of what days of all the potential to become the first black president sharply divided racial conservatives for racial liver debt-- the roles behavior was considerably more polarized by racial attitudes than any other time on record. >> guest: yes. the race line is still the devil. of course, the election of the first black president was a landmark that shows a tremendous change on racial attitudes. had there not then that change there is no hope of prevailing. at the same time it is also clear he had to overcome the his blackness to prevail sell race still matters. >> host: you have a chapter why can't they all be like king. >> guest: that is about barack obama interactions with white america. one of the thi

obama.his is about 45 minutes. guest: since my research, at any other president since abraham lincoln. he was reviled. undie go to the white house every day. -- you and i go to the white house every day. i believe in our democracy. when it gets to be personal, ugly, the vicious personal attacks, that is what i think is wrong. that is what we have seen against president obama. no president in our lifetime has been the subject of such personal attacks. host: john boehner has had zero interest in bipartisanship, you point out. republican operatives are not content with upsetting the apple cart from the beginning. it was larger personal, political, and meanspirited. guest: i am critical of president obama. i think he spent too much time trying to make deals with mitch mcconnell and john boehner. from the get go, they indicated they were not interested. mitch mcconnell, our number one goal in the next four years, he said that the first day. was to deny him a second term. you will not get any comp

start with president obama.w, i will give you the first opportunity for that one. >> this is a high, i went to hebrew school and the only letter i remember from 30 years ago. >> mike: translate that to english. >> i would give him an f on israel. there is a tape, i live in liberal west side los angeles and i have very many liberals who are jewish who are shivering under the table wondering what on god's green earth this president is doing with israel and throwing them under the bus as relates to iran especially. >> mike: how do you grade the president? >> i gave him an a not with my words but actually in the words of prime minister netanyahu who said we have an ironclad commitment from president obama that this relationship is unprecedented. andrew, you may have different thoughts. what do you know that netanyahu doesn't know? >> mike: all right,. >> i give the president a greater than. throw is israel under the bus is greater than the republicans throwing cap and trade under the bus. greater than the energy pol

opponents are still standing their ground what's the heart of their strong opposition also president obama has faced an unprecedented amount of personal attacks slander during his time in office or is it all coming from and how is it undermining his presidency and our democracy and president obama turned heads on both sides of the out this week with his controversial decision regarding birth control and employment what was the rationale behind his decision how will the backlash continue to play out the fact that twenty five campaign. getting this nation took another major step toward equal rights for gays and lesbians and wednesday the washington state house approved gay marriage legislation one week after the states senate approved similar legislation washington governor christine gregoire is expected to sign the legislation into law making her state the seventh in the nation to give same sex couples the same rights as straight couples and earlier this week a california court struck down that state's proposition eight ban on gay marriage as being a violation of the california constitution

obama has -- he's so thin skinned. not only does he call out enemy, koch brother, et cetera, he calls out fox. he calls out other right wing groups that don't agree with his agenda. >> why don't you call soros? >> i'm not president! >> let's talk about the rich people that he does like. so his donors list was also revealed today and on it, former mf globele ceo jon corzine. advisors to solyndra, convince dense, bob. energy department advisor and steve wesley, venture capitalist. i thought they were bad people. my favorite, eva longoria is advising the president on immigration. gosh, i feel relieved she's driving that bus. go ahead, bob. >> what's wrong with that? i don't understand what's wrong with any of that. i can go through any of the republican list, i don't care which president it was or candidate, i can find you dirty people. these are a small percentage of people. >> if i give him money, i won't end up on his enemies list? >> he doesn't have an enemies list. you mentioned two so far. who else? >> the big banks

under obama's plan, 36.3%. under romney's plan, 25.9. to get that out of percents and in dollars, your taxes will be $160,000 lower than under obama. $160,000. tax cuts of that size cost a lot of money. trillions of dollars. romney is promised he won't pay for that by cutting defense. he promise the he won't raise taxes elsewhere. to make the numbers work to make the tas and spending balance out he will have to cut almost twice as deep in spending as paul ryan's budget does. he will have to cut every single domestic program including social security, medicare and medicaid all of them by 36%. 36%. you know who relies on domestic programs like those? seniors and the poor. think all the seniors voting republican want a 36% cut to social security and medicare in order to pay for romney's tax cuts for the wealthy? i sort of doubt it. the budget doesn't show us where the two parties disagree, shows us where they do agree. taxes are lower under both obama and romney than if we let the bush tax cuts expire and turned to clinton era rates. taxes

