obama exhausts organized labor. he fumes at republican opponents and their alleged negativism. >> yes, we can. remember that was our slogan? their slogan is, no we can't. [ laughter ] nope, no. no. >> 50 days to go in the name of the game is blame. blame the opponent. keep the focus on him. for the incumbent president, the strategy is offensive. blast the republicans. the party of no. >> when it comes to just about everything we've done to strengthen our middle class, to rebuild our economy, almost every republican in congress says no. >> as a punitive positive yes merger, embraced by the democrats, mr. obama calls for $50 billion of new spending. infrastructure on roads, bridges, runways, but spread over many years and fully paid for, but how the $50 billion would be produced was not explained. this was not a stimulous proposal and chance of passing congress seemed to be minus zero. on thursday, the president called for other money measures, including investment tax credits, emphasizing restriction development, the

barack obama could recover. but this smear will stick, and this is what they're hitting him with when they got him down. that's my thought p it's purely political but that's what newt is, i think. >> well, i think newt is visoral. he's a visceral attack guy. he wasn't very good as a speaker because he wasn't an affirmative character as much as a brilliant attack guy. here, he's doing the dirtiest of dirty work for the conservative cause and the conservative coalition. why he feels he needs to do this, i'm not sure. he used to be more focused on economics and issues like that. than he is on this. even though he came out of georgia, he was seen almost as a progressive in certain respects, for his -- the flavor of what he said 15, 18 years ago. why he's doing this now, i don't know. but you're right. it's to keep obama down and to try to turn the virtues of biography around on obama. let's not forget that obama sold himself originally and was embraced for it. i think the republicans understand that his biography is

look at president obama. i mean, a lot of people have read this book and said it's very painful. >> larry: so far it is to me. >> to see that -- he's not sure what to do, that he's perhaps overintellectualizing. so people on the right, republicans, can look at this and say, he's not committed. democrats, all kinds of people who don't like the war, could read this and say, you know what, he got it, he understood that this is not just a bad hand, as he said at one of the end -- end of one of these monthly reviews, which he does, he walks out, and they're talking about kandahar and he's being briefed. he says, given that definition of the problem, i don't know how we come up with a solution to this. now, that was four months ago. >> larry: tell you whose strong, biden, right? >> yes, yeah. >> larry: i mean, he is -- he slams the fist down. >> biden, he does, and i asked president obama, doesn't this make you a little uneasy and jumpy? biden makes long passionate arguments. and president obama said no, that's exa

one of those things that obama -- look, obama is in two political boxes. one as pat points out, he has general patraeus in there and he can't say no to general patraeus. when he was campaigning, he has made iraq the bad war, afghanistan the good war. the question is, how is he going to do it and how is he going to do it effectively? >> exit question. is obama the victim of his own success in the war of afghanistan from the 2008 campaign? >> just said. that is exactly correct. >> eleanor. >> i think that we needed to put troops in afghanistan. i think president bush squandered several years by misdirecting american attention into iraq and this president is trying to clean up the mess. he is doing it imperfectly, but not going to stay there for ever. >> you cannot have a political reconciliation without changing the balance of security forces on the ground. if the taliban and other radical forces believe they can wait out the american forces, they will certainly do that. if we are in this and fight it to win it, you can have some relatively political resolut

obama says, i'm taking charge. i'll do a 30,000 temporary surge but we're going to have a plan to get out of there. i was impressed by that. he took charge. good for him. >> bill, bill, i think this bill -- this book is very troubling. the fact of the matter is the pentagon and the white house are not on the same page. the fact that the president's worried mostly about politics and not about policy, he's worried about losing the whole democratic party. why doesn't he -- and also does not say at all -- >> well, hold on, john. >> john, john -- >> no sense of winning the war. >> wait. >> here's the bottom line here, gentlemen -- >> they are -- >> hold it, time-out. hold it, we have to bring in point in. john, this is a key point. the bushies always said that they listened to the generals on ground. despite of what president obama wants to do he's listening to the generals who are operating this war. he gave them another 30,000 troops. >> exactly. >> how can the conservatives turn on him for that? >> the implication of

