but why is obama -- is obama damaged goods, do you think? you saw the "new york times." the job approval rating is 45. >> he's no more damaged goods than ronald reagan or bill clinton was at this time in their first term. he is hurting because the economy is hurting. the democrats are going to take a hit. but i wouldn't align yourself, john, with the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell who says he is going to devote the next two years to making sure obama is a one-term president. >> what is that? >> that's a fool daring. >> let me take a crack at that question about obama. here's the problem for democrats. this week harris released a poll showing barack obama at a 37% job approval rating. it took president bush years to get to 37%. it took barack obama a year and a half. he is a mill stone around the neck of most democratic candidates this year. huge majorities to the american people. reject every single big legislative achievement of this presidency and of this congress from the stimulous to obama care to cap and trade. unemployment at 10%. stagnant econom growth.

as opposed to someone like barack obama, her opponent too but barack obama 8% of his career in the private sector. he doesn't know how to aren't a business, create a job except reliance on spending other people's money and doing those things that a socialized government would do to create jobs. that's what the left's mentality is. government is to did it. >> sean: you are in florida tonight. -- we saw what alan grayson did to his opponent down there. we watched the story of meg whitman. sheid everything that anyone could ask in terms of hiring a woman she paid $23 an hour to. was given a false social security card and false driver's lens in california. it seems democrat -- license in california. it seems democrats are not going to run on stimulus, cap and tax. the first question i have, what advice do you give -- you have lived under fire -- to those candidates that are going to be victims of these smears? >> remember, what they are doing. this is coming from obama's presidential campaign book, which guess back to olin ski's campaign -- which goes back to olinski's campaign book. the polit

al comienzo obama tuvo que reemplazar a los bancos. yo creo que ahorita estamos a pocoaxaxa hemos sido muy duros con él. >> ese presidente que nos prometió que al aprobarse el plan económico el desempleo iba a disminuir pero ha aumentado. en dos años ha gastado el presiente bush a consecuencia de la guerra y lo que está claro es que tiene una agenda con el de eso ytoy seguro que en dos o años van a decir esto es a consecia de ge bush y eso a la larga no funciona. >> mario: cuéntenos algo, está teniendo el "tea party" éxito en ese objetivo y se ha establecido el partido hacia laaha0axaxaxaxh muy diferente el partido demócrata de hace seis meses o un año. >> mario: sarah palina8axaxaxaxx >> mario: le simpatiza? >>creo que sarah palin es una figura fascinante, de que millones de personas la siguen, los resultados en alaska es a consecuencia de sarah palin y también en delaware. también un candidato que estaba 30 puntos adelante y es a consecuencia de sarah palin así que es una cosa que hay que reconocer. >> mario: santiago,

as well as president obama's old seat in illinois. fox news contributor michael baron and co-author of the almanac of american politics joins me now from washington. michael, welcome back to the program. >> thank you. good to be with you, paul. >> a lot of people are comparing this election to 1994 when republicans picked up a lot of seats there. is a difference i know is that in that year, republicans picked up gains in the south. this year a lot of the gains they expect to get are from upper mid west what. is going on in that part of the country? >> something important is going on. a political comment teary hasn't figured out yet. growing up in michigan and when you were growing up in wisconsin political rule was in times of distress, industrial heartland, states you just named, in times of economic disstress moved towards democrats. we're seeing now they're moving towards republicans in a way we haven't seen since 94. i don't mean 1994, i mean 1894. >> really. so what explains a switch on the economy between parties? >> well, i thi

they're all obama states last time. he would only hurt obama. wouldn't hurt a palin or republican at all. >> well, i'm not sure that bloomberg is seriously considering that. i think it would be a mistake because he couldn't win, but he might prevent obama from winning re-election. held guarantee a republican would move in the white house. that's what happened in 1980 when reagan moved in because of a split democratic party. >> so, you think it would be bad for the country? >> i think it would be better if president obama was re-elected. >> let me ask you about the democratic liberals. they tend to be dissatisfied often. there's a great old phrase that meant new democratic coalition, but also means november doesn't count. the attitude with win the left, beat the center left, you've won the battle. you had the battle with ted kennedy. i see it today with the net roots. the younger generation, groups that are angry all the time at this president. >> in history, this is the most polarized country and divide we've seen. in the last two year, the repu

