And the revelations of widespread surveillance of the American Public by the National Security agency, the nsa. Polls show our president with higher disapproval marks than approval. 54 disapprove of the way hes handling his job. 40 approve. The president nevertheless seems unbooted as he addressed his remaining three years in office in an engrossing interview with the editor of the new yorker magazine. Quote president obama, the conventional wisdom is that the president s second term is a matter of minimizing damage and playing defense rather than offense but as ive reminded hi my team the day after i was inaugurated after the second term, were in charge of the Largest Organization on earth and our capacity to do some good both domestically and around the world is unsurpassed even if nobody is paying attention. Unquote so says mr. Obama. Question if you were advising the president on his state of the Union Address next week, and the remainder of his second term in general, what would y
mcchrkrichrystal ordeal and howt axed. how petraeus plans to get us out of afghanistan. the senate just blocked the unemployment extension bill again. my fight for the middle class heads straight to the white house tonight. and understand what s happening here. here you have well, i was fired up about another story but now i m fired up about this story because this just broke. there s so much to get fired up about. here you have the republicans doing anything they can to protect big oil, but when it comes to the unemployment benefits, can t do it, boys. can t do it. i mean, i just think that this is such to the core value of the republican party about who they are. it s all about the money. it s all about their job security in washington and who lines their pockets. well, here s the other story that has me fired up tonight. i think the entire republican party can t stand the fact that a foreign-owned multi-national oil company is going to have to fork out $20 billion to c