miss stoddard. >> i agree with you, bill. although he gives a -- he makes a good case for his general principles and how he wants health care reform to fit into the larger context of fixing the economy, but what he doesn't like to do is talk about how he'll pay for it. he wants congress to figure this out. what i thought he was going to do tonight was get up and embrace a pay for, an actual payment plan to offset the costs of a reform plan and tell democrats directly in the congress this is what i think is the best fix. you're with me or you're against me. show some leadership and really kind of come to the table as he's been promising to do for months. he made a reference that he thinks his payment is the best, to limit the payments for the wealthy, and that has appeared for some bills early. so he did not actually back a specific plan in the congress, and he didn't tell them what to get to. bill: look, his poll numbers are dropping. after this i predict tomorrow -- it was 55%, mr. youngman. this week's gallup poll doesn't l

miss stoddard. >> i agree with you, bill. although he gives a -- he makes a good case for his general principles and how he wants health care reform to fit into the larger context of fixing the economy, but what he doesn't like to do is talk about how he'll pay for it. he wants congress to figure this out. what i thought he was going to do tonight was get up and embrace a pay for, an actual payment plan to offset the costs of a reform plan and tell democrats directly in the congress this is what i think is the best fix. you're with me or you're against me. show some leadership and really kind of come to the table as he's been promising to do for months. he made a reference that he thinks his payment is the best, to limit the payments for the wealthy, and that has appeared for some bills early. so he did not actually back a specific plan in the congress, and he didn't tell them what to get to. bill: look, his poll numbers are dropping. after this i predict tomorrow -- it was 55%, mr. youngman. this week's gallup poll doesn't l

miss stoddard. >> i agree with you, bill. although he gives a -- he makes a good case for his general principles and how he wants health care reform to fit into the larger context of fixing the economy, but what he doesn't like to do is talk about how he'll pay for it. he wants congress to figure this out. what i thought he was going to do tonight was get up and embrace a pay for, an actual payment plan to offset the costs of a reform plan and tell democrats directly in the congress this is what i think is the best fix. you're with me or you're against me. show some leadership and really kind of come to the table as he's been promising to do for months. he made a reference that he thinks his payment is the best, to limit the payments for the wealthy, and that has appeared for some bills early. so he did not actually back a specific plan in the congress, and he didn't tell them what to get to. bill: look, his poll numbers are dropping. after this i predict tomorrow -- it was 55%, mr. youngman. this week's gallup poll doesn't l

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stoddard and -- a.b., is it a problem that barack obama began his term by allowing congressional democrats to craft legislation? >> yes, now that we see the results of the stimulus, if they turn out, if it turns out to be a success, it is a slow beginning. the reviews now are satisfactory to poor. it was a decision by the administration to let congress craft that bill and now, he owns it. it's always on the shoulders of the president and because it's been slow to start, it hasn't mitigated employment. we're now about to pass 10%. it has poisened the well for these other debates. energy reform and most importantly, health care reform. people are scared to spend money, scared of the deficit and debt. not enough unity to come together around a single bill now. >> a few months ago, we were talking, todd, about republicans digging in, taking a stand against certain legislation because nancy pelosi was putting her stamp of approval on it so they were more willing to take her on than the president. has that changed? >> it doesn't appear to have changed. remember that stimulus vote? how many repub

stoddard, of the hill and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer.red, it was not a good day for democrats on healthcare reform. >> no, it was not a good day and the chance of passing it before the august recess before president obama's po popularity sinks even further is not good. greg amadur e.r. is under enormous pressure from the democrats in the white house and we just heard him talking about the healthcare reform at least the ones that the democrats have talked about will cost a lot more than intended. the problems for democrats are just piling up on healthcare reform. the spending, the surge in spending, it is certainly one of them with no real savings. nancy pelosi talks about -- you notice how vague she was about the savings she is going to get from the healthcare system? i'd like to hear some specificity there. another thing is the tax hikes and the house bill are complikly destructive, for sure. abortion is an issue, because it's clear from the house bill, i think the language is that they would fund outpatient hospital clinic services and

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stoddard, editor of the hill and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. end-of-life issues and whether the government is going to get in between the patient and the doctor deciding how the medical care will move forward. byron, what about this? >> this is the notorious page 425 that the aarp mentioned today, which says that there will be consultation between a caregiver and patient to discuss things like hospice care, and other issues, other end-of-life issues, and the question is whether there's any coercive element to this, and i think the problem for obama is that it mixes in with what he said a few weeks ago, that healthcare reform at the white house, when a woman got upset because her mother was 100 and needed an operation. she was vigorous and got it and now he she is 105 and still vigorous, and was there some way to take her spirit of life into account? and obama has said maybe it would be better to opt oust surgery and take the painkiller. that was kind of a chilling remark to a lot of people. senior citizens vote in large numbers, and i think thi

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stoddard, associate editor and columnist with "the hill" newspaper. morning, a.b. how you doing?well. good morning, chris. >> how's the president doing, do you think? 60% approval rating in spite of the problem frankly with the economy and problems with health care. what do you make of this 60% number? >> well, that's a great number. unfortunately in other polls we've seen recently his numbers are slipping. his job approval rate something definitely eroding. we see a very powerful trend in those polls in the last six weeks. that is a loss of support from independents. if barack obama loses the middle he's going to lose. he knows that. it's why he won the election. it's how all the elections are always won. particularly this mid-term elections coming up in the fall of '10 next year. barack obama's losing the middle because of concern over deficits and debt in federal spending and the fact that what he did to address the economy, to pass an unprecedented $787 billion stimulus package, has not mitigated job loss and so he needs to work hard to restore his support with independents a

defense attorneys who wrote on her behalf, people lose their on the court and i found calm belen stoddard temperament does not disqualify her and quite frankly i found somebody that a lot of people from different backgrounds admire. can start, one of the strongest conservative in the country found her to be a qualified person who would do a good job. lilly freeh, a former director of the fbi, someone who bought for her character and her qualities as a person, so when i look at the record, the anonymous comments by lawyers who were asked about federal legal service did not win the day of north thank, nor should they have. now, i don't know what is ahead for this country when it comes to picking supreme court judges. i don't know what openings may occur and when they will occur. i know this. elections have to matter. that i don't want to invalidate elections by disagreeing with someone who iran against oar zero posed politically because when the election is over, everything has to change to some extent. i am not bound to agree with every pick a president obama, but when it comes to trying t