the obama care. >> bill: let me submit this. it's not -- . >> wait. >> bill: if what president obama did and democratic party did ignited the economy? >> yeah. >> bill: they took a gam skpbl lost. >> because they did knit a high profile way. >> bill: sure. going to vegas saying this is $100,000 on black. the wheel said red. >> right. right you have to ask why he did that. was he stupid? i believe his goal was always to increase government spending. >> bill: i believe he thoughts is it's going to work. i don't think for a moment president obama thought it won't work. do you believe this target stuff? >> it's more than just a political attack. they know that this isn't going to cause a single person to vote republican as opposed to democrat. what it is, or the other way around, what it is is a repression of free speech. their goal is now in the last two weeks ask every board room in the country is conservative companies putting on table should we contribute additional money to the republican campaign? and in every board room someo

the theory that obama is shaped of the image of his father is in obama's on book. all i'm doing is saying yes, we shouldn't judge obama by his actions, but it's not unreasonable to ask does obama encompasses ideological framework which he may got from his father am helpless to understand what he is doing and what he will do any future. >> host: you've written a number of controversial books, it "the end of racism," that book came out, or a number of black conservatives who took issue with you, essentially calling the black underclass barbarians that they took issue with you calling the repeal of the civil rights act. so you've always been a rather controversial figure. and that applies going back to when you outed gays at dartmouth college as an undergraduate there. this book is also controversial. the pushback on it is that you are asserting, rather than establishing or proving that some barack obama is hostile to the idea of capitalism. so i would just ask you today, where is your evidence? notch of speculation, but your evidence, hard evidence of that our presid

president obama is accusing the g.o.p. of stealing the election. is this new tactic to make americans forget about real issues? >> good question, juliet. meanwhile, students getting an extra day off next year to honor muslim holidays. is the school going too far or just being fair? we're going to report, you're gonna decide. >> tossing to each other on the cold open, this is true. we sohowed you a picture of the mustache man. now we know who he is and he's popping up everywhere. "fox & friends" starts now.

so far he's running away from president obama and the agenda. he supports obama-care. he supported repealing the tax cuts before he was against it, before he was before it again. cap-and-trade, he has been on both sides of the issue. kentuckians are not going to tolerate someone ambivalent on cap-and-trade. cap-and-trade will be a disaster to our economy. and these are the issues of the day. these are the things that people want to talk about. people are concerned about jobs and the economy. if we pass cap-and-trade, it will be a disaster to kentucky's economy and to kentucky jobs. >> chris: let's talk -- and you kind of led in the direction that i wanted to head in this debate. let's talk about jobs and the economy, which i think we would all agree are the key issues for voters here and across the country. unemployment in kentucky is now 10%. in fact, it's been below that figure of 10% only one month in the last year-and-a-half. attorney general conway, you s say -- this picks up on what dr. paul was saying -- that you would have voted for the stimulus, you would have

first, barack obama's dad, barack obama's dad said this. theoretically there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100% of income. so long as the people get benefits from the government. you got it? so in other words they could take 100% if they want to, as long as it's shared with everybody else. now this was his father. his father was a marxist, anti-colonial marxist, not the kind of marxist you found in the soviet union. now his mother, she was also anti-colonialist, stanley ann. she married lolo soreto. he was a capitalist. but she didn't really know that. that's why he was sent away. he was sent away to hawaii. to her grand parents right here. this is stanley ann dunham's mom and dad. grandpa decided he needed a role model, somebody that he could really fashion his life after. a mentor. frank marshall davis. this is frank marshall davis' f.b.i. file. it's pretty intense. so this is the dad's writing. mom sends barack away because he's being influenced by somebody who is not a marxist or an anti-colonialist and sends him t

