bill: best of luck to her. martha: politics on this tuesday morning as we get up and running after memorial day weekend. president obama rored le reportedly struggling to find an effective re-election campaign slogan. in 2008 his campaign of hope and change dominated the political playing field, it galvanized voters for him across the country. >> i don't believe change happens from the top down, it happens from the bottom up, because the american people are determined to bring about change. if you are ready for change we can go ahead and tell those special interests that their days of setting the agenda in washington are over, because they have not funded my campaign, they will not run my white house, and they will not drown out the voice of the american people. martha: remember at the inauguration he said change has come and that change begins now with the beginning of his presidency. joined now by alan colmes the host of the alan colmes radio show and tucker carlson editor