joining the table, columnist for the wall street journal peggy noonan. >> peggy, what do you think --> no, we'll get to that. are you not surprised the republican party, they believe the republican party is handing barack obama a victory by their actions. do you agree with charles? >> they could. i feel that the republicans, first of all, they are surprised. there's a general sense boehner would go through with the margin of a few votes. the republicans have stopped their own momentum when they had momentum. they had policy momentum. they had beat back the forces that just gave us a debt ceiling increase with nothing attached. they beefed back taxes. they were going to get something like the beginning of serious cuts. it seemed to me they had so much going for them, so much momentum, then they stopped themselves last night. >> right. >> yeah, it was a -- i don't know if surprise is the right word. i found it dismaying. >> dismaying. charles was channelling bill buckley, who, of course, in 2005, basically whether we like it or not conservatives respect reality. he was being a conservat

respect for peggy noonan, but republicans overall don't agree with the tea party. democrats don't, independents don't. and by and large -- >> and barack obama -- politician. >> can you pull up the gallup poll that shows him at 40% -- >> no, i'm talking him against -- show me that mitt romney is more popular than him. >> generic republicans. >> you cannot discount the gallup poll numbers that show sunset for 2012.úehgv!ru)dr%>> e to do is have an election today. generic doesn't make it. you have to put one these people up there against him. when you do, he'll plow them under. point. she said there's a lack of connection with obama, seems like he doesn't care. when you don't have a parent leader, people no longer support you. she citeseáídaxp clinton and bus passionate people, even if you dislike them, they're passionate. it's not his fault. it's not president obama's fault for the state he's in. he was placed in a protective bubble by the media and by supporters that prevented criticism. if you were to criticize him, you were perceived as racist. this is the first t

a huge story from peggy noonan we'll get to. juan williams will weigh in on how he thinks the president is handling this. bill: are you a hobbit or a troll? republicans caught up in a nasty name-calling game 15-minute with john mccain has that has tea partyers like sharron angle all fired up. martha: it's also shark week. we'll take to you a hot spot for great white sharks, folks. >> i have done this before. [ mom ] one of the challenges for kayla being gluten-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor. and it's nice for me to be able to syes" to something that they want to eat. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavor gluten free requires more than wishful thinking. it requires determination and decisive action. i go to e-trade and get unbiased analyst ratings and 24/7 help from award-winning customer support to take control of my finances and my life. i tap into the power of revolutionary mobile apps. to trade wherever. whenever. life isn

to show you how toxic this atmosphere is, peggy noonan wrote in the "wall street journal" this weekendollowing about the president has support still, but grim support. she writes, "obama is losing a battle in which he had superior forces, the presidency, the u.s. senate. in the process, he revealed that his foes have given him too much mystique. he is not a devil, an alien, a socialist. he is a loser. and this is america, where nobody loves a loser." pretty strong language. from your vantage point, how is the president led through this? >> i want to talk about what the congressman said about the media, that the media exacerbated or even cause the problem. we were all hopeful in wall street and in main street that the president would come out and say a few things which had compromise. he came out and panicked the heck out of us. he talked about the higher interest rates for mortgages, he talked to spiking credit cards, he talked about how hard it's going to be to get a student loan. it took us all aback because we thought he would be a compromise leader. instead, he created tremendous f

peggy noonan had a wonderful article last week about their 100 million americans over 50 and many feel like immigrants. they feel like they live in a country that is different than the country they grew up in. in many ways, it is different. they want it to restore in america where exemplary behavior is rewarded, not mocked. and less than exemplary behavior is not rewarded. host: what is your biggest critique of the tea party? what would you say to them? guest: i would say, be careful to emphasize what you're for and not try to demonize those that opposeou. we're all in this together. we're on this big liner called america together giving there are people that disagree with you and that does not mean they're bad people or that they're not patriotic. host: what would you like to say? caller: i want asked about his opinion why isn't always easy for us to demonize those who are in poverty, to blend them personally but we continue to pay corporate wealth over long periods of time? i will hang up. host: corporate welfare point there. tost: i'm not sure we panr inherited wealth with the tax r

