less than reputable in his dealings now why well you just haven't to be a romney donor but because tony jamesraised money for obama then he was sort of guy you'd want to thanksgiving dinner and it's not as james side of the obama campaign is welcome to wall street blood money with open arms by the end of january raised two point two million from pacs and employees associated with securities and investment firms and february alone employees and pacs from j.p. morgan chase wells fargo and goldman sachs all topped the president's toners list analysts who just woke up from a coma you know these companies and come under fire for morally questionable business practices especially j.p. morgan the company revealed a two billion dollars trading loss last friday and they lost billions more in equity investors fled as investors what and now federal officials are looking into the company's practices whether or not c.e.o. jamie dimon deceived investors last month he dismissed concerns over the company's trading practices as a quote tempest in a teapot tell the tad misleading in hindsight doesn't it so how

it's hamilton, tony james. take a look at the guy on the left.ting president obama fundraiser tonight. greg, how can president obama attack private equity when this guy is head of the biggest private equity group in america, hosting a fundraiser for obama? >> greg: good question. put the three faces up again. i want to make a point here. why does the hedge fund operator all have terrible hair? look at that. >> bob: good point. >> greg: it is good. the more money you have, the faster your hairline recedes. >> bob: that guy partner raising money for mitt romney. that is the way they play the game. nothing new about that. the guys are in business of buying influence. they do a good job. >> eric: in the business of making money. >> greg: that is all it is. making money. this is why the debate gets tedious. it never moves the ball forward. you always have people like bob who don't like people making a profit. >> bob: that's not true. >> greg: and others who want to make a profit. >> bob: i don't have a problem with profit. i have problem with people p

we don't know if they actually served steak at tony james' fund-raiser for the president, but you get the point. we know 60 people paid $35,800 a plate for a grand total of more than $2 million. romney campaign did not waste time striking back against the new ad releasing its own ad also using somber music, slow motion, and steel workers. it focuses on a company called steel dynamics that bain invested in with romney's guidance with happier results. >> when others shied away, mitt romney's private sector leadership team stepped in. >> building a dream with over 6,000 employees today. >> if it wasn't for a company like steel dynamic, the county wouldn't have a lot. >> american workers in a small town proving that anything is possible in america. >> anything is possible in america. certainly anything goes in american politics in an election year. joining me now is contributor ari fleischer, former white house contributor. cornell, the fact that they releases this video slamming romney for his time at bain, the same day a fund raiser by a private equity giant, isn't that kind of hypocrit

paul gigot, fresh from a fund raising swing through manhattan, but included a top at apartment of tony jamesand president obama rolled out a long expected attack on republican rival mitt romney's ties to, well, private equity. the campaign released an ad blaming romney and former firm, boehner capital for the 2001 closing of gst steel in kansas city. >> i know how this works, why jobs come and why they go? >> and they were responsible, mitt romney was deeply involved in the influence that he exercised over these companies. >> they made as much money off it as they could and they closed it down and they filed for bankruptcy without any concerns to families or to the communities. >> and can't handle stuff-- >> and joining the panel this week, wall street columnist dan henninger. assistant editor, james freeman and washington columnist kim strassel. >> you spent all week looking into the story the closing of that steel plant in kansas city. why don't you tell us what the facts are. the reality of what really happens? >> it's not really the ad. you have 1993, the steel industry is a wreck. hundr

tony stone, and the other half the blackstone, big part, prime partner there, he is a republican, tony james is a democratic side, and every firm does this, but we should point out how ludicrous this ad is. if you think about it, we are a he talking 1994, 1993. what was going on? they were dying, u.s. steel companies were getting killed by foreign competition in such an i with a that those guys, whether mitt romney was there, or whether federal government bailed them out. they were going to lose their jobs. >> the steel trade and-- >> right, and at least, at least, they tried to perform triage and save them and that's how dumb this is, and another failing of the liberal media. this will refuse to put it to the truth test. >> neil: adam, do you find it odd, all right, if you're going to criticize what he did at bain capital with private can't capital with his capital, risking his money, the firm's money gets pill loried, but not the administration, essentially doing the exact same thing, but with tax dollars. >> very different situation, actually. i hate this ad. >> neil: very different, a lo

>> no. >> then how can you go to a $40,000 a plate fund-raiser at tony james -- so blackstone is a better -- >> that's not suggesting he doesn't understand economics. it's justjust -- >> to say that maximizing profits doesn't always he help companies, businesses, communities or employees is a fallacious statement. and if you want -- >> to attack private quit i i p seeming silly. >> i'm a fan of private equity. i think there are certain circumstancesfectperfectly. >> consumers to benefit, you need a company for give consumer what is they want and the way you do that is to he weearn a p and do it as cheaply as you ca. just a basic economic tenant. and i don't think he gets it. i do not think he gets simple -- either that or he decides that there's a big enough pie out there without trying to help maximize profits and i'm just going to make sure it gets spread here, here and here which is not a surprise given all the rhetoric. >> what do you say to all the ceos who are on the big sustainability kicks and the let's help our community kicks and all the people who said i'm here pot just to -- y

