the the early polls don t mean much. if you look at the record, it s one of accomplishment, conservative principle and the ability to articulate that and get votes across the aisle. a sampling of sound for those runs for president or leaning to running. bring in our pam. mara liasson from national public radio and sind kateed columnist krauthammer. this week, we have haley barbour that dropped out and says he will not run. several others are indicating they ve they will probably run or not run or deciding to run. it s early but what does the republican field look like at this point? uniformed. the republican chairman at a breakfast in washington said many of the folks exploring running for president will likely get in the race many of them explore willing likely get in the race. that s mitch daniels who i
of lawmakers are calling for more action by the u.s. even though they were saying that they were scaling back. take a listen. you think the u.s. should get more reengaged militarily? absolutely. as the rebels were suggesting today? absolutely. we have asset and capability that our nato allies and friends just don t have. i would love to see our assets back this the fight. that s where we start. panel, steve hayes for weekly standard. juan williams columnist with the hill and syndicated columnist krauthammer. steve, it seems like there is a back and forth about whether the u.s. is engaged or not in these attack missions. even the new york times said there was a growing gap between the public statements and the operationm details. what is actually happening on the ground. the administration explanation for this as well, weren t really offensive stikes they were defensive in nature because they were taking out assets that might have threatened nato airplanes.
of lawmakers are calling for more action by the u.s. even though they were saying that they were scaling back. take a listen. you think the u.s. should get more reengaged militarily? absolutely. as the rebels were suggesting today? absolutely. we have asset and capability that our nato allies and friends just don t have. i would love to see our assets back this the fight. that s where we start. panel, steve hayes for weekly standard. juan williams columnist with the hill and syndicated columnist krauthammer. steve, it seems like there is a back and forth about whether the u.s. is engaged or not in these attack missions. even the new york times said there was a growing gap between the public statements and the operationm details. what is actually happening on the ground. the administration explanation for this as well, weren t really offensive stikes they were defensive in nature because they were taking out assets that might have
you out. steve hayes, senior writer for weekly standard. mara liasson of national public radio. syndicated columnist krauthammer. steve just back from the bowles. congratulations to your packers. thank you very much. bret: this green is not for the green bay packers, but congratulations. congratulations nonetheless. i didn t pretend that it was. yes. bret: what about this? the pros and the cons, and what is being said about it? well, basically, this is a trade. i mean this is a time shifting maneuver in which you hike employer contributions to unemployment insurance to 2014. you move the level from 7,000, which it is currently to 15,000. so in that sense, john boehner is right. it would be ultimately a job-killing tax hike potentially. the difference is, or the tradeoff is in the interim, you don t pay that. and you don t pay the interest that states are otherwise paying now for 2011 and 2012. but it s a time shifting thing. this is sort of like cash for clunkers.
hopefully the panel will help you out. steve hayes, senior writer for weekly standard. mara liasson of national public radio. syndicated columnist krauthammer. steve just back from the bowles. congratulations to your packers. thank you very much. bret: this green is not for the green bay packers, but congratulations. congratulations nonetheless. i didn t pretend that it was. yes. bret: what about this? the pros and the cons, and what is being said about it? well, basically, this is a trade. i mean this is a time shifting maneuver in which you hike employer contributions to unemployment insurance to 2014. you move the level from 7,000, which it is currently to 15,000. so in that sense, john boehner is right. it would be ultimately a job-killing tax hike potentially. the difference is, or the tradeoff is in the interim, you don t pay that. and you don t pay the interest that states are otherwise paying now for 2011 and 2012. but it s a time shifting thing. this is sort of lik