not linking themselves to president obama are or they voted for obama care. they are being rejected now by the electorate. so democrats at this point are grasping at straws. trying to sound like republicans and win over tea party voters. i think they are desperate. they very having trouble even doing that. >> following up with no republican will dare to cross the aisle. >> christine o'donnell was not new. she benefitted from obviously the tea party movement and outside support from tea parties outside of the state. what i do think that is going to happen. you will have a lot of democrats that will want to work with republicans. the tea party issues and why there are so many trying to get the voters, the issues are not the social issues. although a lot of your tea parties are social candidates. they want to repeal obama care and tax cuts that help job creation and small businesses. i think what you're going to have a congress, republican-lead congress, that once they get over the feelings of the election. i think speaker boehner will bea able to get a lot of r

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 who's 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

it picture of president obama and pennsylvania. -- a picture of president obama in pennsylvania. this, again, from "financial times." do you think this election is about president obama? we will start with richard from new jersey. caller: thank you so much for taking my call. i don't know if this election is purely a referendum on obama as it is a referendum on the state of affairs in america. let me tell you why i say that. did you watch the debate between cristi and o'donnell and chris koons? koons? >> -- host: i did. caller: she used the term obamacare. there is no legislation on the books called obamacare. i have been a long time wolf blood sir -- wolf blitzer watcher, it is disconcerting when you talk about legislation that does not exist. what if we talk about the o'donnell wiccan candidacy because i think it would be underhanded. just like that there is not anything obamacare that the president signed in congress voted on. why do we spend an entire debate with two very sharp people managing the debate and get people can constantly talk about legislation that does not exist

she has delivered everything barack obama wanted. she has the full weight of the presidency behind her. the danger for her is, if they get routed and joe gaylord to designed the '94 contract with america campaign his estimate is republicans will pick up 55 seats in the house as minimum if that happens he mabel face a real decision. i'm not sure she wants to stay as minority leader. at that point she may leave. >> sean: she may not have a choice at that point. it seems that there's no democrat that wants to run on their record. if they voted for health care they are not running ads saying i voted to pass the health care bill. if they voted for stimulus or cap and tax they are not running ads that way. it seems it going very negative, very fast. another example is out in california you have gubernatorial candidate meg whitman. she hired somebody to work for her in 2000. the person signed a diagnosticment under perjury statutes that said -- signed a document under perjury statutes that said she now all the evidence points to the country

it starts at the top, it is his description of obama. >> i don't think, is without -- i don't think obama is without tumor. -- without humor. wry does not work as a political tool. >> the problem is lack of success. if obama had been succeeding with the policies, he could be as dour as he wants to be a people was still cheer him. -- and people would still cheer him. it is not his personality, is the way he's executing policy in the city. there he has very serious problems, not just with the health-care debate, but on things like afghanistan, on tax policy. it is hard to find a consistent theme of the obama administration. >> let me dissent. the third year of ronald reagan's administration, in the midst of cold war tensions and a bad economy, gallup found that american populism was at its highest point in 25 years, -- american optimism was at its highest point since 1959. bill clinton was able to generate up optimism and happiness. the president sets the tone in directly for the nation. >> i am telling you, wisconsin, we are bringing about change, but you have got to stick with me. >> how

issue three, obama's mendacity. >> a new book on barack obama is now in the stores. it is titled, "the mendacity of hope" written by roger d. hodge with a subtitle of quote, barack obama and the betrayal of american liberalism, unquote. on the fly leap of five prominent liberal intellectuals endorsing the book. bowman, wolfe, and cline. naomi cline says this, quote, ready to wake up from the obama dream yet? if so, this thrillingly scathing and relentlessly truthful thing is called your strong cup of coffee. secures of sloppy culture that will this political era intervene. while expertly unmasking the corporate machine that is the real brand obama. drink up, unquote. repeat the author of the book is former editor and chief of harper's magazine 20/06 to 2010. roger d. hodge. >> what do you make of this? is this a condemnation of barack obama. >> robert gibb said the professional left wouldn't be happy if they put in dennis kusinich as president. >> president obama was elected, i always predicted that it would be the people on the far left that would be his undoing. fr

