some shows that brought him some controversy. in that interview, liz, mr. obama also said when you re campaigning, i think you re liberated to say things without thinking about, okay, how am i actually going to practically implement this. isn t that what the media are supposed to do? yes, well, and he wasn t picked up on it the whole interview was a softball and he has a long relationship with steve cross going all the way back through the campaign. and like so many people in the mainstream media they didn t lay a glove on him. there wasn t a tough challenge in the whole interview so he got away actually with saying communication is the problem here not policy. jon: he seemed to be saying, elliss, politicians can say whatever they want if they re not challenged nobody is going to be the wiser. well, duh. [laughter] i mean, that s what campaigning is all about. jon: where are the media. have you ever heard of a politician making a promise, john? listen, this is how we play t
membership took a shellacking because of it. and now, a lot of people, even in her own party are urging her to step aside. are the media giving that the right amount of coverage, do you think? i think this is a major fight in terms of the direction of the democratic party and the media are responding as one would expect them to. i mean, what standards are we holding her to other than her ability to continue to raise money for a lot of people? look, she is the emblem of the left wing democrat, if she maintains that seat, i think it says something about where the party is going. elliss, you have a little shrine to nancy pelosi? not a little shrine guy. it s hugely important i would put my money on her, however, because the electorate here has gotten much closer to nancy than the one that elected her the last time and the caucus is more liberal than before. some of the blue dogs are chased away and i think she s probably going to win. it s time for a break and first check out the
jon: elliss. well, it s also what we call the planet earth. you know, that s how most people are today. we re the outlighters in that equation, plus, remember, that this president follows one whose reaction to most of the world is to thumb his nose at it. so, sure, people are going to like this guy better. i wouldn t underestimate the ability of the american press to continue to adore him. clare shipman campaigning michelle obama to jackie kennedy, that s the coverage on good morning america. that s mrs. obama the they adore mrs. obama. i haven t heard a lot of adoration when it comes to the man on the mountain, the anointed one as sean hannity calls him. i haven t heard that, jim. having a little bit of a down beat, but (laughter) first time he calls the name, he ll come back up j talk about for a minute, nancy pelosi. some people say that she essentially was doing what the president wanted in the 111th congress and her party, her
always call alaska home. i d rather be out here being free. this is what life is all about. and on a really clear day, you can see russia from here! almost. . jon: she has gotten a lot of heat from that new show. some lefty groups, elliss, are pushing discovery communications to pull the plug. how about at that for freedom of speech. a strategic miss steps on the part of the lefty groups as you mentioned, let the woman talk, the more she talks the better off they are. interesting that some of these folks who don t like her, i mean, she puts eyeballs in front of television sets, right. yeah, aen she got a network to pay her a million dollars per episode to do this, but i found the most interesting review to come from karl rove, who is not exactly a left wing who said this is not going to advance her presidential prospects, it doesn t make her look presidential. i d listen to karl. and the numbers keep going down every time she makes appearance. her popularity numbers, you
hardly a religious, right wing publication, but look, the media are reluctant to cover religious stories unless they have a scandal attached to them. this was a great moment. i read in the fastest of all places one asked for a minister, two or three of them down there half a mile beneath the earth, experienced the conversion. so these are interesting human interests. i think this is one of those stories where the media can be a cheerleader and they can be an observer at the same time. there s no down side to this story. it rings true for everybody. so, it s a wonderful, feel good moment and i think especially our adam housley at fox did a great job, simultaneously translation while cnn was doing a voice over and work with them. jon: elliss put aside your negativity for a moment. yeah, this story i m surprised cal wasn t pulling for them to stay in the hole.