that is not -- i don't believe, i spent too much time studying barack obama, that is not who barack obama is. i'm not saying that he shouldn't take a little of bill clinton's vaerks pour it over, do the i feel your pain bit. but you have to in politics, the reason barack obama won this presidency in the first place, because he was true to himself. because he didn't pander. he didn't do the sorts of things that are expected of politician. >> i think that basically the advice is basically, you can do it, i can't. it's more like bragging. >>> coming up, the republican party unveils its so-called pledge to america and it may be just the biggest political cover up since watergate. you know the good stuff, cut taxes. cut spending. but the big question is, does it really hide or disguise the much more serious, more radical proposal than the republican party has? the tea party stuff that we hear all of the time. how come that's not on the paper? let's talk about what's being covered over on this pledge. you're watching "hardball." ouldr if we didn't have to weigh 'em all. if those boxes are under

that is not -- i don't believe, i spent too much time studying barack obama, that is not who barack obama is. i'm not saying that he shouldn't take a little of bill clinton's advice, do the i feel your pain bit. but you have to in politics, the reason barack obama won this presidency in the first place, because he was true to himself. he didn't pander, do the sorts of things expected of polices. >> you're basically saying, you can do it, i can't. it's more like bragging. >>> coming up, the republican party unveils its so-called pledge to america and it may be just the biggest political cover up since water gate. the good stuff. cut taxes, spending, but the big question, does it really hide or disguise the more serious, radical p radical pro pose sal the republicans have. let's talk about what's being covered over. stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, expresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywher

thinks obama wants to impose islamic law now tell me where did that come from because it sounds like a came from the blogs fear that you go from the blog sphere into the mainstream and now everybody's talking about it and it seems quite amazing that we can hear these things repeated over and over again and then people start believing it i think that's right i think you're exactly right peter i think what you have is you have these rumors that began in the in the right wing fever swamps of the blogosphere they seep upwards into into the world of talk radio and fox news and other murdoch outlets like the new york post and they are amplified they enter this right wing media app echo chamber in which they raise doubts now. as with other bits of right wing propaganda you don't have to succeed you don't have to get most of americans believing that obama is in fact a sleeper agent for four islam but if you can toss that you can throw some smoke out there and muddy the waters if you will to mix metaphors you can create doubt and this is bad for your opponent and it's a tried and true we had

the obama administration wants to call this the obama tax cut for the middle class, but yet, even if they get it through congress, no one will be getting cut further from what they are today in the middle class? >> well, status quo is that they sunset in 2010, on december about 1 of this year, that's status quo and anything new is a new tax cut. i mean, technically. it is a game of semantics. disagree with steve, i think they will all be extended. i do not think this will happen before november 2nd and they will come back in the laem duck session and pressure will be so enormous from the republican victory if not a huge republican majority maybe a slight one or a close call with the democrats barely holding on and i do believe that at that time, they will buckle and extend it for at least a year or two to all the brackets. in the meantime, democrats are back from an extended recess tonight in a very tense meeting, all coming together after having lost august in a disastrous way, politically, to discuss the fact that they have six national polls, bolstering the argument. their argumen

i'll begin with obama's father, this man, barack obama senior. barack obama senior was born in kenya. he came of age in kenya's great struggle of independence against the british, called anti-colonialism. to push the british out of kenya. he came to america in the late 1960s as a student, to study at the university of hawaii. this is where he met obama's mother. this woman right here. stanley ann dunham. they were married. actually, he didn't tell her at the time he was already married. he had married a woman in kenya. they had two children. ultimately he married four different women and had eight children. he was quite a character. he was also a chronic drunk driver. he was involved in multiple accidents. he lost both of his legs in one of the accidents. >> glenn: hang on a second. i want to make this really clear. because my mother was an alcoholic. died a tragic death. yada, yada. you're not insinuating anything on that he was, you know, a drunk or anything else. >> no, no, no. >> glenn: it's fact. >> it's fact and i'm getting to it because it

