the most viewed videos. a lot of attention being given to the president s answer in that news conference. what do you think?. i think awfully tough sell. the fact is she said what she said. it was on tape. whether he knew it was on tape i don t know. i will give him of benefit of the doubt. clearly implication was he said he was potentially a felon or didn t know or something. but, yeah, it is not, it s a tough one to overcome. martha: you know, andrea, you add it to the list, the other allegation is that he is hiding something about his taxes. david axelrod has referred to the secret taxes of mitt romney and the secret war plan. a lot of secret words are being thrown about. also man who, you know, claimed that his wife died of cancer, tat ad has been seen as heavy-handed coming from the campaign. what else is the president supposed to say in that situation? well he could actually decry these type of attacks. he should have come out much sooner than he did yesterday
frankly think it is important as a lot of other people do but i think it is a fair thing to say and i also think it is fair to say that erskine bowles, who i talked to about this, was somewhat angry and, for good reason his plan was not, at least given more consideration. i think he was upset with president obama. i think he expressed that. a lot of that spilled over in the speech he is giving. i get back to the point, when andrea says same thing with federal employees, federal employees are not becoming voucher system people which is what paul ryan wants to do. the biggest argument republicans can make, they should have started making this after they passed obamacare, democrats have already raided and gutted medicare. did this through the passage of obamacare. nobody can be in favor of obamacare and simultaneously claim that they re protector of the medicare. do you support those $700 billion cuts, bob? martha: makes an excellent point, bob. do you support savings, not cuts. i
forward with just like paul ryan. it is a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget and it cut the budget deficit just like we did by $4 trillion. martha: joined by bob beckel, former democratic campaign manager and andrea tanteros, daily news columnist both co-hosts of the five. good morning. what do you make of this clip, bob? it is making rounds. you left out calling it a radical proposal. i m not surprised. a lot of people consider ryan to be serious and thoughtful. i certainly do and good with numbers but that doesn t change his policies. i mean we never made a big deal when the economist bartlett who worked for reagan and kemp and george bush came out for obama s stimulus package. you will find people say it is thoughtful. and look, i will even go so far to say it is thoughtful. it is wrong but it is thoughtful. martha: andrea. bob will reach for the maalox after he gets off the set because that kind of
senator reid only speaks for himself but it did not condemn the remarks. house minority leader nancy pelosi backing reid saying she believes the information came from a credible source. who is that source? we do not know. as for reid he is not backing down from yesterday. the issue that i raised has nothing to do with me. it has everything to do with the first presidential candidate in more than 30 years who refused to show the american people his income tax returns. you could not be confirmed as a secretary of a president s cabinet if you don t supply income tax returns. so, this is not about me. bill: well senator reid, remember, is from nevada. key swing state in november. bob beckel talks better, former democratic campaign manager. andrea tanteros might even speak better than bob. daily news columnist. both co-hosts of the five
else to divert from the fact that these last four years have been tough years for our country. bill: so now the story takes a new turn. bob beckel, former campaign manager, andrea tanteros, daily news columnist. both co-hosts of the five good morning to both of you atbe, bob. anything but the economy. he mentioned estates. include his estates. bill: there might be a few. continue. listen, you can t be thin-skinned like that. you re running for president of the united states. as dick daley original mayor daly said this is not a game of bean bag. for him to whine like that, the part of the reason the american people haven t warmed to the guy. he doesn t take criticism well. if it is direct the at him, he, just sound like a guy running for alderman. bill: i think andrea is boiling over there. thin-skinned? not boiling. not boiling.