including the seat of incumbent democrat russ fi finegold and president obama's old seat in illinois. a senior political analyst for the washington examiner and co-author of the almanac of american politics. he joins me now from washington. michael, welcome back to the program. >> it's very good to be with you, paul. >> juliet:. >> paul: a lat of people are comparing this when the republicans picked up a lot of seats. republicans picked up a lot of gains in the south. this year, a lot of the gains they expect to get if they're going to take back the house and senate are across the upper midwest. what's going on in that part of the country? >> well, i think something very important it coming on that the political comment hasn't figured out. when i was growing up in michigan, when you were growing up in wisconsin, paul, the rules of economic distress, the industrial heartland as you named, pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, wisconsin illinois. they move toward the democrats. what they're seeing in a time of economic distress they're moving heavily towards the republicans in a way we haven't

it was the obama campaign. with the democratic party after the primaries, when the clinton people and obama people were united in their redefining the political map in all these different states. and i don't think that's inevitable that will necessarily go away because i think the interesting thing is both the right and the left now agree that grassroots politics were obama proved in his campaign and they're now proving it in opposition. so that's a different situation we faced before. what's less certain is how does it play in governments? can a plan governance? i maintain that occurred and obama didn't really try. and so, the jury is still somewhat out on that. but i think what's very clear as the method of change is still very powerful. i mean, the tea parties have the same message the obama campaign really had, which is want to change our country. we want to take our government back and actually take our country back. take back america with the slogan of the dean campaign. that's a different connotations ab

the president obama budget means it will grow even more by the end of his term. instead of cutting wasteful spending, president obama and the democrats plan to raise taxes. last week, congress fled washington while one of the largest tax hikes in our nation's history hangs over the heads of our nation's families. the president merely waved goodbye. interviewed recently about why he would not extend all of the tax cuts, president obama declared that he has "a whole bunch of better ways for us to spend that money is." with all due respect, this money is not yours. it belongs to the american people. the deal, tax hikes harder yet another -- at the obama tax hikes are yet another job killing bertin -- a burden. raising taxes on anyone in the middle of a recession is the worst thing we can do. the problem is the washington spends too much. as a doctor, i have also heard from americans who are concerned about the president's broken health care policies. in washington, we are bracing for the new health care law. as you might remember, president obama promised time and t

obama's name is not on the ballot maybe they are not going to turnout. i think the pundits are wrong. >> are the pundits wrong? trying to bridge the enthusiasm gap republicans 51 percent are far more motivated to vote in the midterm elections than democrats at 28 or democrats at -- independents 32 percent. campaigner in chief today. voining vice president joe biden at a rally in philadelphia with the latest poll showing democrat joe sestak trailing tomb me by 6 and a half points in a closely watched race in the senate. i am geraldo riverivera. more important than the president even in the key pennsylvania senate race is the changing -- he must change the national mood of doom and bloom that has energized his opponents while debatie -- deflating his supporters. >> geraldo, 23 days before election day president obama came to northwest philadelphia hoping to recapture some of his 2008 election ragic president and vice president joe biden participated in the democratic rally here. their message is even if they are frustrated with the economy and jobs in the