and to illinois president obama's old senate seat. both candidates had ethical issues, but the republican is virtually tried with the democrat. the green party candidate gets 7%, and says that's significant for democrats. >> it hurts them, because most of the green party voters in 2008 voted for barack obama. >> a surprisingly close senate race in the blue state of washington and one point united states patty murray from her republican challenger dina rossy and in ohio still a double digit lead for republican rob portman over democrat lee fisher. president obama won all five of the states in 2008, but now, ohio seems somewhat out of reach. and democrats are struggling to hold on to the others. barone attributes that mainly to voters discontent over the democrats handling of the economy. in washington, molly henneberg, fox news. >> bret: over on capitol hill senate democrats failed to pass a measure aimed at discouraging out outsourcing of american jobs. why a handful blocked the bill. >> mr. hennessey, no-- >> another legislative show

obama is basically saying and i kind of admire this from obama. i'm not moving to the center. i'm going to stay hard left. i'm going to tell you that my policies will make the country better. you just have to be patient but i'm telling you, i think he's going to get whacked in november with that stance. >> i think certainly we're going to see some democratic losses in congress and in governorships. >> do you agree with me that obama is not moving to the center? >> i think he's staying where he's been all along. that's one of his great strengths. he has a program and he has some values and he's sticking to them. >> philosophically you're right. >> right. >> but practically speaking, the american public basically says we don't like what you're doing. it's not working. >> well, there's certainly some disappointment in health care and i think the administration needs to continue to work harder to frame that issue better, i don't think most -- most of the benefits, it's all about money. and by the way, we're still at 9.6% unemployment and i think that's obama's biggest problem, by

. >>> issue one, obama shakeout. ♪ [ music ] >> president obama is shaking out his sam. number one economic adviser, larry summers is leaving his post a little more than a year and a half. dr. summers is the director of mr. obama's national economic council. summers was the chief architect of the financial global crisis that is still hurting the u.s. and last year's $787 billion stimulous program was largely summer's idea and he defended it. >> i think the stimulous had a significant impact. tens and thousands of teachers and cops across the country. $53billion delivered to american families. 3,000 projects underway that the calculations suggest that its impact is only going to increase. that we are also seeing 200,000 mortgages have been relieved. it's going to be 500,000 by november 1. i think we are on the right track. >> dr. summers is the third high profile member of president obama's economic team to quit before the end of the president's first two years in office. budget director, peter orszag was the first to leave in july. christina roma was next. the white hous

obama a socialist, obama is this and that. not born in the country. it's stirred up things to the point where the establishment has lost control and the tea party is now in control in terms of picking candidates. when i hear you guys talking about o'donnell, it's amazing to me. okay, so o'donnell has trouble with taxes, her academic credentials, paying for school, paying her own mortgage. she is someone with no record. and when you start to talk policy, you know, obama is un -- obama is un-american. she says her jobs plan for america is cut the capital gains tax. when the voters of delaware -- by the way, delaware has very few republican voters. they have independent voters, more than republicans. i think people are anti-establishment and challenge them to give republicans a chance. when they look at that candidate they say this is extreme. and that's the problem across the country. >> o'donnell may be too far and delaware is not the state to elect someone with a strong conservative message. but before the tea party began and the republican party is o

obama. it should be noted with summers announcing his intention to leave by the end of the year, this is now the third key member of the obama team, economic team to announce departure following peter orszag, the budget director and christina romer who chaired counsel of economic advisors. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the north lawn. thank you. let's get more on the president's economic team and the politics of the economy. from senior political analyst brit hume. good evening, brit. >> hi, bret. president obama suggesting that that town hall meeting monday, the top members of the economic team might be leaving was followed by comments from the press secretary today that did nothing to dispel the impression and then came the summers announcement. it makes sense. his original chief economic advisor as mentioned, christina romer left after a rocky tenure, among other things she claimed that passing the stimulus spinfest would host jobless rate at 8%. the economic research, official judge of s