he wrote a piece on president obama in the "atlantic" magazine called "obama explained." jon meacham, he is the author of "american lion: andrew jackson in the white house." it earned him a pulitzer prize. he's currently writing on george h.w. bush and thomas jefferson. finally, robert caro, he is a two-time pulitzer prize winning author and has dedicated decades to writing about lyndon johnson. his fourth volume "the passage of power," is set to come out this may. i am pleased to have them here to have this discussion about men and power, the power of the office and how those two things come together. i begin with barack obama. what did you go in search of? >> trying to find out to the extent anyone could what makes obama tick. we know if you support obama or oppose him there's something different about the way he seems as he prepares for his reelection before anybody expected four years ago when he was making his debut on the national scene. so trying to parse out whether the disappointment in him was the i evidentable because the mismatch between what he symbolized in

obama, santorum 44-44.er this hat trick by rick santorum the other night has rick santorum can he take this from romney? >> i believe he can. the reason is first of all i've been saying the candidate who presents the strongest con trat tras to obama conservatives will get behind. conservatives have been waiting to see, there an electability factor and lot are jumping on the bandwagon. >> and i have a deep opinion. >> clearly the narrative republican voters are not real enthusiastic or warm right now if about governor romney. they are looking for the other conservative. >> shep: you think he has a shot at cpac. >> listen, i watched him with you. he comes across great, but there is a luster. look at the exit poll. you reported on it. overwhelming he is last with conservatives and that has to be problematic. florida he was number one. >> sean: you're right. >> think what happens is republicans are so afraid of obama getting another term that every time they start looking at their nominee whoever it is, all thi

he forced through obama care. i will repeal obama care. just this week president obama orders religious organization to violate their conscience. i will define liberty that trampled on our freedom. (chanting) >> president obama is shrinking our military and hal lowing out our national defense. i will insist on a military so powerful no one in the world would ever think of challenging it. president obama seems to believe america's role as a leader to the world is a thing of the was. i believe the 21st century is -- o (chanting) >> our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blue print is the constitution of the united states. we are going to build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck not a faded word on an old bumper sticker. i will not attempt to bribe the voters with promises and programs and chest for government. if it is a bidding war who can found that i am not president. if you want to restore american gritness i hope you will enjoy this. if you believe in disappointments in the

the rationale is if you like obama care reelect president obama.f you like diskrame nateing against catholic institutions, reelection president obama. if you like cap and trade, reelect president obama. if you like increasing debt, reelect president obama. i think mitt romney has been so focused on making i'm a business c.e.o. who can turn around the economy argument that he hasn't painted a bigger broader picture of the choice facing the country and i think santorum did a good job on that. >> chris: let me bring into this and specifically because one of the things that i admired about obama in 2008 was his ability to make a big speech and hit reset on the campaign. most famously of the speech on race after the controversy over reverend wright. does mitt romney need to make a speech addressing his wealth and gaffes he made but make the candidacy about more than his biography. >> some of the prove lemes, some of the issues that bill cited he is badly positioned on. obama care is an issue a potent issue for republicans and a big motivating factor for

they hran against obama care.the world have all of the freshmen who ran against obama care be elected by writing the tea party plan. >> there is nobody who thinks romney is too bliberal that's going to support obama. >> speaking of encoursement nevada's world known bunny ranch, it's a hooker ranch. it's a pros el. a house of prostitution. they came out with their endorsement. can someone explain this? >> they are collecting tips for rof ron paul. >> is ron paul going to go to the funny ranch. you got to give the by points for something consistent. we want government you think it is not important in this race? >> i hadn't actually thought about it until this moek meant. it tells you not all ber just happy sarah palin. would you have taken donald trump, i got to wrap. thanks for coming out. i have to wrap. knew does the department of jahstis have pbrian perry. investigating the murder of the border patrol agent. the inspy of how a shippingiant can befriend a forest may seem lie the stuff of fairy tales. but if you t

