on. doug, are you there? is that true? you re absolutely right, harris. you couldn t be more correct. bottom line, this is a rigged system. ordinary working people you re absolutely right! because the bottom line is there s no pro-growth inclusive strategy from either side to create jobs, to educate our kids, to provide real and meaningful retirement security. bottom line, those issues aren t talked about. you have a political class, as pat and john compellingly have talked about, that protects their own interests, and you see people saying, at least the tea party is honest, workers voting against unions. bottom line, it s a rejection of the status quo, and it s an endorsement of fundamental change. independent 02 on twitter says, tea party, seriously, you re saying their the answer? yeah right. no, it is not. there s a much bigger coalition. underlying all the cynicism and anger in this country, what
i want to get to other things. q bones on twitter tweeted this. both parties fear the tea party would put an end to the massive corruption. whether or not it would, who knows, which speaks to what you guys were talking about. i want to put up words on the screen because you were talking about a poll we took with fox news. should congress continue to investigate the irs. 71% of americans now say they want that to happen. doug? harris, what john and pat are saying is absolutely true. close to three quarters of the american people see an abuse of hour here. they believe that the irs is being used for political purposes. they want to stop it. they want to investigate it. but both sides, the democrats, the republicans, don t want to do it. and indeed, in the republican party, i m of the opinion that the establishment republicans are fighting harder against the
more, meaning premiums would have to rise or the networks of providers would shrink any further. and now more controversy surrounding the president s signature health care law. some republicans in congress say the president s using of executive power to make changes to obamacare violates the constitution. utah senator mike lee accuses the president of essentially rewriting the law and calls his action as shameless act. but senator lee admits there isn t much congress can do to stop president obama. let s bring in former republican congressman and a fox news contributor and joining us via satellite, doug shone joining us from l.a. bring us some sunshine, won t you. you can join the conversation as some of you already are because the twitter feed is flying.
ask your doctor about cialis for daily use and a 30-tablet free trial. well, people definitely have a feeling about this irs investigation targeting tea party groups. doug schoen is in l.a. drumming of sunshine. why do you feel the gop surrendered on this issue? i ve been sickened that nixon went down the toilet, in part for talking about using the irs to go after his enemies. here obama is doing it, the obama administration. where are the republicans from boehner on down having high level investigations to get to the bottom. where are they in. here s the answer, it s an obvious one.
looking ahead. president obama preparing for his state of the union address. about where the country is right now. the customary speech before congress comes at a time, though, when americans are saying they are more dissatisfied with government now than they have been in any time in the past 13 years. new polling showing 65% of americans surveyed say they re dissatisfied. that s up from 47% in 2008 and 30% in 2001. it is ticking up. why? let s bring in our political insiders for fox news. and you can join the conversation, too, on twitte twitter @fninsider. john, former republican congressman of new york. pat caddell, a former pollster for jimmy carter, and fox news contributor, and doug shone, pollster for bill clinton and fox news contributor. great to have you here tonight. doug, what is driving this