i was in reagan s white house during iran-contra. i can tell you the mind-set there is this. they re saying,re what the irs . how could they have done it. we might have have been berating the tea party and cult rattly or psychologically so people did it. now they re trying to hurt us. don t give them anything more and counterattack. that s what s going on in my judgment on the part of the president of the united states. it is hurting him and it s hurting the irs. i think that s one of the reasons you re getting the attitude we re getting from president obama. he is sinking in the polls and it s getting to him. pat, thank you. thank you, greta. now, irs employees are going to make sure you comply with obama care or else. but guess what? they don t want it for themselves. so what s good for the goose is not good for the gander? chief political correspondent byron york joins us. good evening, byron. good evening, greta. what seems to be the problem? this story had origin in
during iran-contra. i can tell you the mind-set there is this. they re saying, look, that was a mess out there what the irs did. how could they have done it. we might have have been berating the tea party and cult rattly or psychologically so people did it. now they re trying to hurt us. don t give them anything more and counterattack. that s what s going on in my judgment on the part of the president of the united states. it is hurting him and it s hurting the irs. i think that s one of the reasons you re getting the attitude we re getting from president obama. he is sinking in the polls and it s getting to him. pat, thank you. thank you, greta. now, irs employees are going to make sure you comply with obama care or else. but guess what? they don t want it for themselves. so what s good for the goose is not good for the gander? chief political correspondent byron york joins us. good evening, byron. good evening, greta. what seems to be the problem? this story had origin in
else, too. there s cult rattly something else with this, as with abortion on the anti-abortion side. this is an issue where one side actually votes on the issue. where one side has long memories and where one side has a very intense focus on this issue. i think that those who most people who say they favor gun control, that for them is just, it s part of a smorgabord of issues. there are not single-issue voters. people who support gun rights. i would like to add to that. a point to what karen said. somebody might be in favor of gun control. so they ll show up on the majority side of that. but they re going to make assumptions about politicians who back gun control. the kind of person who likes gun control, oh, they must be also support x, y, and z, in other words, they re a liberal and i m not a liberal, therefore i m not voting for this person. so i think politicians have to look at more than an individual polls, they have to look at how this issue resonates in terms of their broa