that you got bill clinton talking and the message was, you know, mitt romney, we re not so sure whether or not he would have made the hard decision. but there s a new ad by veterans for a strong america out and the ad is called why does president obama take so much credit for killing bin laden ? usama bin laden has been killed. there will be no parade. they ve already gone back into the shadows without the outside world even knowing their names. i can report. i was briefed. i met repeatedly. i determined at my direction. i was commander in chief. we don t need to spike the football. i said that i d go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him and i did. and it goes on for about another 30 seconds from the guy behind it, joel arrens, vietnam rather, a guy who was in iraqi freedom and enduring freedom as well and has worked
analysts in our government in for completing the mission of killing osama bin laden. and he s managed to turn it into a divisive, partisan, political attack that former defense secretary, frank car lucci for president reagan called sad, john mccain called shameful. i think most americans will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. how much has the white house been touting the bin laden victory? let s put it in context, part of it springs from a speech last thursday. a campaign speech that vice president biden gave up in manhattan, he said the bumper sticker for this coming campaign would be bin laden is dead, general motors isn t. there was a web ad released in the week by the campaign that featured bill clinton talking about the raid, talking about how courageous president obama was in pushing that button, and making that call. bill clinton saying he took the harder path. there was a lot of risk
briefing room on friday. all in an attempt to unite the democrats, but almost everyone was surprised at what actually happened? did the predecessor upstage the current commanderer in chief? is bringing in the former president a sign of confidence or desperation? for fair and balanced debate, bring in the campaign manager for mike huckabee for president, chip salesman. and dick arpulian. welcome this morning. dick, let me start with you. that was stunning when president obama had to take his leave to go to the christmas party and that kept president bill clinton talking and talking and talking. all of us who know president clinton knows he likes to talk. however, this was a stroke of brilliance on part of the obama administration, along with former president clinton. this deal, the $900 billion deal, only $190 billion of that go to the tax cuts for rich and the estate tax. the rest go directly to the
is probably the best thing to do right now. then after the political storm broke out, damage control then began. a clinton spokesperson released a statement saying president clinton opposes the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest, but simply said he doubted that a long-term agreement on spending cuts would be reached until after the election. brit hume is here. boy, it s dangerous to talk, isn t it? it s dangerous for the obama campaign to have bill clinton talking, that s the way it s working out. greta: what happened? i mean is clinton going rogue? look, bill clinton is referred to often in the democratic circles and some other circles as the big dog, the big dog goes where he wants to go and says what he wants to say. he is supposed to be a surrogate for barack obama, perhaps he is. but i don t think there is any way to control him. i don t think that s going to happen. he is going to say what he thinks. let s remember, that there is a striking parallel between these