you look at obama and you want to know why we're against him? we're scared of obama. he's the one who was raised by a socialist mother. read his book. he's the one that stated in his autobiography that he wished he had done better in high school and in other schools. but he partied too much. he drank and did drugs. he talks all about that in his book. he follows saul alynn sialinski. everything he wants to do is radical, and he says everybody he hung out with in college was a radical. >> you have just heard the obama hate machine. it's just based on -- that's total nonsense. oh, yeah, we're supposed to love happy bush because he was on the yale baseball team. whoopty do. that's how we pick our presidents? by the way, i liked daddy bush. he's a reasonable guy. i liked ronald reagan. i respected ronald reagan. i disagreed with his policies. this is the obama derangement syndrome. that you just heard. word for word. the idea that president obama admits that he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits him and george w. bush

>> well, i think what it does is it gives the lie to obama's argument, that obama care pose no threat to the deeply held moral beliefs of religious americans and it also -- it also gives the lie to the abortion carve-out that he did by executive order. but, ralph, i do agree with you on this, it isn't going to be enough to be anti-obama whether rum 's gingrich or whoever it is, we have to have a forward-leaning, positive conservative reform agenda that will excite and energize the grassroots. >> i want to shift gears, though, for a second. we've only got a little bit of time to cover the entire landscape. we're talking about some of the issues, but every bit of polling shows that the economy is the top issue driving election 2012. before lehman brothers collapsed, 43% of americans said their finances were in good shape. when president obama took office, it had already fallen to 35%. by last summer, it was down to 27%, and the president's ratings were tanking. right now, 35% say their finances are in good shape, exactly the same as the date that president obama took office. if that num

job on the economy so erik's it is so anti obama that he's basically praying for the u.s. economy to completely crumble which will ensure that the president does doesn't come back for a second term kind of like that one time rush limbaugh said that he hoped this president would fail so here we go again conservative commentators want try to convince everybody that the world is going to end if obama returns i mean i knew the people said the world was going to end in two thousand and twelve but hell i don't know the mayans were aware of obama way back then and i should point out we've modified doomsday to happen on election day november third because that's when those g.o.p. mouthpieces think that it's all going to be game over on our clock at least you know i thought that the media personalities were all about being patriotic doing with best for the country but openly saying that you hope the country change so that people will suffer so that you can have a republican back in the white house that proves that you care more about politics than you do about people and sean hanni

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he forced through obama care. i will repeal obama care.resident just this week, president obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscious. i will defend religious liberty and overturn any regulation that tramples on our first freedom, our right to worship as we choose. >> mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt! mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt! >> president obama is shrinking our military and hollowing out our national defense. i will insist on a military so powerful that no one in the world would ever think of challenging us. president obama seems to believe that america's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. i believe the 21st century will be and must be an american century. >> romney, romney, romney! romney, romney, romney! >> our mission -- our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we're going to build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker. and i will not attempt to bribe the voter

he forced through obama care. i will repeal obama care.ust this week president obama orders religious organization to violate their conscience. i will define liberty that trampled on our freedom. (chanting) >> president obama is shrinking our military and hal lowing out our national defense. i will insist on a military so powerful no one in the world would ever think of challenging it. president obama seems to believe america's role as a leader to the world is a thing of the was. i believe the 21st century is -- o (chanting) >> our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blue print is the constitution of the united states. we are going to build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck not a faded word on an old bumper sticker. i will not attempt to bribe the voters with promises and programs and chest for government. if it is a bidding war who can found that i am not president. if you want to restore american gritness i hope you will enjoy this. if you believe in disappointments in the la

loved obama in 2008.w decided she is not voting for obama this time around. having a tough time lately. >> greg: look, it didn't help her career. i haven't seen her since he is came out for obama. she was on "red eye" once. delightful girl. we have don't talk much anymore. >> dana: that would be interesting. if romney could convince her to do that, that would be amazing. all right, greg. >> greg: all over america you get little cards, bean counters. >> dana: loyalty cards. >> greg: i filled one out today for the first time in my life at a soup joint. i ordered large soup every time i go to this place. they said my free one would be a medium. i said that doesn't make sense. i'm ordering the same size. i should haven't broken the window. >> dana: i forget to take it with me when you go back. that is annoying. >> greg: you superglue it to your arm. >> dana: they should have it to scan your hand over it to recognize you. yesterday i made fun of the guy at the bowles because he chose tails but someone said the