obama said he wasn't concerned with the procedural rule. this is a debarture from unusual or traditional. radical. nancy pelosi told us we have to vote for the bill to find out what's inside? is that usual or radical? you decide. we had multiple people praise mao zedong. i've never seen that before. he was a mass murder in china. many said they were anti-free market. that's not usual. obama travelled to other countries for the purpose of slamming america, calls us arrogant, highlighting our mistake and going on an apology tour. never seen that happen before. the e.p.a. just took the first step and said yes, it's dangerous but we'll go ahead and regulate it. then the administration was set to use national endowment for the arts to promote art propaganda. the president's healthcare plan and other items, all set to do that. they ban deepwater drilling. although, although, a judge overturned the ban. then they reimposed the ban. though it's killing jobs in the gulf. while it's killing jobs in the gulf, we're giving tons of money to mexico and b

president obama does not want the sunset. he wants to keep the bush- cheney tax cuts in place, except for two brackets -- the brackets for the money class of society. >> the wealthiest americans who disproportionately benefitted note only from tax cuts from the bausch and bush administration but also benefitted when it comes to corporate profits and where the gains and productivity were going, they're going to give up a little more. >> just this week, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell introduced a bill that would keep in place bush- cheney tax policy. republicans in the senate have vowed to block any change by president obama on the tax bracket now in force for the big earners and big investors currently and paying 33% and 35%, which obama wants to put back to 36% and 39.6%. question, are the democrats going to increase taxes on the high earners during a recession? >> no, they will not. despite the fact that president obama has driven a stake in the ground, nancy pelosi has said no, they're very averse to raising taxes

it goes to obama. >> obama is at the end of the day carrying the bag and deciding whether or not the investigation is correct. >> bill: walk into the oval office and says this is what i find out about your pal holder he is a pinhead. >> i don't know those words. >> the president would be hard-pressed to ignore the findings of the inspector general. >> oh, p.r. >> to have the oversight. >> bill: how long is this going to take? like eight years? that's how they usually do it. >> after the next presidential election. see what i'm saying? >> isn't that true? >> take as long as they want. what they have done now is apiece the people who said look, you didn't bring these charges. >> bill: they didn't appease me. >> they are trying to appease. they are not going to appease quickly. >> bill: the final thing we have to ask ladies real quick in florida a disturbing thing a manual that was floating around on the internet teaching people how to molest children. okay? >> outrageous. and the florida authorities looked at it and what conclusion did they come to. >> authorities said look, this is le

also tonight, can president obama recapture the magic? in 2008 he inspired the young to vote in droves. can he get them back to the polls in november? and faith and knowledge in this one nation under god, many americans know surprisingly little about religion. >> we're a nation of religious illiterates. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the recession may be officially over, but it has left the confidence of americans badly shaken. and numbers just out from the government today show why. since the recession began, household incomes have fallen nearly 3% to just over $50,000. adjusting to inflation, americans are making $4,000 less than they were a decade ago. and their biggest investment, their home, has lost nearly 6% of its value. the recession has not only affected our wallets but our hearts. young people are putting off marriage. over a three-year period, the number of americans under 35 who were married fell 3%.

of barack obama. he smokes. he drinks beer. he eats hot dogs. and he checks out -- if he's a muslim, he stinks at it. obama loves war and rich people and never goes to church if that doesn't prove he's a christian, i don't know what does. >> bill maher, of course he did go to church yesterday, president obama. >>> jennifer lopez reported to be a new judge on "american idol" for 12 million bucks a year. turns out, if she will earn her keep because her ex, ex, ex-husband, a guy named ojani noa, this guy here, she was married to him for less than a year, his manager says he is going to try out to be a contestant on "american idol." he wants to perform in front of his ex-wife. a few problems with this one. he's 36. the age limit, 28. his manager says that won't stop him from being in line in l.a. on september 22nd. remember, this is a guy who was a waiter that she met and married briefly. has tried to sell a book, a sex tape and a feature-length film about his ex-wife. >>> still ahead on "way too early,"

