they never like third-party candidates. >> but it's not going to be gary johnson. maybe if it's a michael bloomberg who has $1 billion to throw atç a presidential race t there's no signs he's considering it. >> no signs at all. dwyane wade and lebron james of 2012, john heilemann, mark halpren, thank you for joining us. >>> after the break vice president joe biden and mitt romney are squaring off. that's next. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> team obama isç shaping its campaign strategy around the middle class with a message that says companies, specifically mitt romney, will not save the american dream. joining our panel now the man behind the magic, the reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation" on msnbc. it's a pleasure to have you. >> always blood to be with you. >> so joe biden sort of went on the attack against mitt romney and accused him of embracing policies that would basically gut america's middle class. mitt romney went back at him yesterday and we h

the former republican governor of new mexico, gary johnson. gary johnson actually gave up on the republican nominating process altogether today. mr. johnson in santa fe this afternoon announcing that he is leaving the republican race. and he's had it better than buddy roemer. gary johnson at least got into a couple republican debates so far this year. he said today his deep disappointment with the process thus far is leading him to dump the republican party and instead run for the libertarian party's presidential nomination instead. in terms of dissatisfaction, though, with the available options in the republican primary so far, there was also this news today about sarah palin, governor palin once said on an alaska radio show that it would take a lot. it would take a huge, natural disaster, in fact, to get her to jump into the race for president. remember this? >> are you sure that we're not going to hear tomorrow that sarah palin decided, you know what, i'm going to run for president of the united states?ç >> you know, that would take an ear

and presidential hopeful, gary johnson announcing he is bolting the republican party and run as a lib attend does that do serious damage to anyone? >>guest: well i looked at new mexico and he was a two term governor of new mexico and he could actually get a significant percentage of the vote, and by "significant," i mean ten, i am pulling a number out of the air mostly taken from republicans and it could tip new mexico which can be a swing state, as we saw in 2000 and devour -- 2004, that could push it to obama. johnson will be lucky to get 1 percent or 2 percent. only one libertarian who has ever topped 1 percent and that was clark in 1980 and he got 1.1 percent and it made no difference. >>dagen: and ed clark slides off the tongue. larry, great to see you, thank you very much, larry sabato. from down in my neck of the woods. what does larry johnson make of what larry sabato just said? he is my guest tonight on fox business network. someone else saying goodbye, donald trump is here. but, first, will iran threatening to block key oil passage have the president liting his -- lifting hi

thanks. >>> you know you're a political junky if you've been following gary johnson's campaign. the former governor has been ignored by the media and republicans. but you may get a chance to vote for him in november. johnson announced he's leaving the republican party to seek the libertarian party nomination for president. he spoke to us from new mexico. >> governor johnson, you took a big step from a life long republican to the libertarian party. if you are looking at this and you are saying here's republican, you've been in the republican party, ran for governor twice, as a republican, et cetera, couldn't get any traction in the presidential race so you switched to the libertarian party. this looks like a move that is more about opportunity than about principle. can you give me some look into your thought process? >> well, candy, i would argue just the opposite, that it is about the message that it's about the agenda that it isn't just ron paul that's delivering this agenda, this message. that it's me, too. i was excluded from 16 out of the 18 debates. i felt that that was rea

our next guest says keep your eye on gary johnson. we talked about him before this morning with john stossel. he could be up to something that could change everything. first, let's check in with gregg jarrett for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> newt gingrich about to pick up a big endorsement from famed economist art laffer who created the famous laffer curve. he's going to be joining us to talk about it. also a surprising surge in iowa, scant five days before the caucus there. does this really turn things around? and threats from iran being met with stern words from america's fifth fleet. don't even try closing a key oil waterway. all of that coming up, top of the hour. i'm gregg jarrett along with patty ann brown. we'll see you then >> alisyn: former governor of new mexico, gary johnson, is ditching the republican party and running for president as a libertarian. >> steve: really? >> today because this is an agenda that i think resonates with most americans and it's an agenda that's not being addressed by either politica

