candidate, and he expanded the war. and he goes into war without any congressional approval. i mean, when the republicans get in, and they re against, you know, regulations, they give you no child left behind, prescription drug programs, and sarbanes/oxley. so, no, the regulatory system, the spending, the deficits, the printing of money, they stay the same. and that s what the streets are telling us. whether it s the occupiers, or whether it s the tea party people, they re saying, enough is enough, they want some changes, and that s what they re looking for. dr. paul, we ll leave it there. thank you very much. thank you. and coming up, president obama comes under fire from republicans, criticizing his decision to withdraw troops from iraq. this after the president scored a foreign policy victory with the death of libya s defiant dictator moammar gadhafi. do the two events this week signal a shift in u.s. foreign policy? and will they be an issue in the campaign? plus, the jobs cr
war. and he goes into war without any congressional approval. i mean, when the republicans get in, and they re against, you know, regulations, they give you no child left behind, prescription drug programs, and sarbanes/oxley. so, no, the regulatory system, the spending, the deficits, the printing of money, they stay the same. and that s what the streets are telling us. whether it s the occupiers, or whether it s the tea party people, they re saying, enough is enough, they want some changes, and that s what they re looking for. dr. paul, we ll leave it there. thank you very much. thank you. and coming up, president obama comes under fire from republicans, criticizing his decision to withdraw troops from iraq. this after the president scored a foreign policy victory with the death of libya s defiant dictator moammar gadhafi. do the two events this week signal a shift in u.s. foreign policy? and will they be an issue in the campaign? plus, the jobs crisis. what will it take to get
decision to withdraw troops from iraq. this after the president scored a foreign policy victory with the death of libya s defiant dictator moammar gadhafi. do the two events this week signal a shift in u.s. foreign policy? and will they be an issue in the campaign? plus, the jobs crisis. what will it take to get america working again? our political round table weighs in. joining us, former chairman and ceo of general electric, jack welch. and the new york times david brooks. former congressman harold ford. and nbc s andrea mitchell. our roundtable coming up after this break. our roundtable coming up after this break. [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman,
look at that economy number and think that i am nowhere near out of the woods. well, he s not out of the woods but i do think you ve got to say, capturing and killing bin laden made a huge difference to people s perspective on who he is. it will for a long time change the perception of who he is and make him seem strong, decisive, and that s going to help him in all sorts of ways. what we saw from george w. bush, he went way up with the foreign policy victory, kicking saddam hussein out of kuwait and he fell 60% in 18 months. why was that? because of the economy. so ultimately, this is going to come down to the economy and whether in fact republicans came up with a candidate who has some of the kind of excitement that sarah palin has, that brings the substantive that voters want
memorial day. on this national holiday, a heavy rush of politics. sarah palin s mystery tour rolled into town. we don t know when she will appear because her aides will not tell us. her stops included ft. mchenry and she s being cagey on the subject of whether it s a rolling civic lesson or a 2012 campaign. i believe there are many more people out there to add. competition breeds success. i would hope that there is going to be debate. also this day, president obama leads the traditional wreath laying at arlington national cemetery and announces a major change in his national security team. with america fighting three wars, we ll explain whether the new war council signals a new approach. i m announcing my choice for the successors today because it transition must be seamless and we stay focused on the security challenges before us. but, first up, like it or not, she s back. sarah palin is on a bus tour that mixes landmarks of america s past and battlegrounds of her po