vigilence, and the ability to keep our eyes on the enemy, keep our intelligence up and running. as al qaeda begins to re-assemble if you will and to grow in force, as it is as we speak, we will be prepared to interdict that type of behavior before something like 9/11 happens again. jamie: at the same time, you and i i am sure would give credit to our troops and hour commanders for make incredible progress in this war on terrorism that we know is going o. i want to ask you a political question is there any possible if the president gave this speech now to deflect attention to the other questions being raraised about government, with the irs or the benghazi investigation? what are your thoughts? yeah, this is the old wag the dog the tail wagging the dog idea. i think we smell the little of that. those of who us who watch this sort of thing all said, wait a minute. why are we doing this? and why are we doing this now?
absence during the benghazi attack, but there are few accidents in remarks. the accumulation of lies and rogue operators in the benghazi affair, the irs scandal and the justice department management all play into one another, each lending credence to the others. no matter how keenly the president wants to change the subject, benghazi is in particular, is already showing up in the polls as a ticking time bomb. more than half the people believe it was a crime and continues to be a coverup. it is a violation of the deepest beliefs of thousands of family who is have suffer in the dozen years of war that americans do not leave their countedrymen behind. the disillusion and heartache runs deep. while obama may be looking to on his legacy, forces on capitol hill are issuing subpoenas. a house committee is asking for
snooping on the media. but what is the political impactav all of this? we are joined by blad blakeman, and christy setzer, a former spokesperson for governor howard dean. good to see you both this morning. good to see you. eric: brad, let me started with you. what do you think the impact has been, is and will be on the administration? well, look, eric, the powers of the presidency are derived from his cred scpibility his leadership. the president s credibility has been terribly damaged by these scandals and his ability to lead. he is consumed by benghazi and the snooping on reporter and it is irs targeting americans. i think americans are getting fed up with a president who promised to be open and transparent to the american people and who has been everything but that. eduntil the president can start leading, the domestic agenda is stuck in the water. he is not going to be able to do the things he promised to do because he is bogged down in one
drone management from langley to the pentagon. the president want mars spies, believe military units. the shift of power will be enormous, if it ever happens. one segment of his speech seemed eerie in his assessment of what the united united states is cap, including benghazi and the killing of four american, including our ambassador, saying, it s quote, not possible for america to simply deploy a team of special forces to capture every terrorist, even when such an approach may be possible. there are places where it would pose profound risk to our troops and local civilians, where a terrorist compound cannot be breached without triggering a fire fight with tribal communities, for example, that pose no threat to us. time when is putting u.s. boots on the ground may trigger a major international crisis. mr. obama may not have intended this as a defense of his virtual
news organizations like fox. or benghazi, which the american people understand now, we have been misled, we have been lied to at the highest levels. the president isn t cleaning house. either you are toalgd to resign or you are put on leave or you are promoted in the case of a state department spokesperson who is up for assistant secretary of state, or the person at the irs is going to lead the efforts on obamacare. so this president is terribly caught up in the scandals. i have to tell you, this is not a republican. disenfranchisement with this president. this is across the board, where americans are fed up with a president who promised one thing and does quite the opposite. eric: the white house says the president did not know about the irs situation. but this is going to be investigated. but it resonates with the american people. look, the irs [overlapping dialogue] it doesn t. the fact is, you know, you know what the american people do care