83, the director by 2006, he was put in by president bush, that doesn t make him a republican. this is a systemic question. if there is a chain of events, and if there is a leadership problem within the secret service, that in itself is not a left or right question either. to look at this, is to look more broadly now and say, don t just look at columbia, if it was done in columbia, was it done where else these teams have been. that has to be looked at because it s critical too. and you re dealing with a lot of agents, and you re dealing with people who help key positions. look at the three former officers that have been dismissed or resigned. one is a supervisory employee. one nonsupervisory employee resigned. you talked to the ahead of the secret service, congressman, do
reduced the federal deficit to zero, created a surplus. you can argue what you want. they got health care together. it worked. it s good and bad, whatever you want to call it, it worked. santorum doesn t get a piece of that. he didn t quite say that. look, it s true, by the time rick santorum, i covered his 1994 campaign. he was a junior senator. just the fact he was in senate doesn t make him senior to gingrich. it s a bit of a shot, but based in reality. the other day, gingrich was saying openly he was ready to make common cause with santorum if he had to. the key to new hampshire, if gingrich finished in single digits and santorum over 20,
zero, created a surplus. you can argue what you want. they got health care together. it worked. it s good and bad, whatever you want to call it, it worked. santorum doesn t get a piece of that. he didn t quite say that. look, it s true, by the time rick santorum, i covered his 1994 campaign. he was a junior senator. just the fact he was in senate doesn t make him senior to gingrich. it s a bit of a shot, but based in reality. the other day, gingrich was saying openly he was ready to make common cause with santorum if he had to. the key to new hampshire, if gingrich finished in single digits and santorum over 20, does gingrich get behind
given. he could have been trying to wean him off, but that doesn t make him less guilty of a crime. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. now to the big interview with the president that msnbc contributor was able to secure moments ago. president obama spoke with him on his radio show. the president talked about the recent killing of the al qaeda leader and also talking about the plan to reduce the deficit and the current state of the nation s economy. if you have got a job right now that s stable and steady, then we want you to just be out there with confidence knowing that the american economy is still the most dynamic in the world. if you need a new washer and drier, buy that washer and drier. if you need a new car, go buy the new car. the economy is going to be chugging along. it s not moving as fast as we would like.
perp. is he more dangerous than the number two guy in al qaeda? is it possible that he could take over al qaeda? he s relatively young. he s a newcomer to the jihadi scene. when he lived in the united states in the sort of 2002 time period, he was living in virginia and people were saying this guy didn t seem particularly radical. it was after he emerged from a yemeni prison in 2006. so he s sort of new to the game, which doesn t make him less dangerous. i don t think he s in a position to take over big chunks of al qaeda. zawahiri, though, hi doesn t seem a real solid replacement for bin laden. within the movement, he has skeptics. yeah, the guy is regarded as a sort of divisive guy. he s not even well liked by members of his own egyptian