seven months ago, just days before the presidential election, america witnessed the political odd couple of all political odd couples. it was president obama and new jersey governor chris christie embracing on a trip to new jersey to tour sandy destruction. the president even hooked the governor up with his idol, bruce springsteen. the right wing was furious at christie. they bashed him. romney campaign insiders said they were frustrated. some talkers called him names. but he really didn t seem to care. the president has been outstanding. i appreciate that type of leadership. i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and
that president obama may not want to reach a deal on the nation s fiscal crisis. some claim the president is intentionally coming to the table with a plan the republicans will reject to damage gop come the next election. democrats are asking the republicans, where are your proposals? here is john boehner and nancy pelosi. the republican lead i areship in the house to bring the legislation to the floor next week. megyn: doug schoen cohosts campaign insiders and is a fox news contributor.
the day, the american people are going to get the short end of this deck. because they won t see what the negotiations really were. megyn: that is radio star laura ingram, raising questions about president obama leadership when it comes to the tax hikes and spending cuts that will take effect at the end of this year unless washington do something. her remarks echo mitch mcconnell, who took an even tougher time today. criticizing the president for staging a series of campaign style events instead of what he says would be leadership. joining me now to discuss that is the dog show. a former pollster for president clinton and cohost of campaign insiders here on the fox news channel. he is also a fox news contributor. so this is how real america is
also they had a close one with a hunk ever space debris. they were within two miles of them. and considering the vastness of space that s correct is pretty close up there. you have to watch out for that space junk. thank you so much. we appreciate it. thank you. greg. well, you knew them as the campaign insiders, but look at this new graphic. that s right. there s a political insiders now with a brand new focus discussing how the ongoing effort on capitol hill to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff might come out and how president obama will deal with the unraveling situation in the middle east between israel and hamas. let s talk about the cliff first and bring in our political insiders. the names have changed but the people are the same. a former congressman doug shown and a pollster for bill clinton and joining us live remote from beautiful west palm beach florida, packdel.
came out of the national security council. tom, the political operative, i think they put pressure on petraeus. they need to get to the bottom of it. again, the stakes are high and people should stop playing politics. its unseemly watching people play politics with this. gentlemen, thanks very much. doug, sean, and pat and the congressman, our campaign insiders. you can get more from the political insiders now every monday at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and they are going to be here again next sunday. you can also follow them on twitter at fninsideers. and we will be right back. with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips . and you learned something along the way.