but i think that the reason that the white working class is moving away from obama obama is far more economic, not in the sentence of unemployment, i'm going to lose my job, there is a recession, not that at all. but in the sense that they feel he doesn't believe in up yard mobility. he doesn't believe in working overtime and getting what you want. he doesn't believe in the american freedom. it's largely economic narrative not about abortion, gays, guns, and that kind of stuff. >> bill: i disagree with you there is a heavy duet component with emotional stories like the mosque. i mean my mail reflects all of this. yes, the economy is of great concern but the president is perceived now as just, look, every -- i'm a blue collar guy even though i'm wearing a green shirt tonight and i'm a rich guy, but i'm still that sensibility. you know that, morris. you know me. >> yes. >> bill: all of my friends who are all blue collar, most of them blue collar say the same thing. he doesn't understand me and he doesn't care about me. he doesn't understand what i do, why i do it, what i believe doesn'

it's better to run against obama than run in favor of a program. >> what advice do you have for obama? >> to run the contrast campaign that eleanor is talking about. where you talk about -- let's imagine what the house will look like if we have republicans in control. imagine what the senate will look like. >> what do you think she should do after november 2? do you think she should leave the country? he is out of here. >> this is not a great desirable job for anybody right now to be president. but he's doing it. but that's okay. our economy is global. >> hurry up, we want to get to the exit question. >> if we had pelosi, reid, and obama there, if the republicans keep the house, you're going to have a tea party war with the republicans and the tea party guys want to take an ax to the budget and the republicans are going say, hold on. >> forget the tea party. what about the new entrance to the house of representatives? they aren't all tea party. there will be others, too. are they going to be satisfied? >> everybody is going to be influenced by the tea party man >> okay. >> and don't g

unquote. 38% said obama deserved reelection. 38%. but despite that low number, there may be good news for democrats. in a recent gallop poll conducted last week, democrats have caught up to republicans in the generic congressional ballot. when asked whether they would vote for a democratic congressional candidate or a republican congressional candidate in their district, 46% of those polled picked a democratic candidate. this is exactly the same percthose who picked a republican candidate. >> question, will president obama be able to rally voters and save the democrats from a november blowout? pat buchanan. >> no, the democrats will have a major defeat. there's no doubt about it. i will say this, the democrats are in better shape than they were in august when they had that mosque thing, the mosque down there at ground zero and obama has done well in his campaigning. the republicans made a mistake putting out this new contract with america. they broke into their own message and a lot of races, the republicans are slipping in californi

unquote. 38% said obama deserved reelection. 38%. but despite that low number, there may be good news for democrats. in a recent gallop poll conducted last week, democrats have caught up to republicans in the generic congressional ballot. when asked whether they would vote for a democratic congressional candidate or a republican congressional candidate in their district, 46% of those polled picked a democratic candidate. this is exactly the same percthose who picked a republican candidate. >> question, will president obama be able to rally voters and save the democrats from a november blowout? pat buchanan. >> no, the democrats will have a major defeat. there's no doubt about it. i will say this, the democrats are in better shape than they were in august when they had that mosque thing, the mosque down there at ground zero and obama has done well in his campaigning. the republicans made a mistake putting outhis new contract with america. they broke into their own message and a lot of races, the republicans are slipping in california.

obama could use bully pulpit. >> now it's obama's problem? >> bill: no, he could do what you are asking. the president could do what you are asking. >> if you and i, two members of the senate, and you could clearly be elected, i probably would have -- >> bill: there is no doubt you couldn't be. okay. [ laughter ] >> and paladino can be? as a governor i'm pleased. >> bill: let's not digress. >> a senator can keep it secret for six days. >> bill: i'm not disagreeing with you. >> i can keep it secret for five days and can i hand it over to you and you keep it secret for five days. >> bill: powerful people like president obama could have outed coburn. the president didn't do it. the associated press had to do it. >> you are not blaming the perpetrator. you are blapping the guy -- >> bill: here is what i'm angry about. i'm angry about powerful people doing nothing. i'm angry about coburn. i'm angry about obama not outing coburn. i'm angry about angelina jolie and celebrity friends getting cred going down there and when the going gets rough just li