the rationale is if you like obama care reelect president obama.nateing against catholic institutions, reelection president obama. if you like cap and trade, reelect president obama. if you like increasing debt, reelect president obama. i think mitt romney has been so focused on making i'm a business c.e.o. who can turn around the economy argument that he hasn't painted a bigger broader picture of the choice facing the country and i think santorum did a good job on that. >> chris: let me bring into this and specifically because one of the things that i admired about obama in 2008 was his ability to make a big speech and hit reset on the campaign. most famously of the speech on race after the controversy over reverend wright. does mitt romney need to make a speech addressing his wealth and gaffes he made but make the candidacy about more than his biography. >> some of the prove lemes, some of the issues that bill cited he is badly positioned on. obama care is an issue a potent issue for republicans and a big motivating factor for tea party supporter

if obama was elected in 2008. we were warned. and, indeed, barack obama did take billions of taxpayer dollars and redistribute them... to the banks. ( laughter ) so it's kind of socialism, in a dyslexic... ( laughter ) and what of our enemies abroad? >> i will tell you if he is elected president, then the radical islamists, the al qaeda and the radical islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets. >> jon: talk about-- talk about hitting the nail on the head. if you were to replace the word "dancing" with the phrase, "donnelling unmanned drone missiles raining hell fire from the sky." so two for two. ( applause ) and by the way, in 2008, there would have been nothing... ( laughter ) allah we did was add a ( bleep ). in 2008, there would have been nothing you could do to defend yourself against the socialist islamist takeover because the dictator had thought things through. >> if either senator clinton or senator obama is elected president, the rights of law-abiding gun owners will be at risk, my friends, and have

so if it's obama protecting a vision of government post-1910 and somebody defending it pre-1910, obama's going to win that fight. and i think that's why he set it up this way. as mr. rove outlined in his article today in "the wall street journal," republicans aren't dumb and they're not going to fall for this. they're not going to argue, i would imagine they won't, against the wisdom of teddy roosevelt's new nationalism. they're going to argue about obama's stewardship of the economy. and they're going to go after his agenda, whether it's on health care, stimulus or other things like that. the other thing that's interesting about the speech obama gave as sid also mentioned, there wasn't any big policy change in what he outlined. he has now taken his new foundation ideas which is an investment in education, science, research, technology, energy, tax reform, financial regulation. he also talked ability about the wisdom of financial reform and stimulus at georgetown in 2009. he's now taken that same agenda and put the rhetoric of fairness around it. he's taken the square deal rhetoric. that

didn't the obama administration and mr. axelrod, a smart guy, anticipate the firestorm controversy that is now in play. why would they do this? it looks like a self-inflicted wound. if axelrod is here and does want to find common ground, why would they launch it having everybody upset when catholics voted for obama last time and could lose big time this time. >> they voted for obama a 4% last time. the catholic vote is the biggest swing vote in america. >> why would they do something as self-destructive. >> barack obama is a pure leftist idealogue. >> this is a man who sacrifices little ideologically as possible. >> idealogue he wouldn't have compromised on health care and a whole bunch of other things compromised on. gitmo down the list. i think the fact that axelrod said this is conciliatory. one of the reasons they didn't d. not axelrod looked at the numbers. 77% of catholic women for example favor this and in fact many of them use, 9 a% of them. >> bill: that's a personal choice not imposition. >> politically we are not

the obama campaign will get there, he meet have more, the obama campaign will have a lot. do hit a point where every voter in every swing state is seeing these ads 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 times a week, not of real sort of incremental value becomes less so. the other point we should make is that obama has now come out to possibly a constitutional amendment, i don't see that happening but it does represent if not a reversal a new sort of him trying to square the circle, on the one hand i have to recognize the system citizens united is what it, i have to participate. on the other hand i'm willing to sort of consider fairly extreme remedies to try to get the money out politics. >> ezra klein, jonathan alter, great to have you with us tonight, thanks for joining us. interesting to see who start writing the checks. >>> in psyc"psycho talk" rush limbaugh is making lies about the january job growth. >>> looks like governor scott walker legal problems are just beginning as a top aide pleads guilty in court, john nichols joins me on that, stay tuned. >>> in "psycho talk" tonight, noted c