last knight, president panel bam dined with tony james, the coo of the biggest private equity group onrivate equity bad? make your choice. >> bob: i got an interesting one. this is youtube user flippie cat. spen just under 65 hours in 30 minutes over eight days assembling 60,000 dominoes to watch them fall down in roughly 19 seconds. it's a real depressing thing when you think about it. i don't know flippie cat what you do in your life. but let me tell you, get one. >> greg: that is cute. >> bob: greg said it reminded him of a bad acid trip. >> andrea: last night, america's got talent. howard stern made a debut in place of piers morgan. thank god. howard was great i'm a huge howard stern fan. he is the greatest interviewer we have in the country. he was brilliant and charming. he watches fox news. i watch him now. america's got talent. >> bob: he dumped on me for 20 minutes op his radio show. i think he owes me an apology. >> we do it over for 20 minutes. bost i never get an apology. something about you and the dogs. when you talk about dogs you all revert to 3-year-olds. freddie what

the previous ad came out when the president was at the home of this guy, tony james.e head of blackstone. an equity firm. he likens bain to the head vampire. there's the contractidiction. joining me tonight, spokesman ben labold. how can president obama attack mitt romney on his time at bain highlighting only times when bain cost company jobs and at the same time hold high priced fund raisers with the head of another private equity firm that's done work with blackstone group in his own administration? >> well, you know, mitt romney hasn't been -- he hasn't been forthright with the american people about what he did during his tenure and what his goals were. he's been campaigning across the country telling people he was a job creator. that's because he -- his partners have admitted that the goal was wealth creation for themselves. >> right. but that's -- >> it wasn't a focus on the middle class families across the country. it was wealth creation. >> private equity is about wealth creation for investors. that's not what he's saying, but that's what it's about. why is it

yesterday, president obama was in new york at a private fund raiser at the home of this man named tony james. he's the president of blackstone which is a private equity firm. that has just like bain made business deals that have shut down factories, put people out of work. 270 workers at a food plant, 800 at a travel service company. the list goes on and on. bain and blackstone had teamed up for companies. if the head of bain is labeled a vampire, shouldn't the campaign have someone headed blackstone as well. there are arguments to be made about whether what they do is good or bad. but keeping them honest. isn't it disingenuous to drive a stake into the heart of the one so-called vampire in the morning and have a steak with another at night. you get the point. we know 60 people paid $35,800 a plate. romney campaign did not waste time striking back against the new ad releasing its own ad also using somber music, slow motion, and steel workers. it focuses on a couple called steel dynamics that bain invested in with romney's guidance with happier results. >> when others shied away, mitt romney'

a fund raising wing t >> paul: fresh through a swing of manhattan through an apartment big wig tony jamess president obama rolled out a long expected attack on mitt romney's ties to private equity. campaign released an ad blaming romney and his former firm bain capital for 2001 closing of steel company in kansas city. >> i know how businesses works. i know why jobs come and go. >> bain capital was the majority owner. they were responsible. mitt romney was deeply involved were the influence he exercised over these companies. >> it made as much money off of it oos they could. they filed for bankruptcy without any concern with families in communities. >> paul: joining the panel this week, columnist dan henninger and james freeman and washington columnist kim straussel. you looked into the closing of plant. tell us what the facts are the reality? >> it's not really the ad. you have 1993 the steel industry is a wreck. hundreds of thousands laying off. companies are losing billions of dollars and a plant in kansas city. i spoke to someone that was vice president before and after acquisition. th

however in that president obama took in $2 million at a manhattan fundraiser hosted by this man, tony jamesa financier whose private equity firm the black stone group is twice the size of bain capital. >> you are asking about, i believe the campaign ad, i would refer you to the campaign to talk about campaign-specific matters. i think the issue is what vision does this president have for the country going forward? what does he believe we need to be doing now, right away. >> florida, by the way, is one of the five battleground states where that bain capital attack ad will see heavy play over the next two weeks. it's where mitt romney will kick off a two day swing starting tomorrow, shep. >> shepard: james rosen on capitol hill, thanks a lot. meantime the battle over the nation's debt ceiling is once again picking up steam on capitol hill. according to the treasury secretary, the government will reach its borrowing limit later this year. it's like the limit you might have on your credit card. you'll recall last fall the political standoff over raising the debt limit led to the first ever down

after they released that ad, president obama attended a fundraising event at the home of hamilton tony james, the president of a group called blackstone which is said to be the nation's largest private equity firm. more than $35,000 ahead. that's -- a head, that's how much it cost toss have dinner, 2 million bucks raised for president obama and there's a question today about whether this is the height of hypocrisy. joining me now to discuss it, fox news contributor leslie marshall and she's a syndicated radio host for the leslie miller show.com and larz larson for lars larson.com as well. that's the question, whether this is hypocritical for him to be bashing private equity on the one hand and putting his hand out to them the other. >> the chief hypocrite doesn't have a problem cutting the bite on. he's okay with vampires as long as he can put the bite on. the polls don't look so good for him, he doesn't mind private equity capital as long as it's funding the obama campaign. of course he's being hypocritical and he's really violating the principles he laid out as a candidate when he said the