. >> there are a lot of disappointed people here who voted for president obama. >> president obama promised change. >> many of us came in to this expecting to see the change happen all at once. >> washington doesn't feel like it has changed. >> the strategic framework is set. >> i hear folks on the other side say they want to take our country back. you know what, we don't need to go backwards. >> the president: we are moving in the right direction. >> this is a very different election. >> there are outside groups on the republican side that are largely supplanting the role of the national party. >> for the first time my conservative message is resonating like you can't imagine. >> if republicans have a good day november 2nd, it is gonna be because the american people want to go back to limited government, fiscal responsibility. >> sean: with less than three weeks before the midterm elects all eyes are on california. that's thanks to a cell phone conversation in which an aide to jerry brown can be heard referring to republican candidate meg whitman as a whore. sparks flew at the recent debat

caller: obama, yes. you remember when they had in the elections they had plenty of heavy supporters mentioning they would not even vote for obama. so have president obama, vice president clinton and previous president bill clinton, too many captains on one ship and it would create a problem. host: a little bit more about bob woodward's book about her thinking and how she went about deciding whether not she would take the secretary of state job. it says this -- spoken by e-mails but with mark penn -- host: washington, d.c., my god, republican line. caller: i think this whole thing is political maneuvering. i don't think you can deny that. a lot of these decisions are made about deals and i -- hillary was offered the position of secretary of state during the campaign as an incentive to get her to step out of the way because at the time of the convention, the momentum was awesome and it would have thrown the democratic convention into a many side -- many ballots situation where they had to take many ballote

attacks by president obama and the democratic party on the u.s. chamber of commerce and others say as much as any poll about the plight of the democrats this fall. the claim of foreign money flowing to republican coffers is so transparently without proof, even organs of the mainstream media are saying so. in evidence has emerged, said the "new york times." they call a democratic ad about foreign money "a new low in midterm battle." the fact that president obama himself joined in the claim suggests that he and his party have given up all hope for swing voters who dislike the attack. they seem solely like trying to turn out the base voters to keep the mid-term rout turning into a massacre. amid high unemployment and widespread sentiment that obama has gone too far left, even strongholds like california an new england are vulnerable. thus a president and party sees change that originated on a website to raise question about the secret and foreign influence in the election. never mind undetermined number of cash flowed in to obama's campaign that hid

. >> so is this a referendum on barack obama? >> an >>> you should be ashamed for sacrificing nikki diaz on the alter of your political ambitions. >> you have blamed her, blamed the left, blamed the unions, but you don't take accountability. >> it's gloves off in the race for governor of california. former ebay ceo and republican gubernatorial hopeful, meg whitman accused jerry brown of magnifying a household mishap into a national embarrassment that has hampered her campaign. namely the accidental hiring by the whit manns husband and wife of an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper who now alleges that meg whitman knew what her status was. >> she knew that and i don't have papers to work here. >> the incident initially set whitman back in the polls until an associate of jerry brown was recorded on a police union voice member's voice mail machine calling meg whitman a name. brown apologized for the comment, but appeared to some to stumble in the debate when he tried to explain away the slur. claiming faulty message transmission. >>

then the obama administration is covered saying oh now we are considering -- >> bill: you think the obama administration knows what the pentagon is going to say ahead. >> we know what the obama administration thinks. we don't know what the pentagon is going to say. >> bill: they want to buy a little time are they going to get the stay. >> i don't think she going to give the stay and men perhaps they will appeal it what they need to do is simply buy time. >> bill: if they don't appeal it then don't ask don't tell stays in effect. >> if she grants the stay, yes. >> bill: say she says no i'm not going to give you the stay. then the next day the obama administration appeals. what happens to don't ask, don't tell. does it go back into effect. >> then hopefully it will then be stayed and they will not. >> bill: who would make that determination. >> the adjudge, the appellate court. >> bill: different judge than. this as a matter of law it would be stayed. >> until they hear the whole matter. >> but i don't think that what is what the obama administration is on here. they want to buy some time.