former reagan's speech writer peggy noonan was there for the ceremony. the 10-foot bronze statue commemorates the 100th anniversary of reagan's birth. >> good looking statue. >> nice. surprised you weren't there, pat. >>> a little politico. with us, the chief white house correspondent is mr. mike allen with a look at the latest playbook. >> hello, mike. >> happy fourth of july weekend to you. did you do anything exciting? >> sparklers, cookouts, the whole deal. >> a cache of illegal fireworks from new hampshire. >> shh. >> bet you did. >> talk a little business here. bill clinton, donny mentioned him a minute ago, weighed in on the debt talks this weekend. he called for a cut in the corporate tax rate. what's the latest on that? >> this is very fascinating in a surprise appearance at the ask ideas festival. he hopes for a megadeal on the debt that it would include a cut in the corporate tax rate. he said in my presidency in the favorite phrase, of course, in my pregnancy, he raised the corporate tax in that sense. what's fascinating is he said several ti

republicans that i talked to on the hill are echoing what peggy noonan wrote, he made things worse. >ey were bad. the debt was bad when barack obama became president. he made things worse. the economy was bad but he made things worse. the war was bad. he made things worse. it's a strong message. >> they said unemployment would be below 8%. it's above 9%. the ads are going to hit home for a lot of people. >> he has to overcome it with inspiration and popularity. >> mike allen. thanks so much. >>> coming up, one of the single worst calls in the history of organized sports. >> it was horrible! oh my lord! he's down. and i'm a braves fan. >> the 19th inning where the umpire simply wanted to get to the hotel and go to bed. >> wait until you see this one. >> holy cow. keep it on "morning joe." [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver b

peggy noonan had a wonderful article last week about their 100 million americans over 50 and many feelmigrants. they feel like they live in a country that is different than the country they grew up in. in many ways, it is different. they want it to restore in america where exemplary behavior is rewarded, not mocked. and less than exemplary behavior is not rewarded. host: what is your biggest critique of the tea party? what would you say to them? guest: i would say, be careful to emphasize what you're for and not try to demonize those that oppose you. we're all in this together. we're on this big liner called america together giving there are people that disagree with you and that does not mean they're bad people or that they're not patriotic. host: what would you like to say? caller: i want asked about his opinion why isn't always easy for us to demonize those who are in poverty, to blend them personally but we continue to pay corporate wealth over long periods of time? i will hang up. host: corporate welfare point there. tost: i'm not sure we pander inherited wealth with the tax rates

. >> he said have you read peggy noonan's column? said this to me, mika, please read this. >> seriously, howard dean. >> the president, if he's trying to overt a debt crisis, he should stay in the office, meet with people. it's odd how he patronizes those with more experience in debt and national affairs. he should keep his face-off tv, get a responsible deal and reemerge with joy as he anounszs it to the nation. for now, for his sake and the sake of an ultimate plan, he should choose strategic silence. really, recent presidents forget to shut up. they lose sight of how grating they are. i don't agree with that. >> are you talking president clinton or president obama? >> they have the same problem. >> i think talking recent presidents. >> i think, by the way -- >> i think clinton offered a lot. >> she's talking president obama. >> i think she's wrong. obama has had a great two or three weeks, i really do. he's on television and beating the daylights out of the republicans. mcconnell and boehner said they know they are going to take t

but as peggy noonan has written in "the wall street journal" and also mitt romney has said on the campaignoices that this president made to try to fix things, he made it worse. >> right and that's the thing that i think is leading more and more people away from trusting democrats when it comes to the economy and, in fact, i think that we have a poll to show, rasmussen poll over the weekend on trust when it comes on what would do better with the economy, republicans or democrats and the republicans are up. now, these numbers are volatile. they go up and back and forth all the time. who knows what they'll show next week but i think that people are starting to put two and two together that our economy is suffering because of the policies of the last two years. >> all right, dana, we can, of course, catch you on the five right here on the fox newschannel, 5:00 p.m. eastern time. >> coming back to new york in a couple of hours. >> need time to prepare. thank you very much. see you soon. >> bye-bye. >> can the government tax americans into eating healthier like a $0.50 tax on your jelly doughnut