reduce the deficit, get an energy bill, forget cap and trade, but an energy bill that creates american energy independence, good educational if he can do that he s going to get reelected. sean: in two years he s given us three trillion in debt, tripled the bush budget deficit and kept it there for two years, unemployment 10%. he s not doing a great job. unemployment dropped in pennsylvania today to 89.6% in pennsylvania. sean: i give you credit, not him. thanks sean. sean: coming up, a political unraveling for the democrats in this lame duck session. reaction former speaker of the house newt gingrich to all of tonight s events and what it means for the president s future. that and more, straight ahead. [ female announcer ] it s red lobster s ultimate surf and turf event. with three seafood-and-steak combinations, all under $20! like succulent lobster and wood-grilled sirloin, or new chardonnay shrimp and sirloin. ends soon at red lobster.
we have to cooperate on something that will begin the job of cutting the deficit. sean: governor, i respect what you are saying. here s my take on president obama, i mean this, i m being as respectful as i can. he s weak. he s allowing nancy pelosi and harry reid to set the agenda. he has from the beginning. he made all these promises about earmarks. he didn t stand up and say no, take those earmarks out. let s roll the tape first. our earmark system what is called pork barrel spending in washington is fraught with abuse. it badly needs reform. i pledge to slash:#okx earmarksy more than half when i m president of the united states of america. i m not going to tell you what i m going to spend, i m going to tell you what i will save. we will go through the federal budget page by page, line by line eliminate programs that don t work. senator mccain talks about
we have to cooperate on something that will begin the job of cutting the deficit. sean: governor, i respect what you are saying. here s my take on president obama, i mean this, i m being as respectful as i can. he s weak. he s allowing nancy pelosi and harry reid to set the agenda. he has from the beginning. he made all these promises about earmarks. he didn t stand up and say no, take those earmarks out. let s roll the tape first. our earmark system what is called pork barrel spending in washington is fraught with abuse. it badly needs reform. i pledge to slash:#okx earmarksy more than half when i m president of the united states of america. i m not going to tell you what i m going to spend, i m going to tell you what i will save. we will go through the federal budget page by page, line by line eliminate programs that don t work. senator mccain talks about
have you had any indication he would have signed the bill with earmarks in it? been discussig earmarks since this omnibus has been put on the table. the white house through their spokesman yesterday came out and said we would rather they not be there, but this is what we have so we ll have to go along with it. well, again, i think for you to say that the president is weak, this is a times-ñ wheni think he s exercised his strongest leadership. he went a lot of sean: if i get caught in a lie i m going straight to you. no, this is not a lie. a lot of his own party didn t want the tax cut bill to be passed. you know of that. sean: two separate issues. you re saying he doesn t lead and he sent strong. i think he knows he has to lead now. i think he s learned a lesson. in the end you and i both know the best politics is good government. if he can lead the country, reduce the deficit, get an
energy bill, forget cap and trade, but an energy bill that creates american energy independence, good educational if he can do that he s going to get reelected. sean: in two years he s given us three trillion in debt, tripled the bush budget deficit and kept it there for two years, unemployment 10%. he s not doing a great job. unemployment dropped in pennsylvania today to 89.6% in pennsylvania. sean: i give you credit, not him. thanks sean. sean: coming up, a political unraveling for the democrats in this lame duck session. reaction former speaker of the house newt gingrich to all of tonight s events and what it means for the president s future. that and more, straight ahead. [ female announcer ] it s red lobster s ultimate surf and turf event. with three seafood-and-steak combinations, all under $20! like succulent lobster and wood-grilled sirloin, or new chardonnay shrimp and sirloin. ends soon at red lobster.