and how important do you think that decision is? i think it s a very important decision. history has shown that it s not as important as you would think it is. i any bob mcdonald is great. i think that senator rubio would be extent. i think your senator from ohio portman would be very, very good. we have a lot of good people in the republican party. i do think bob mcdonald and rubio and portman, and chris christie always is terrific, i know him very well, i have a lot of property in the state, he s done a really good job. you have a lot of good people. martha: donald trump thank you so much. come back soon. i will. martha: good to talk to you. thank you, martha. bill: seems the only chang tha channel that is reporting on this comment is right here. what is interesting, i think, is how it has lived on day after day. just like you talk to donald trump you can go out to somebody else and get either the same reaction or something different. it s an intriguing point, these inc inflect
martha: back to the election right now. governor romney s campaign stepping up their offensive against president obama repeatedly accusing the president of being a quote, crony capitalist, who gives federal handouts to his top supporters. hear is the latest attack. take a look. so while middle class americans are suffering in the obama economy president obama s donors and supporters are doing well. if you re a middle class worker, you re facing the prospect of layoffs. if you re an obama contributor, you re facing the benefit of payoffs or benefiting from payoffs. martha: that was ed gillespie in that voice there. bob beckel joins me, former democratic campaign manager. andrea tanteros, daily news columnist. both are co-host of the fabulous the 5:00. bob, do you think this is useful candidate for the romney campaign. when heard crony
he is losing in the campaign. i don t understand it. doesn t make sense to me. martha: you guys talk about monkeys and rabbits and i m talking about the elephant in the room. it is a big fat elephant. we all know what it is. you guys are right on target. are you refering to me? martha: no, bob, was i? i don t know, who is the elephant? i know. martha: you re a teddy bear, bob. you re a teddy bear. martha: he is getting skinnier every day. we can t make any references. he is a skinny bunny hopping across the room. see you later, see you at 5:00. this next story is a lifesaver. you can thank a bus driver for being a good is a mayor tan. this is video here in new york where a 7-year-old girl, standing on top of an air conditioner, jumps from a third story window. down below is steven st. bernard standing on the sidewalk. he was walking home from work he noticed all the commotion and he was there to literally catch that girl.
businesses. martha: is this line something that is going to resonate with voters do you think, andrea? i think it is a very potent arguement. in 2008, remember barack obama campaigned on the most sweeping ethics reform in history and the most transparent administration. we know he is awarded a lot of top bundlers like eric holder, like julius stankowski, who heads the fec with plum positions. bob has a point. a lot of presidents do this. the obama promised he wouldn t. his argument become two classes, the rich, middle class or the poor. and he is for the poor. actually he is for the rich when they are politically connected to him. so in america, basically means if you have money, you can be close to the president and his administration. if you re not on the right side of his politics though he will demonize you. that is what he is doing to business owners. martha: you make a good point. the president admitted this himself in recent interview, bob. i really thought i could
bulging up our defenses in the persian gulf. we ll tell you where. will iran finally get the message? john bolton on that in a moment. martha: a nevada city declaring a disaster but no signs of hurricane damage or flooding. what is going on there? we ll tell you what pushed that city over the edge. bill: governor mitt romney s campaign is on the offensive saying the president engages in crony capitalism. what is this all about? bob and andrea, terrific panel, fair and balanced debate on this in moments. i think it s wrong. i think it stinks to high heaven and i think the administration has to explain how it is they would consider giving money to campaign contributors businesses. how much coffee are you fellows going to need today?