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. >> greta: gary johnson, governor of new mexico running as an independent but one or two percent. he won't affect anybody? >> that's right. we're not talking about a serious contender. before he had no traction as a republican candidate. he is going run as a libertarian. ron paul could do more damage to run as an independent. i could see that could catch on more than gary johnson. >> so if ron paul risen in iowa, then what? >> whoever comes in second in iowa is going to get a lot of momentum out of that. a lot of the folks will make the calculation, ron paul, give him credit. he is a very you can unlikely to be the republican nominee. i don't see it carrying over substantially. >> greta: how about south carolina? >> he has the resources to stay in until the end but zero chance to become the nominee but very good likelihood of influencing the process along the way. >> greta: what caused the lights to go off in the san francisco stadium last night. rush limbaugh knows. tough questions for bill clinton ♪ i'm making my money do more. i'm consolidating my assets. i'm not paying hidde

former louisiana congressman buddy romar and gary johnson. governors, thank you both for doing this. >> thanks for having us on. >> governor johnson, let me start with you, just a simple question, the roger mudd question, why do you want to be president? >> that i could actually do a better job, that i'm promising to submit, submit a balanced budget to congress in 2013. i'm promising devito legislation where expenses exceed revenue. i'm advocating on the fair tax, replace it with the consumption tax which by all accounts will reboot the american economy for the next 100 years. >> governor romar, same question to you. >> i don't run for the reasons gary does. those are good points. but i run because we need reform in washington, d.c. it's become the capital of corruption. the biggest check gets first in line. the biggest special interest gets all that lobbyist's power and all the tax code writing. the biggest money has a special place and until we reform that, is nothing else will be done. a tax code written by the lobbyists you cannot read. u

chris: from the sublime to the ridiculous, our next nominee, new mexico's gary johnson, one of the original republicans run forg president. he got his turn in an early deebtd -- debate and here's the stage craft he came with. >> my next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current president. chris: also this hillary clinton photo op in hawaii. catch the guy with naked ambition. [laughter] and the last stage craft nominee, the guy who was fully rehearsed for his big moment as rupert and james murderoch -- murdoch testified on the phone tapping scandal the >> both tried to stay bove the fray until the fray came to them in the form of a cream pie aimed at the face of the patriarch the chris: everybody plans this stuff. it's all p.a. -- >> i don't know that i saw it at the time, but secretary clinton's reaction -- >> that's the hillary clinton who should have run for office. >> and that was my thought. i wanted to give the award to hillary for handling is -- it so well. she's got a great belly laugh, it was totally authentic. chris: every year we hope we can sk

>>neil: i get a sense from gary johnson who feels like odd man out and he cannot get invited to debates including this one, governor of new mexico and he could run as an independent and we hear it again and again and again. can you say unequivocally, governor, you would never run as an independent? >>guest: i am not running as an independent but running as a republican. >>neil: if that doesn't work out? >>guest: well, there will not be failure on our part. we are going to prove that point in new hampshire. >>neil: but what gary johnson was saying i think, the conservative elements of the party have taken over the we party, the tea party has taken over the party and given a strict litmus test and guys like him may not cut it and guys like you don't cut it. with that group, what do you thick of that? >>guest: well, it is nonsense, from our standpoint, lock at -- look at my record and you have folks looking at the record the first time. they glossed over us early, and now they saying, well, we looked at the candidates and we have not found the person that can beat rebound and they looking

. >> yes, it will, even quicker if you had a gary johnson as president. >> medicinessal use, yes. for everything -- >> that's what it is now. >> not so sure. not nationally. no, it's not. >> that's all you can say? >> federal law -- a broadly legalized nationally. bye-bye! the captioning on this [thecaptioning on this program is provided as an independent service of the national captioning institute, inc., which is solely responsible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions are not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any transcription or for any errors completeness of any transcription or for any errors in transcription.] in transcription.

