that the united states has conducted an operation that killed usama bin laden. now, here is why i think the media has been fair, generally speaking, in its reported damage of this incident. because it helps barack obama. i m not saying that with any disdain, i believe the president did a gutsy good job on this. so do i. bill: this puts barack obama in a very good light going forward for re-election. all right? so, the left-wing media is going to celebrate it and cover it as a positive where it would have been fascinating if bush, in his last days in office had done the same thing. they would have said it took them seven years to finally get around to doing it is what they would have said. but, look, what you are going to see here is barack obama had a competency issue that people said he is a good guy but is he not terribly competent. certainly in terms of the economy and in terms of health care. well, he was very competent.
re-elected. trace: i want your take on how the hurricane plays politically? how important is this hurricane to president obama s future in the coming weeks and months how he handles this? chris: look, this was an interesting article in the wall street journal yesterday by zuckerman who published the new york daily news who supported obama in 2008 and he talked about a competency issue, whether, and growing doubts whether president obama is up to the job. obviously that focuses on the primarily but he cannot afford another katrina. any criticism the government did not do everything it could and should have done to respond, obviously, they cannot control a hurricane, but they and respond to the evacuation beforehand and the recovery effort after. the president needs to make sure for the good of the millions of people in the path, but also for his political benefit, that goes, as well as it possibly
so you have the debt debacle and commercial for what fast food that teed everybody off. place? everybody was teed off on both sides. right? nobody happy with that. that went on for six weeks. immediately after that the stock market tanks, people lose bill: that is correct. wendy s. where s the beef? trillions of dollars and remember that old lady that was americans are going, you know what? scaring the cow? something wrong here. not about whether is he a good clara peller. guy or whether this or whether do i get extra credit for that. that. it s a competency issue right no. now, dr. sabato, is it not? because i knew it too. yes, it is. bill: all right. question number three. and, look, bill, in at this correct. during a 1984 debate, with walter mondale, again, ronald point in 1983, ronald reagan was reagan used a clever line to answer a question about his age. losing to most of the democrats. at this point in 1995, bill you already are the oldest clinton was losing to sev
and i think the media has been fair. and barack obama and i do believe that the president did a gustsy good job on this. this puts barack obama in a ve good light going forward to reelection. all right . so the left wing media is going to celebrate it. and cover it as a positive . fascinating if bush in the last days in office had done the same thing. they would have said it took them 7 years to get around for doing it. and what you are going to see here. barack obama had a competency issue that people said he is a good guy but not terribly competent certainly i the economy and health care. but he was very competent. very competent in terms of
something that lawyers always do in every state on the death penalty case. they try to get the statute declared unconstitutional. it s not an instant gratification motion. they are north going to get an easy win. it has to go all the way up through the courts. the competency issue i don t agree with alex at all. i think they have a big problem now and i think this is going to foreshadow something bad for the defense. because they need casey anthony to be a witness in their case. she is the only one who can testify about that drowning that her father denied happened. she was the only other person there if you choose to believe the defense theory of the case. and she is the only person who can testify that she was molested and that s the reason why she lies and behaved erratically after her daughter went missing. they need her to take the stand. juan: you don t disagree with alex that it s unusual to ask for, say she is incompetent in the middle of the case. you are saying you disagree