susan estridge, always great talking to you. ad susan's syndicated column in newspapers across the country every wednesday and friday. susan, thanks so much. always good to talk to you. >> somehow, i don't believe that susan leads a boring life. >> i don't think she does either. i fell out of my chair over that one. >> she is fascinating. >> my life is boring. >> yeah. but we love you anyway. >> thank you. >>> so this is not to you, but to you guys. is your home looking a little tired these days? it might be time to freshen up the walls. consumer expert is going to join us next to test out some tough paints. stick around for that one [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of. why let erectile dysfunction getn your way? talto your doctor about viagra. k if your heart is hlthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates r chest pain; it m cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effectinclude headach flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid ng-term injury, seek immediate medical

. >> susan estridge, wonderful column. everybody can check it out on-line. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you, gregg. always a pleasure. >>> art? >> very good. thank you. so it's lights out for those traditional light bulbs. what do you need to know before going buy some of the energy efficient bulbs? "consumer reports" with some bright ideas coming up next [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know that your mouth is under attack, from food particles and bacteria. try fixodent. it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >> new study puts a ban on traditional light bulbs making only energy efficient bulbs available. >> so for the february issue, "consumer reports" flipped a whole bunch of switches. here to shine some of the light on the best ones. >> that's right. the home and appliances deputy content editor for "consumer reports." hi, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i want to get to, first of all, the pros and cons. first of all, the cfl light bulb. so this right

joining me now, susan estridge. good to see you. >> happy new year. why thank w >> thank you.t's start with the general. how important is the book and how significant is it that secretary gates puts his name on it? >> well, i think it's very significant. obviously it contains a lot of criticism including criticism of people i know and respect personally. but what i really like about this is you've got a very senior, very experienced leader, served eight presidents, who is putting his own name on these allegations other reports. and we see every day we get these anonymous quotes and people leaking and somebody said they heard from somebody who heard from somebody and then it gets in the paper. at least here is a senior person putting his name on it, you can agree, you can disagree. but you know where it's coming from. >> and let's get to some specifics now. considering around 52,000 u.s. troops are in afghanistan, it's a timely critique where secretary gates questions president obama's leadership style and commitment to the afghan war. does this make the president flinch especi

susan estridge, juan williams. these are not stupid liberals. msnbc is get me meghan mccain.ive the other side. >> and alan colmes does a great job, too. >> i just list add few there, but they're not insubstantial liberals. it's a real fight on fox. >> we are glad you cleared up the fuzzy facts. we want to bring up something else a little fuzzy. what do you by this wendy davis and her bioon the floor there that had some details that were a little off? >> big, big lying facts. the guy who wrote the article, it's important to point out is the co-author of "bush's brain." this is a partisan democrat journalist. he pitched this article in a way to be favorable to wendy davis. get ahead of the story, release some facts. so for one thing, he's fixating on -- and gotten everyone else to fixate on stupid, irrelevant. like was she divorced at 18 or 21. who cares? no, the big lie is how she struggled up from single motherhood and living in a trailer, made it to harvard law school. no, she married a sugar daddy. as soon as he finished -- he raise -- while she went to law school at harva