campaign launched its first bayne ad, obama appeared at a fundraiser in the park avenue home of tony james, president of the private equity firm, the blackstone group. and one of the obama administration's top managers is a managing director at bain. romney was still at bain when it closed the steel mill has raised money for the obama campaign. i want to get the substance over the gst steel and the nature of private equity as fundamentally predatory or a noble steward of creative destruction. we'll talk about it in a second. i want to start with this narrow question of hypocrisy, is it fair for them to go after bain on the one hand while taking money from bainexecs on the other. >> i think in the bain discussion both sides have managed to say nothing interesting. i don't think what romney did at bain shows he's prepared to run the country. on the other hand, i don't think it's a good reason to think what he did at bain is a preview for how he would govern. in massachusetts, what he did when he went in this was did some big social policy. particularly the romney care bill. but it's not from

really nasty but to be able to run the ad and start it the same day that you're at a fund-raiser of tony jamesity firm. you're putting out the ad that same day and you're at a $35,800 a head dinner at a private equity firm. so you're able to take the money from the private equity firm but at the same time have ads disparaging all private equity people because of bain capital. we should write it off to politics as usual, right? >> i think we have to. i think the fact of the matter is that private equity in general and bain capital in particular has made very constructive contributions to the economy. >> no according to that ad. they say they subjected the life right out of that company. >> i think we had this debate during the republican primaries. i think mitt romney set the record straight, that buy biand large bain capital was -- >> but those are your examples. >> bright horizons, 20,000 employees, you had linda mason, roger brown, yale classmates who founded this business, they'll tell you they never could have gotten going without mitt romney. >> we're going to talk more about these so-cal

. >> actually, the same day we had the discussion, he went to the home of tony james and asked for the $40,000 checks. >> wow. that takes a certain level of something that i just don't have. >> right. >> no, i could never do that in a billion years. that's unbelievable. >> steve -- >> you attack him by day and take their money at night. it's like gypsies and thieves. we need to get them raped. >> since i'm not invited to the dinners, what do they say to president obama at the dinners? cool it? >> he has been asked repeatedly, shall we say by the private equity to not attack them. i think his argument is he's not attacking them. he's, again, attacking mitt romney's job creation record. he's trying to do it successfully or unsuccessfully. >> every night the men come and lay their money down. there's a call out to our good friend mark. congratulations on your saturday marriage. $11 billion poorer. >> two. two. >> oh, two billion. >>> coming up, we talk to tom coburn. you want to make everything dirty. you just do. it's awful. also, dr. emanuel and nancy snyderman will join us to talk abou

. >> and the ad came out that monday when obama was at tony james' house who made his millions in private equity. and talking to sorkin yesterday, he had not read the "new york times" piece quoting people that attended that fund raiser. they said they were absolutely incredulous that he was there, had a $40,000 plate fund-raiser, running elbows with all the people that made their money in private -- and they said couldn't you have waited a couple of days before at least releasing the ad on private equity, the vampire ad basically. >> am i required on step in and attack private equity? >> no, you say you want to push back. the irish are just a few days away from a one off fiscal referendum that will determine their direction of ireland's relationship with europe. that's a key consideration for foreign direct investors. joining us from dublin is barry o'leary. he doesn't sound irish to me. ceo of iba ireland. responsible for the development of foreign -- mr. o'leary, i probably was an o kernen at some point, but good morning. tell us what -- >> good morning to you from sunny dublin. >> it's

campaign launched a bain capital ad, attack ad against mitt romney by day, and by night was going to tony jamesoney? that was the private equity industry. was that opportunism? >> that's pragmatic. >> i think the scale of opportunism throughout the campaign has been night and day between the two of them. and i think that romney has a lifetime problem of opportunism. >> david ignatius -- >> you can't go to obama with that. >> why don't these guys focus on the jobs? why don't they focus on the economy? why solyndra, why bain? it sounds almost like they -- >> i don't think we'll lack for hearing the word "jobs" and "job creation" throughout the campaign. if you want to understand, you know, the game, tell me what the gdp growth rating will be in august and september and i'll tell you who will win. if it's in the downward spiral, mitt romney will look like the tough guy who knows how to fix it. if it's going up, and people are feeling better about the country, obama has a record to run on and he'll say my policies were paying off. they weren't popular, but they're working. and i don't think it's a

rolls out, two minute ad nationwide on line, the president is meeting at the manhattan only with tony jamesiant at the box stone group. anyone go on the internet, i need to raise some money. >> and i think the price to go into that dinner was either $30,000 or $40,000. it was $40,000 a kuccouple. >> i would pay that to get into a club. >> the president hates us again, how much do you want? >> the difference in this campaign vs. 2008 is profit that you're alluding to before somehow has been demonized over the last few years. that's how we got to the whole occupy wall street situation. people feel for some reason opening up a business and doing well and creating jobs is somehow a negative. >> look, i give the president props on the auto bailout. the fact is that they had to shut down auto dealerships, they had to shut down a lot of elements in the car business because you had to cut some things to make it more profitable so it could stay afloat. that's what capitalism is, there's winners and losers. it's not personal. >> there's no way the president should have been cutting dealerships and ma

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