we're going to take ron paul all the way to the white house in 2012 >>> former mcgovernor gary johnson was barely registering in gop polls. he has announced he is dropping out of the republican race and running as a third party candidate for the libertarian party. in washington, jennifer davis, fox news. >>> an investigation is croon going between a semi-truck and a bus. the crash sent the bus driver to the hospital with minor injuries. no passenger was on the bus and no other injuries were reported. there was extensive damage to the bus and the truck and it's unclear what led to the crash. >>> vta and other transit area agencies have special holiday programs. they will be free. valley transportation agency, or v t.a., caltrain, golden death buses and ferries are on regular saturday schedule. >>> b.a.r.t. is offering special new year's service as well. trains are going to run three hours longer than they usually do overnight. service will continue until 3:00 a.m. on january 1 , new year's day during those extended hours, the trains will run on their normall interval >>> and can you go

also, former new mexico governor gary johnson is dropping out of the presidential race to run as a libertarian. now you might have forgotten that johnson was running, but this year a third party, run by a more serious candidate, could make a huge difference in the election results, and tonight we have new poll numbers to show who might benefit. and barney frank's advice to the colleagues he's leaving behind. that's in the sideshow. finally, let me finish tonight with how the republican party's obsession with opposing president obama at any cost may be costing them way too much. we start with senator charles schumer, a democrat from the great state of new york. senator schumer, thanks for being here. what's the exit strategy? how might this flap over the payroll tax end? house blinks, senate blinks, or does it expire? >> well, i don't think it will expire. i think that basically there is so much pressure on speaker boehner. he's basically standing alone, that the house is going to have to do what the american people want and what many of us have been asking which is very simple simply to pass t

that gary johnson is ron paul without the baggage that he mentioned? happy new year, and thank you for joining us. coming up on the show, a despicable act carried out by the occupiers, burned the flag. and how it could turn into the hangover. and how you can do it without the missing tooth and the tiger in your bathtub. ♪ you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ >> this just in. >> ainsley: this seg. right? >> a lot of people will being can i going off the new year with a massive hangover, but there are ways to make sure that your 2012 doesn't get off to that rough start. >> ainsley: that's right. our doctor with the fox news medical a-team is here to tell us how to avoid that hangover. >> good morning. >> ainsley: what is a hangover, dehydration. >> 70% of our body weight consists of water. when you g

your thoughts on the announcement from gary johnson today? >> ron paul is not an absolutist, that is the only reason that he leaves a little bit of the door open. the last time around the republican party didn't treat him very well, and the fact that he's a contender, and a player, and is going to win the nomination, it's a moot point. the ppp poll you referred to last night showed a remarkable thing, it showed ron paul leading among evangelical christians in iowa, over perry, bachmann and gingrich. it bodes well for him in south carolina and him winning the nomination and the presidency. "the washington post" poll three days ago showed him doing better than newt gingrich against barack obama and a statistical tie with mitt romney within the margin of error against barack obama. we are talking about winning in iowa, and making a run for it if not winning in new hampshire and winning the nomination. megyn: one of the issues you obviously know that congressman paul is most controversial on is his foreign policy stance, and in particular israel

gregg: former new mexico governor gary johnson expected to end his republican presidential campaign today and instead run for the libertarian nod. that according to his campaign spokesman. johnson is fiscal conservative who supports liberal causes like legalizing marijuana and abortion rights. remember fox news is america's election headquarters and your front row seat to politics. tune in for complete coverage of the iowa caucuses on january 3rd beginning 6:00 p.m. eastern time. you can log on to foxnews.com/politics to get all the latest news on the candidates and from the campaign trail. uma: there's a new threat from iran to block the flow of oil to world markets in retaliation for sanctions. now that threat has investors very nervous. part of the reason is that oil is above $100 a barrel. this as all this is happening as the gas prices here in the u.s. are ticking back up. the current national average, $3.24 a gallon. stuart varney from fox business network is joining us now. great to see you today. this is a very big deal because iran is talking about blocking a main jorl flow of oi

. >> from the sublime to the ridiculous, our next nominee, new mexico's gary johnson. one of the original republicans running for president this year. he got his turn in an early debate and here's the stage craft he came prepared with. >> my next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration. chris: also ridiculous, this surprise entry into a hillary clinton photo-op in hawaii. catch the guy with naked ambition. and the last stage craft nomination, a guy who was fully rehearsed for his big moment as rupert and james murdoch testified on the phone tapping scandal. >> both murdoches tried to stay above the fray that is until the fray came to them in the form of a guy with a cream pie aimed right at the face of the patriarch. chris: everybody weas got to get in the act. everybody plans this stuff. it's all p.r. >> i don't know i saw it at the time but secretary clinton's reaction -- >> that's exactly what you want. she didn't plan that at all. >> that's the hillary clinton that should have run for office of the presidency. c