president obama has said the u.s. paid a huge price to put its future -- to put iraq's future in its people's hands. we have this. >> live from the white house, the president who never supported the war declared its end. >> in announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. the iraqi people now have the responsibility for the security of their country. >> more than 4400 american dead, the cost of overt $7 billion. the president said americans had paid a heavy price. he did not say whether it was worth it. the marine who owned these stars and stripes that draped be a statue of saddam hussein in 2003 it believes it was. >> in incredibly proud of what i have seen their -- yes we incredibly proud of what i have seen there. people blow each other up all the time over there, and that is that. but i hope it will go back to a functioning country, however it decides to function. >> the tyrant has fallen and iraq is free. >> president bush was quick to declare victory, just as ira

president obama is talking the economy this week. vice president biden urged democrats yesterday to stop whining and consider the alternatives. the question is whether youth will back it up with their vote. >> they're paying attention. they want to participate. but they're starting to increase in their cynicism about the political process. >> reporter: president obama's trip to wisconsin, really highlights a huge shift in the electoral landscape over the last couple of years. in 2008, a record number of new voters in wisconsin turned out for the democrats. this year, key races all across the state, looking much tighter. rob and vinita? >> emily schmidt, live in washington this morning. >>> bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars" is number two, on amazon's best-selling list this morning. and in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer, woodward tells of president obama battling with top pentagon brass over the war in afghanistan. >> what's the angriest that he gets at the military? >> at one of the meetings, if i can quote him directl

he is saying the country was in a ditch when obama took over and obama did a lot of things and democrats in congress did a lot of things that got us out of the ditch and we will build on those the next two years. everything hasn't been perfect. as far as the health care plan is contender concerned, i agree with that. i think we ought to be talking about that. i think ultimately it will be popular and things are just starting to be phased in. i had children out of college who didn't have insurance. i would love to have been able to carry my daughter on my health insurance policy until she was 26. >> today in the headlines you're seeing major providers opting out of offering basic insurance services. blue cross/blue shield in minnesota pulled two offerings that they don't believe it's in their business interest to do it under their new health care plan. i think republicans are confident in making the case obama care generally is an anti-growth, anti -- is a policy that is fundamentally flawed for the future of our country. that is the debate that is going to play out. >> if they are comfor

. -- an obama supporter, an obama enthusiast. the poll indicates they are the ones who could take over in november. what do you make of that? >> that is going to be the political dynamic that we have coming up here, which is to say, obama, by the way, was dealt a very bad hand. let's just stipulate that from the beginning. tavis: sure. >> the question is, what do you do with the hand? he did not play it as well as he could have, but at the same time, we have not heard of a meaningful plan from the republicans. the question is, can they win on that? at the moment, given the state of the economy, given that what americans look in their wallet, there is less money there, it does not matter if they are the party of no or the party of yes. they are a different party, a different choice, and i think what you keep hearing is that people want a different choice, and that is the result of the economic situation we're in right now. tavis: with the poll was -- >> i say it is all about the wallet. you can talk about this all summer, mistake

obama came in on a wave in 2008. looked like we have another wave going in the other direction in 2010. there was a -- had you the wave in 1994. go back to barry goldwater. popular uprising of people unhappy with what's happening. >> happy to see a united states senate with christine o'donnell, sharron angle, rand paul -- >> make it fun for us. >> absolutely. >>> another difficult story. how did natalee holloway's mother sneak into a peru priz ton surprise joran van der sloot behind bars. >>> plus hurricane karl now a category 3 storm roars ashore in mexico. >>> and we're watching the white house where minutes from now president obama will name elizabeth warren to start up his new consumer protection agency. warren, a harvard grad and top wall street critic lobbying heavily for the job. inspired? yep, this online rap video. ♪ it's not about the money and the greeno ♪ ♪ it's an working class and bring them out of the financial crisis ♪ she wants to stop the greed and give necessary fees which mean more money n

