floor, the ground floor, we ve seen the room many times. it s the doors that open to the south grounds where diplomats and foreign dignitaries are received, heads of state. but what the president s leverage now is growing as boehner s is receding. and what boehner is saying to his caucus at this moment is, you guys are killing me. my speakership is on the line. we are on the line. everything that you want is going to be lost if you let harry reid basically negotiate with himself or negotiate with fellow senators, republicans as well as democrats. for the house to be in the game, we have to pass something and get it over to the senate. and then that becomes part of the mix. and i was talking to a congressman, a democratic congressman from kentucky earlier, and when you look at, it s not just the pressure from john boehner on the members of the tea party, the wall street journal editorial board, charles krautheimer and david brooks and grover norquist, i mean, you have to wonder at w
reaffirmation of american cam passion in the community? i don t think it adds anything that s going on. read this or charles krautheimer s piece and people should read it as to conservative theology and how it applies to these debates, he does it better than anybody else. the brooks column clarifies it very well as they come at it from very different sincere positions. still ahead, meet the press with david gregory and congressman kucinich shows the daily show his secret on getting re-elected. [ cricket chirping ] [ cricket chirping ] [ male announcer ] for the outdoorsman who goes to extremes, a truck built to do the same.
well-lubricated lobbyists and people who decide the story of the day in many ways. i think our job as reporters moving forward is to look closely at this tax bill, try to understand why is it that tax cuts for the rich extend out for two years, but unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut which may be a back door entry into cutting social security lasts for 13 months. i think we need to look hard at it because it s going to be with us, and the trojan horse lead interesting spending cuts which will cause more economic pain in a country that gets too little coverage by inside-the-beltway press. speaking of inside-the-beltway press, conservative columnist charles krautheimer hasn t had much good to say about president obama. he has written two columns calling him the comeback kid, saying he came out on top in this compromise. i haven t heard that from many other conservatives in o your side. it is one of the views of the conservative opponents who peel
thing are people who are just proponents of religious bigotry, nothing more, nothing less. you know, whether it s the glenn beck thing, is that going to have an effect in november? these aren t new voters but people who vote republicans. these are people who are wearing sheets over their heads 25 years ago. joining us now with reaction, fox news juliet huddy. that s my reaction. ok, this is a serious question, all right. there s no doubt that these people are doing this. these far left people. they re just throwing this crazy stuff out there. everybody is a bigot as bernie said. right. but why do they do it? because they re not going to convince anyone who is not in their camp already. we just why waste their breath and their time? charles krautheimer wrote a great piece about this talking about this. it s this cliched and more importantly disturbingly little go to strategy by the far left to portray anybody who doesn t
thing are people who are just proponents of religious bigotry, nothing more, nothing less. you know, whether it s the glenn beck thing, is that going to have an effect in november? these aren t new voters but people who vote republicans. these are people who are wearing sheets over their heads 25 years ago. joining us now with reaction, fox news juliet huddy. that s my reaction. ok, this is a serious question, all right. there s no doubt that these people are doing this. these far left people. they re just throwing this crazy stuff out there. everybody is a bigot as bernie said. right. but why do they do it? because they re not going to convince anyone who is not in their camp already. we just why waste their breath and their time? charles krautheimer wrote a great piece about this talking about this. it s this cliched and more importantly disturbingly little go to strategy by the far left to portray anybody who doesn t