peggy noonan, did it cross the line?l it the least responsible statement in modern politics opens up too big an area to begin with. when i heard it, it made me wince. i thought, oh, man, that ain't the language. i think it sort of highlighted a certain problem that mr. perry has and that might be true of some in the republican field, which is that they have their political life, their policies, their philosophy of what they believe in. but it's also very important in politics to have a kind of persona of moderation to seem like a benign person, a kindly person, a smart person. ronald reagan was the last really, really conservative president -- republican nominee to win in 1980. part of the reason he ran was that he was called radical. he was called mean. he was called all these things. then you'd look at him and you'd see benign, even keeled, even tempered, normal. i think the republicans, some of them have to work on that right now. >> yeah. it seems that perhaps the republican primary voters, that's not what they're sh

former reagan speech writer peggy noonan took aim today in the wall street journal, writing, quote, ifeep are more reflective person then he best show it sooner rather than later. she also says, he might be right for an angry base, but wrong for an antsy country. looks like there's an extreme takeover of the gop tp join meg is now richard wolffe, msnbc an list and nia-malika, from the washington post. >> you think there is room over there? >> oh, there is, that's where the energy is. if you can get the top slot, albeit only 20% of the polls, if you can get that far, that quickly, by being more extreme by playing around with the idea of treason and treachery for the chairman of the federal reserve, a more bland reasonable man you could not find, and a republican, bit way, gloves are off and can you get the buzz, maybe for only a month or two. because then you will get a new candidate in, someone more extreme. this dynamic is not longer than that one. >> this race to the right that is exciting, republicans, has even in some circles surprised political analysts. i was reading david brooks

in "the wall street journal," peggy noonan writes that president obama is is a loser and this is an america where nobody loves a loser. of course, she's right about that. she points out, even at their lowest points, president clinton and george w. bush still had supporters who loved them, but not so for president obama. it's no surprise that the president's poll numbers are headed down. president obama has hit an all-time low approval rating of just 40%. how has the debt ceiling crisis altered your perception of proemt? go to the blog and unburden yourselves. wolf? >> yep. thanks very much, jack. we'll get back to you. we're keeping a very close watch on the u.s. capitol right now as the house of representatives nears a vote on the deal to raise the debt limit. we'll bring you every step of the way. if the legislation passes it sets the stage for another heated debate later this year and the possibility of automatic spending cuts if lawmakers can't see eye to eye. let's go to lisa sylvester. she's over at the data wall picking up this part of the story. >> we're talking about $1 trillion in

to show you how toxic this is, peggy noonan wrote the following over the weekend about the preside presidentobama 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 mystic. he is not a devil, an alien, a socialist. he is a loser. pretty strong language. from your vantage point, how is the president pulled through this? >> i want to talk about the media exacerbating or causing the problem. we were all hopeful in wall street and main street that the president would come out and say a few things which said compromise. he came out and panicked the heck out of us. he talked about the higher interest rates for mortgages, spiking credit cards, about how hard it will be to get a student loan. it took us all aback because we felt he would be a compromised leader. instead, he created tremendous fear. tremendous fear means uncertainty. uncertainty means no spending. uncertainty means no spending by businesses, no hiring. it was a setback. he caused the panic, not the media. >> but, tom, the reality is the

cramer about the president's leadership in all of this, to show you how toxic this atmosphere is, peggy noonanall street journal" this weekend the following 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. how is the president led through this? >> i want to talk about what the congressman said about the immediate, the immediate exacerbate 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 creat

peggy noonan likes a reagan joke she thinks captures this aspect. a guy's wife runs away with the gardener and the neighbor comes by to try to comfort this guy and says, that's terrible, your wife ran off the gardener. he said, no, that's ok, i was about to fire him anyway. but reagan, the similarities go much deeper and to the sub tans. he was devoted to the founding, he loved the phrase we the people from the constitution. no one was more eloquent about the power of the market and innovation to lift all boats and to lift everyone in our country. he was a prudent statesman, he had his principles and knew his ultimate ends but he was willing to be flexible in getting there and finally he as well created a great new birth of freedom, not just in this country but globally, initially in europe when the berlin wall fell and then in the decade after, a great flowering of freedom around the world. but the deepest and most important similarity for us is that -- is that they revitalized the nation and moved it ahead by drawing on the principles of the past.

and peggy noonan wrote, he did give one good speech in 2004 but that's a long time ago. >> it's a realght, judy miller, thank you very much. >> coming up on our show, millions of tax dollars intended for housing assistance. instead, government workers using it to pad their retirement funds and it's in a state that's broke. >> oh, man! and a third person now dead in those violent riots in london and this morning, the prime minister there taking action. details straight ahead. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ smetimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announc ] flick, stack, and move between active apps seamlessly. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. in one place. ♪ the race of your life you never ran. the trip around the world you never took. the best-selling novel you never wrote. but there's one opportunity that's too good to miss. the lexus golden opportunity sales event, with exceptional values on the lexus es. but only until sep

peggy noonan writes a joke about reagan that she thinks captures his aspect. man's wife runs away with a gardener. a neighbor comes by to try to talk to her and says -- that is table, your wife ran off with a of a gardener. he said that it was ok, he was about to fire in many ways. getting the phrase, we, the people, from the constitution. no one was more eloquent about the power of the market to lift all boats. he was a prudent statement -- statesman. he was willing to be flexible in getting to his ultimate ends. finally, he also created a great new birth of freedom in this country. globally, initially in europe, and the decade after, the great flowering of freedom all over the world. the most important similarity for us was that they were moved to the head by drawing on the principles of the past. it was in the founders that they found the faces of the american future. those principles are still under threat today. obviously, a much different threat, but you have had progressives in this country running down our founders for about 100 years. debunking the my

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her name is peggy noonan.despite her politics, she has quite a gift with words, and of course she described carter as the man among the ex-presidents' in this editorial in "the wall street journal" and that peaked my interest, so i put together a little speech for the groups entitled jimmy carter, profit or to the man, which was a lot of fun and i hope the textbooks in the future will have a section entitled that. carter of course of a priest he was more of a profit as a priest. americans want instant answers. they like to be until everything is all right carter didn't do that. he said you have to learn to live in an age of limitations, you've got to straighten up and make sacrifices. it takes time to solve problems. you can't get the hostages out in 24 hours it takes 144 days which of course wasn't in the voting public wanted to. he's sort of a cruel man i would describe him who is easy to respect and hard to love and so i would propose in conclusion that a thousand years from now when historians and others f