barack and michelle obama. that's right, the first black president has followed in the footsteps of previous presidents known for their elite education, significant personal worth and preppy trappings. franklin dell nor roosevelt, john kennedy and both jorgee bushes. he went to columbia. she went to princeton and both went to harvard law. for the second year in a row they've summered at martha's vineyard. they have that was pi sartorial style under control. barack obama with the jacket over his shoulder and michelle has made the eternally preppy j. crew label a major part of her wardbe. even beau is preppy. what's next? time to bring back the sboya with cole porter music wafting through the potomac evening? wow. all the bad news for the o bob: administration means the g.o.p. nomination is a rize p worth having. weho's definitely running for president on the republican side. plus tell me something i don't know. chris: welcome back. we're close to go or no go time for the republicans, believe it or not andho are

that's what president obama said, his word literally to democrats. trying to re-energize the party with some political tough love. >> i don't know about you, but i'm fired up. >> reporter: president obama telling democrats, ignore polls and pundits claiming the party's apathetic. >> we cannot sit this one out. we can't let this country fall backwards because of rest of us didn't care enough to fight. >> reporter: in interviews he's even tougher. the president told "rolling stone" the democrats "sitting on their hands complaining are irresponsible." republicans and even some democrats say beating up the base may backfire. >> out there trying to terrify them, and put all of these scare tactics out there and hope that the fear will drive them to the polls. >> reporter: mr. obama's on a four-day swing to drum up support amid a faltering economy. >> i don't think there's one specific sector to put the blame on. >> reporter: nearly one therpd of american dos. in a new poll, the percentage who blame mr. obama for america's economic growth has almost doubled

how does obama work on the campaign trail this year? >> obama is both. that's the tricky thing for democrats. on one hand they really need obama to get turnout among the democratic base. among those voters that came in for the first time in 2008 to vote to him but are looking like they won't vote this time particularly younger voters, african-american voters, so that's on one side. on the other side, obama ignites the republican base and so i think you're going to see them using obama in an interesting way where he is going -- they are going to use him to raise money and turn out the base but candidates will pull away from him when they have to. democrats have used this strategy before. when they won the special election, the congressman from pennsylvania, very conservative district, they were happy to pull him away from president obama and speaker pelosi if that's what it took to win. >> the populist streak running through the country and who owns that populist anger. you talk about how candidates are positioning themselves. here is congressman joe donn

they are all angry with barack obama. they overdosed with the anger at barack obama and it stirred up things to the point where i think the establishment has lost control and the tea party is now in control in terms of picking candidates and when i hear you talking about o'donnell. it is amazing to me. o'donnell has trouble with taxes. her academic credentials, paying for school, paying her own mortgage. someone with no record and when you start to talk policy obama is unamerican. she wants to do away with the education department. she is someone who says her jobs plan for america is simply cut the capital gains tax. i think the voters of delaware, more independents than democrats and more republicans than independents. i think they are go willing to give republicans a chance but they say this is fringe and this is extreme and that is the problem across the country. >> o'donnell may be a bit too far and delaware delaware is not the state to nominate someone with a strong conservative message. when the republican party was

they are not running with obama. incredible. >> i tell you what is funny to me, you had tea party vs. establishment party, you have all these nutty republicans and then people saying the

in this case you had president obama, candidate obama at the time, arriving on the scene when we were in the war in iraq, things were looking very dark in many ways, and he sort of represented the same thing. do americans suffer from sort of over-- putting these people on too big a pedestal at a time like that in our history that they can barely help but not rise to expectations? >> sure. they get worried about problems in washington, whether it's watergate or the financial meltdown of 2008 and vo vote fresh faces but the fresh faces they turn to sometimes have very little experience. skpwr*euply -- jimmy carter had four years as governor of georgia, barack obama had been a senator barely two, three years when he was running for president. so this lack of experience i think ultimately makes it difficult for them to navigate the halls of washington. you want someone who's who's an outsider but also want someone who can pulls levers of congress. martha: it's a small club and i think they can all learn from the experiences of who went before them and we'll see if this president is doing