on the other hand, romney's really taken a pounding from obama and obama's allies and santorum hasn'tum becomes the nominee, he'll get all kinds of negative flak that he's escaped so far, and a lot of people aren't aware of these negatives. so his negatives will go up too. right now he's about 20 points more favorable than romney, and i think that gap will shrink or even disappear. but still, you know, romney's not popular. so, you know, when you want to have a standard to judge how unelectable is santorum, you need to have a pretty -- you need to have a fair basis, and romney's not doing so well right now. >> jonathan chait, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thanks. >>> coming up, republicans in congress will not let the contraception issue go away, which poses absolutely no threat to contraception and gives voters their 266th reason to vote for president obama. >>> and a last word exclusive with the republican politician who made a very personal case for marriage equality. ♪ they see me rollin' ♪ they hatin' ♪ patrolling and tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to c

but since obama's election, israel has rarely enjoyed president obama's support. and ev said that israel should indefensible 1967 borders. make no it. in israel's hour of dire need, the united states must stand with israel. in a bad case of misplaced priorities, the president thinks that israel building apartment worse than iran getting a nuclear bomb. week ago today the supreme leader of iran said that israel is a cancer that must be cut out. and at the very same time last week, iran launched a new satellite and they threatened any nation that tried to stop iran's nuclear ambitions with ten times the violence in return. they mean business and we need to pay attention. obama's state department now designates jerusalem as an international city and in a bizarre move our state department won't even acknowledge that jerusalem belongs to israel. jerusalem does belong to israel. [ applause ] elected, no one had ever heard of a united states president saying to the world that the united states is not a judeo-christian nation. i'm here to say we are. [ applause ] before p

i don't think everybody who agrees with obama is racist. some people not to like this president is the color of his skin. there is still a late racism out there, and i think that's true among some of the tea party peop people. you can't sweep it under the rug. some people are not comfortable that there's a black man in the white house. >> the greatest challenge would be dealing with the unprecedented barrage and back to debating public policy. from cpac yesterday, the former everyone goer of alaska, sarah palin delivering these remarks. his washington regulatory wizards, they didn't prevent the bailout. you had to bail them out. the president says small americans, small-town americans, we bitterly cling to our religion and our guns because we're just doggone frustrated. we'll keep our god, our guns, our constitution. is he, professor obama may have forgotten the bill of rights. but we shall not forsake it. including those rights that our founders risked their lives for, freedom of religion, our right to bear arms. we will rise up. we will d

. >> our republican, i hate obama i hate obama.hen they do specific hard hitting ads. a lot of people think that obama has the money advantage because when you look at the overall numbers obama has raised $140 million for himself and mitt romney has only raised $57 million. it looks like obama has a huge advantage. but what they don't show you is the total money. when you look at obama's total money he has 140 million-dollar in the campaign. he has $18 million from the super pac more than anything else. that looks pretty good. when you go to the republican side you have $37 million for romney this campaign. you've got the outside groups that are gigantic. $51 million from american crossroads. 38 million from romney's pac and then $100 million from the koch brothers in pledges. that totals up to $246 million, so they actually have the money advantage. michael, when they unload a quarter of a billion dollars and they are just getting warmed up. they fire it all at laser beam on obama a lot of these numbers unfortunately change. >> i

if you like obama carry elect president obama. we had president obama do you like cap and trade? increasing debt reelect president obama. you have to paint a bigger picture. mitt romney has been focused on making the i am a business ceo turn around the economy argument he hasn't taken a bigger broader picture of the choice facing the country. >> liz, let me bring you into this. specifically, one of the thing i admired about obama in 2008 was his ability to make a big speech and hit reset on the campaign we think most famously on the speech he gave over the co controversy of reverend wright. does mitt romney need to make a speech addressing the wealth he has made but make a candidacy about more than his biography? >> i think one of the problems is that some of the issues bill just sited he is uniquely badly positioned on. obama care is a potent issue for republicans and it is a big motivating factor for tea party supporters. romney is the worst candidate to be out front on that. all of the cases santorum has been making i think is strong on that front. ironically even though romne