i am not for obama, i am not against him. that is why i am able to do this kind of work, i think i am not for or against the war. i am trying to present what carl bernstein and i back in the watergate age called "best obtainable version of the truth." host: t book is called "obama's blacks but not expected to announce at change in national security adviser at the jacob >> president obama is expected to announce a new national security adviser soon. james jones is resigning. we had expected to have that announcement on c-span, but that has been moved to c-span-3. >> in the james jones case, it appears that he and president obama never really clicked. his deputy, who will be announced as his successor, did develop a relationship with the president over time as part of doing those morning briefings. >> what market will jones leaves on the obama administrate -- mark will jones leave on the obama administration in regards to afghan policy? >> i am not sure that we will see a distinctive mark. he has described writing a fairly deta

you know, that the republican administration left president obama. clinton left an $86 billion surplus and bush left obama 1$12 trillion deficit. >> when you talked about that seat, the open sestak seat, the 7th congressional district right outside of philadelphia, that is now leaning republican with pat in the u.s. attorney against lan lentz. you've got congressman murphy in a rematch there with fitzpatrick. why are these toss-up seats, democratic seats, now likely to go republican? >> well, they started out, again, with a high, you know, percentage, the numbers were high for the republicans, both in the seat, his numbers were high and fitzpatrick's numbers are high. they're coming down drastically to the margin of area and evenly. democrats surge. we surged in the last month. we're surging now. we're going to surge in the last week. i also think without question that both of them seats will be in the dem ocratic column. >> is there any way you're going to hold the senate house for democrats as ed rendell, term is limited, also been leaning republic

bush. 57-34, obama won. we asked them again in recent day, 47 obama, 45 bush, e essentially a dead heat. if you're the white house and looking at those number, only 20 months in, but ed rollins, that tells you -- you remember the reagan midterm in '82. that tells you ouch. >> there's no question that has to hurt. you know, you can't be in denial anymore. i think the bottom line, one number i would use if i was running a campaign out there today is one of the reasons the stimulus didn't work is 72,000 dead people got stimulus checks. i would take all the mistakes that are out there in the stimulus bill and highlight them and show how ineffective this administration has been, not only in spending too much money but not spending the money wisely. >> john, do you ever think you'll see barack obama equal to george w. bush when people rate them? >> presidents always look better in the rear-view mirror but that is a terrible number and ind kaltds the slip barack obama has had this year. the one silver lining the ob

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i think that obama did a good job out of the gate. he did the right thing by bailing out general motors. over that first summer, he did not take the right seriously. when they started those town hall meetings in the tea party movement started, it was laughed at by the east coast deletes and they are not laughing anymore. i think that he needed to have done health care quicker. the fact that it ate up the entire first year of his presidency and a up a lot of capital within the democratic party is not doing well for the president. democrats do not want to be in a photo opportunity with obama right now. that is not good. >> it appears to me that barack obama is a great tradition. democratic presidents always have problems with the left wing of the party. bill clinton certainly did. jimmy carter certainly did. ted kennedy's challenge. as we go back in time, one president said that the problem with the no. liberals is that act like kids all the time. truman talked about liberals. the ultimate liberal icon was pushed to the left in his firs

obama a couple of weeks ago who said president obama, i'm tired of defending you. of course with democrats, that's part of their nature. but we were trying to make the point that a disappointing friend is more important than a deadly enemy. maybe you should reconsider how you're going to react just because president obama has not been everything you thought he might be. you know, the democrats get into this problem because they use their base as nothing more than a cash machine. >> i got to interrupt you, unfortunately, we're over our time, but bill will be back with us tomorrow night. "parker spitzer" starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm kathleen parker. >> and i'm eliot spitzer. i finally figured out just who you are, rational conservative from the south. >> and you're a new york liberal with a funny accent. >> your talking accents just proves everything in life is where you stand and where your perspectives are. we're not only going to have tough conversations but try to come up with some answers. >> we'll bring on some -- we'll both get in a fight with that

