>> i'm good. >> hi, p.j. >> before we go to on politics are you a natural conspiracy theorist, p.j.?no, i'm not. in general, conspiracy theories are the way people say, golly, the world's so dumb, even i can understand it. so i generally tend to leave them alone. i'm not saying -- richard's done the leg work here on this. i'm not dissing him. i'm just talking about -- >> no, no. don't get me wrong. it's a fascinating book. it's incdibly detailed. i think it will raise a number of questions. that have in many cases remained unanswered for a long time. it's definitely well worth reading. let's turn to politics. p.j., we now have the gloves off, don't we? in the sense that we know what the battleground is. we have the two men against the two men. they're all coming out shooting at each other. i wouldn't say -- it's not as undignified as the republican nominee race at the moment. it's all reasonably civilized. the clear battleground now is an ideological line in the sand between president obama who believes you have to get revenue up by taxing the rich and so on and between mitt romney,

. >> for more on the escalation in syria, let's bring in p.j.ey, former secretary of state for president obama as well as former special assistant to president clinton. now a professor at george washington university. thank you for your time this evening. the situation is dire getting worse. kofi annan stepping back. now what? how does this move forward backwards or sideways in the near term? >> i don't think it changes the fundamentals. we've known for -- unfortunately for weeks, the annan plan was failing not because it is not the right answer but because key countries aren't following it first and foremost. syria with the active protection of russia and china. those two countries have made sure that there will be no meaningful action coming out of the security council so to an extent what kofi annan did today because countries hiding behind his efforts russia in particular, he stepped off the stage and said back to you security council and back to you arab league. you guys have to decide what to do. >> eliot: with kofi annan gone, will there

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chief called his treatment degrading even you know former spokesperson of this the state department p.j. crowley said that it was stupid and counterproductive what they were doing to manning so definitely still a lot of anger over the way that manning is being treated so far in these protests that we saw yesterday are a new sign that bradley manning supporters are really stepping up their pressure on the obama administration now how would you describe the protests are mounting did they remain mostly peaceful or did things turn violent. right from the demonstrations that we saw yesterday everything was peaceful there did seem to be video of scuffles that happened between the obama campaign workers there at the office in oakland and the demonstrators not completely sure what led to that but for the most part the demonstrators displayed peaceful disobedience decided to stay locked in that obama campaign office and really taking their message directly to the president they were assured that the letter that the address of the president was going to be sent to the national campaign so the def

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. >> stephanie: p.j.anie: thank you. >> caller: [ inaudible ]. [ laughter ] >> caller: do you think these corporations are laying off people in order to make obama look bad? >> stephanie: well, certainly a lot of people have put that forward that -- and what was this -- the thing we just did last week, chris about companies saying they are waiting -- >> right. >> stephanie: and it's hard to say. i don't know if that conspiratorial or not. >> i think they are maximizing their profits. >> stephanie: but their profits are higher than ever and they are not hiring. so you explain it. >> it sounds like when bp cleaned up the gulf. >> stephanie: i just saw that ad -- [♪ mysterious music ♪] >> it's still not cleaned up, but we have had a great show. i -- i don't think that it's a conspiracy or a plan to make obama look bad it's just -- corporations are designed to make maximum profit. >> stephanie: that's why the argument doesn't make any sense. the job creators need these tax cuts. they have had them for how man

p.j. said, "grover norquist is tom paine crossed with lee atwater, plus a soupcon of madame defarge." i pondered that. since in our species you can really only be the cross of a male and female, i found myself reminded of what mark shields once said about his good friend bob novak, the late columnist, when he said "bob novak is proof positive that calvin coolidge and -- were more than just friends." grover takes a rapier to his opponents. he takes no prisoners. at the same time, he is always very pleasant. he never raises his voice. it is always in mellifluous tones and has a lilt to it. it occurred to me that maybe richard nixon hooked up with doris day. >> thank you for the unique introduction. and, i think, generous. i have been asked to talk about economic and foreign-policy, domestic policy, and how they interact. are two ways in which they interact. there is the reality of economic policy and whether it works or not. and since we are talking about politics, you can win or lose an ele

essayist among other outlets, national online, where he is a regular feature column and also are now p.j. media. he is also the author of numerous best-selling books, many of them dealing very directly with the subject at hand, namely at hand, namely at hand, "willful blindness: a memoir of the jihad", how obama embraces the sharia to peer at a book am proud he contributed mightily to, sharia, threat to america, the volume of what is known as team b. to come in 19 experts in various aspects of national security and foreign policies, many of them with considerable command of sharia and the islamist threat who put together what i think remains one of the most important to prisoners on the challenge that we face from the muslim brotherhood and other islamist organizations, specifically from a civilization jihad. not least, and he is, as you'll see shortly, aramark was human being, a man who is articulate, thoughtful, rigorous in his analysis. he is an outstanding peachtree, most valued colleague and i'm very proud to say, great friend. we are here today to discuss thanks in no small measure

brilliant essayist among other outlets national review online where he is a regular feature called it also p.j media. he is also the author of numerous best-selling books, many of them doing very directly with the subject at hand, namely willful blindness, the grand jihad, how obama traces islam's sharia agenda and a book i am particularly proud he contributed mightily to, sharia that's right to what is known as team b. to come in 19 experts in various facts or his national security and foreign policy, many with considerable command of sharia and the islamists are to put together what i think remains one of the most important primaries on the challenge we face another organization specific way from the civilization jihad. not least, and he is, as you will see shortly remarkable human being. a man who is articulate, thoughtful, rigorous in his face. he has an outstanding teacher at, most are your colleague and i'm proud to say, great friend. we are here today to discuss thanks in no small measure to the andes collect it works. those of many others, including the center for american policy, i'm

p.j. said, "grover norquist is tom paine crossed with lee atwater, plus a soupcon of madame defarge." i pondered that. since in our species you can really only be the cross of a male and female, i found myself reminded of what mark shields once said about his good friend bob novak, the late columnist, when he said "bob novak is proof positive that calvin coolidge and -- were more than just friends." grover takes a rapier to his opponents. he takes no prisoners. at the same time, he is always very pleasant. he never raises his voice. it is always in mellifluous tones and has a lilt to it. it occurred to me that maybe richard nixon hooked up with doris day. >> thank you for the unique introduction. and, i think, generous. i have been asked to talk about economic and foreign-policy, domestic policy, and how they interact. are two ways in which they interact. there is the reality of economic policy and whether it works or not. and since we are talking about politics, you can win or lose an ele

p.j. o'rourke, my favorite, said grover norquist is tom paine crossed with lee atwater, plus just a stupid song of madame debarge. now, i pondered that a bit, and since in our species you really can only be across of two people, a male and female. i found myself reminded of what mark shields once said about his good friend bob novak, the late columnist, when he said that bob novak is proof positive that calvin coolidge and ma barker were more than just casual acquaintance's. now, i thought about that as i thought about grover because he sort of a remarkable combination. he is, i think it's fair to say he's a bit of a slasher. he take sort of a rapier to suppose. he takes no prisoners, and at the same time he is also very, very pleasant. he never raises his voice, which sort of is projected. and has a kind of a little too. so it occurred to me that maybe back in the '50s richard nixon somehow hooked up with doris day, i'm not quite sure, but in any event, grover. >> okay. thank you for the