timed mediterranean cruise they call the greek tragedy? was it his wife taking too big of a role in the campaign? today newt blamed what he called a strategic difference which sounds a lot like divorce language, you know, irreconcilable differences. whatever the cause of the mutiny people are saying, i told you so. let me be the first. i told you so. plus, president obama s opponent of 2012 may not be a republican candidate per se but the economy. the recent bad economic news may help a business exec otherwise not exactly exciting like mitt romney. why is romney skipping the iowa straw poll? remember four years ago you said if you can t compete in iowa in august, how are you going to compete in january when the caucuses are held? that s a question that now confronts romney himself. now that he has done another 180. also the palin e-mails. they were released today and right now reporters are pouring over catch this 24,199 pages of documents contained in six boxes weighing 50 p
it s a matter of principle. the democrats never circle the wagons to protect their own. in this case, we have a controversy about a guy s private life. there is no evidence of law breaking. the tide might be turning. pointedly did not call for anthony weiner to quit when given the chance. we were wondering if you can give us your reaction to what s going on with anthony weiner. i don t have a comment on that now. are you going to call for his resignation? i told you, i don t have a comment on it. no comment? i ll take it. it pushes a win as they say in vegas. it s a great start. as long as they stop attacking their own guy, we don t have a high standard. it s a good start. unfortunately, there are ten democrats in congress calling on aptny wiener to resign. they have to stop. his constituents don t agree with the national democrats telling him to step aside. his constituents show 56% of them want him to stay in office. if you take out those who don t have an opinion
a major chunk of washington journalism is filled in through the prism of the white house, which is why you see so many reporters standing right here on the north lawn. and a good bit of that coverage involves the man whose job it is to deal with the media. as anyone who s ever watched robert gibbs in the briefing room well knows that can get pretty contentious. didn t expect to have this package within a party about the public option? again, contrived almost entirely by you guys. with all due respect, and i sympathize with you trying to explain the vice president s comments, but that s not even remotely close to what he said. he was asked about if a member of his family said i understand what he said, and i m telling you what he meant to say. gibbs is the man who speaks for president obama. a longtime adviser which must come up with what his boss derives as the speeded up and media culture. i sat down with him right across the alley from the white house. robert gi