, but it starts at the top, with obama. >> i don't think obama wa without humor. >> have you seen him be self- deprecating? >> yes, i have, but wry does not work as a political tool. >> the problem is lack of success. if he succeeded in the policy, he could be as dour as he wanted and people would cheer him. it is not his personality, it is the way he's executing policy in the city. that is where he is having serious problems, not just because of the health-care debate, but on things like afghanistan, the way he attacked -- the tax policy -- it is hard to find a consistent theme with the obama administration. >> let me dissent. the third year of ronald reagan's administration, mixed with cold war tensions and a bad economy, gallup found that american optimism was at its highest point in 25 years, since 1959. bill clinton was able to generate optimism and happiness. i think the president really is , at the white house in particular, sets the tone for the city and indirectly >> i am telling you, wisconsin, we are bringing about change and progress is going to come. you guys stick with m

michelle obama. >> wow! oh my goodness! ow!le >> yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we care, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can! >> hello, ohio. oh, my goodness. thank you, thank you, thank you, columbus. >> o-h -- >> io. that is wonderful. my job is to introduce him. i want to think you're great governor, ted strickland. thanks for that very kind introduction, but i want to think a few more people, you're with to the governor, your mayor, senator john glenn and one of my favorite performers in the whole wide world, john legend. let me tell you how thrilled i am to be here tonight with all of you. first of all, this is something that i do not do very often. in fact -- oh, you are so sweet. i had really not been on the trail since a little campaign you might remember a couple of years ago. believe it or not, as ted strickland said, the last time barack and i campaigned together was two days before that little election and we were right here in ohio. [applause] >> the truth is, as a self- desc

and obama was obsessed with it. and ultimately in his book, he describes, he goes to africa, he goes to his father's grave, he weeps, he says i put my hand on the ground and i threw africa's red soil and i tried to commune with his father. it's not the first time a child has shaped their identity in the image of an absent father. >> in your forbes article, which was the cliff notes version of your book. the first factual assertion relates to a -- to permit some u.s. companies to sell machine write to a foreign oil company. and you used that as the fulcrum for your whole debate. that approval was done by bush appointees. all done before barack obama was president. >> that's absolutely not true. >> it is. they were appointed by president bush. >> no, look, i work in the white house. you know how the government works. federal agencies often have leftover appointees. the petro brass decision that was made by the export-import bank that was made in april or may of 2009. >> five bush appointees. >> bush appointees can pro

president obama in miami tonight raising money. former president clinton in syracuse, new york, to help an embattled democratic candidate. is one president more valuable than the other, or is this an equal partnership? in chicago, roland martin. new york, ed rowlands. here in washington, cnn contributor and senior political columnist for the daily beast.com, john avalon. and gloria borger. which president has more appeal on the campaign trail? let's listen to bill clinton, in west virginia today. governor manchin was favored heavily, now in a close race. his republican opponent said you can't send this guy to washington because all he'll do is vote yes when you ask him. >> he's really the president and you have to vote against the president, so vote against him. he'll be just a clone. his whole life was a fraud. he was just waiting for that moment when he could go to washington and check his brain at the door, check his conscience at the door, check his life at the door, check his experience at the door. check everything so he coul

the obama administration disputes the commissions finding. earlier, our correspondent in washington told me the report has not yet been finalized. >> this is a a draft report, written by staffers working for the national commission. it is not a final, signed off report yet. but these documents have been made public on the commissions website here today, and they are pretty damning in their criticism of the obama administration. the main criticisms are that during the first crucial 10 days of this incident, government officials were overly optimistic in their impression of bp's ability to handle the oil spill. government scientists under estimated initially the amount of oil pouring into the gulf of mexico and later overestimated the amount of oil as it evaporated or otherwise been taken out of the sesa. the report -- the sea. the report singles out carol browner. she went on american television and all this and said it 75% of the oil had gone. and that was wrong, plain and simple. >> have we had any reasons from the u.s. government as to why