this is why president obama wants us to buck up. i'm following those orders in a commentary tonight. >>> and john boehner and his crew, they don't really care about the middle class. they don't care about the divided american we live in, because you see the income gap between the rich and poor is at an all-time high and republicans have nothing to say about it. jessie jackson sounds off. what can we do about it? president obama takes off the gloves and hammering fox news. he says fox promotes a point of view that is destructive. now, for a guy who always rips on the cables, i think the president would do a pretty good job if he was on cable. we do it every night, mr. president. this is the story that has me fired up tonight. the most powerful elected republican in america is plotting to stop the united states government dead in its tracks procedurally. on monday night, senator "waterloo" jim demint warned he would place a hold on any legislation that would not been cleared by his office before the close of business today. demint, as

obama's middle name calling him barrack hussein obama to decry his secret foreignness. >> think about how you'll feel on november 5th if you wake up in the morning and see the news that barack obama, barack hussein obama is the united states of america. >> a local republican party leader speaking at a mccain/palin party in october 2008. immediately after that rally th mccain/palin group released this statement. mccain/palin campaign made no bones about it. they called the hussein tactic off limits, even as a lot of conservatives associated with their campaign really wanted to use it. >> at some point the media will quit taking sides in this thing and maybe start covering barack haines obama, at some point going to peel the bark off barack haines obama. >> immediately after that hussein incident, mccain addressed in no uncertain terms and said he understood why they were invoking the haines name and he would not stand for it. >> it's my understanding before i came in here that a person who was on the program before i spoke made some disparaging remarks my two colleagues in the senate,

but they've overdosed now in terms of the anger at obama, obama is a socialist and a muslim and this and that and not born in the country and stirred up things to the point where i think the establishment lost control and the tea party is now in control in terms of picking candidates and when i hear you guys talking about o'donnell, i mean, it's amazing. okay. o'donnell has trouble with taxes, her academic credentials, paying for school and her own mortgage and has no record and when you talk policy, obama's unamerican, she want to do away with the education department. she is someone who says her jobs plan for america is simply cut the capital gains fax and when the voters of dell way, by the way, delaware has few republican voters, more independents than republicans and more democrats than independents, people are anti-establishment and one of the challenges, they want to give republicans a chance but when they look at that, they say, wait this is extreme and that's the problem across the country. >> o'donnell may be a bridge too far and delaware is not the best state to nominate s

even though president obama -- colin powell has supported obama. >> he has lost some support he had in the campaign. it's not just me picking on the president. it's polling. he has to do more with respect to reducing the deficit and also being careful about putting more and more programs, more and more rocks into that knapsack because the american people looking for singular focus on the economy and unemployment. >> bill: check four, former president clinton also being questioned about mr. obama. >> let me ask you about health care. back in august of 2009, you spoke in front of that net roots convention. this is what you said about health care reform. let's watch. >> i'm telling you i don't care how low they drive support for this with misinformation, the minute the president signs the health care reform bill, approval will go up because americans are inherently optimistic. >> the white house said the same thing, mr. president, but it hasn't happened yet. >> well, i was wrong about that for two reasons. first of all, the benefits of the bill are spread out over three or four years. it

does obama care what she says? >> well, she aligned herself with secretary of defense gates and the military, supported them even more to a certain extent than gates did. they talked about the five blocks of granite, the three generals and admiral and gates and hillary and they just said, 40,000 troops and in a sense, an unlimited counter insurgency strategy, which is what general petraeus wanted. >> bill: just win the war. now, you correct me if i am wrong. my gut instinct, and i have this not on anything other than gut -- is that barak obama doesn't listen to hillary clinton. she is not a major shaper in what he does or doesn't do. >> that is absolutely correct. and political people in the white house were quite annoyed that she aligned herself with the military in such a dramatic way. i wanted to get to something -- you really need to make a distinction on the fight against al-qaeda, which as we know is in pakistan, not afghanistan, obama has been very aggressive and i think we're going to see in coming weeks mo

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