. >> yes, it will, even quicker if you had a gary johnson as president. >> medicinessal use, yes. for everything -- >> that's what it is now. >> not so sure. not nationally. no, it's not. >> that's all you can say? >> federal law -- a broadly legalized nationally. bye-bye!

johnson of the state of new mexico recently announced his bid for the libertarian nomination we had lee wright and a host of other candidates also vying for the nomination for the libertarian party will present a stark alternative to president obama's big government policy is. going to last question what are your predictions for the next twelve months of american politics. well you know i don't like to go too far on this question because alternately we need to give voters a choice and let them be the ones who decide and polls are often wrong and predictions are often wrong but that said i think it's fair to say that something very different is happening in america this year the poor economy is getting people more and more frustrated the endless entanglements and foreign wars that never panned out to be what they are they claim to be. and the fact that democrats and republicans have reached repeatedly failed to do anything to write the economy or to stop the encroachment on our personal liberties high taxes and big government so there is a rise with the tea party movement with a libe

guest: he is certainly the most libertarian-minded of those who have gained traction, from gary johnson, and like ron paul, he was identified as a libertarian. he is likely to announce as an lp candidate. ron paul is the most libertarian candidate. libertarians -- there are always people that are one way or another. by any estimation, yes. host: how do you think the media has covered libertarians in this campaign? guest: ron paul is an interesting case. in 2008, he was seen as a side show. there was that moment early in the debate where rudy giuliani said, "how dare you suggest american foreign policy has anything to do with people who attack us." it was seen as a sign from above that rudy giuliani was the greatest guy ever and ron paul was kind of a marginal two. that was the turning point for ron paul's campaign. he kept taking off from that and rudy giuliani kept fading. there was a lot of discussion that he was not giving as much coverage as he deserved. jon stewart denigrates thing. he was ignored by all of the major media. they're talking about people like rick santorum and huntsm

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johnson is going to join us to give us his perspective on what was said and what was left untouched so you have all that and more fit and i couldn't dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. all this morning the article thirty two hearing for need maryland began for bradley manning and the more than eighteen months of his detention this is the first time in the army privacy in a courtroom so you think the maid's free media might provide you coverage of the most high profile whistleblowing case of this current generation especially since every newspaper in cable network has at some point reported on cables war logs or videos released by wiki leaks but personally i think the coverage was a little bit more than just disappointing. today private bradley manning is facing his accusers in court for the first time it's called the largest intelligence leak in u.s. history military arraignment underway right now for bradley manning the only private suspected of being behind wiki leaks the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. history a short rece

johnson former two term governor of new mexico and republican presidential candidate governor i want to thank you for joining us again on the show always a pleasure to have you on and like i said once again you were not on that main stage last night and so as you looked at those candidates are any of those candidates people that you think are qualified to be the president of united states yeah i think ron paul i mean in a ron paul. poll in two thousand and eight i thought i would provide stereo speakers ron paul in these debates and i think it is a message that resonates with most americans i think the fastest growing segment of the republican party is the libertarian wing of the republican party. but i don't know if ron paul is going to be successful and i'll tell you a lot being excluded from sixteen out of eighteen of these debates has really been a soul fulfilling prophecy for me and that self-fulfilling prophecy basically is i'm not even running so you're saying that you've completely you've dropped out of the race at this point or you also mention before the you might consider

selectively allowing candidates to participate over the last couple of months leaving people out like gary johnson and so tonight we're going to continue that tradition actually going to make it even more exclusive joining me are republican presidential candidates herman cain rick santorum and michele bachmann now rick perry could be here tonight as campaign hasn't commented but word on the street is he's in rehab and since mitt romney just schools the other candidates every time and ron paul to say it on foreign policy we've also left them out newt gingrich and his wife are on a luxurious vacation at an undisclosed location and jon huntsman well mr huntsman has been bitten by a goat while campaigning in new hampshire so we want to risk allowing a rabid candidate on the stage right let's get started candidates thank you so much for joining me tonight and we're going to start with issue number one on the mind of many americans right now recent census figures have shown us that in two thousand and ten poverty levels went up so now forty six million people forty six point two million people i