no indication bret: he has been censored by the house for fast and furious. if i could respond i would say that is true of obama s cronies, when it comes to underlings, the space under the bus has been all used up. gregory hicks, for example. yes. who was demoted. the guy who courageously spoke out about what happened in benghazi. he was in tripoli on that night. and he did stuff that the state department didn t like, like speaking to congressional delegates. he ended up under the bus and demoted. i would say as per the holder investigation, his defense of you lied in speaking with congress, his defense is oh, i just lied to a judge in saying that rosen was a perspective criminal suspect. that s a hell of a defense if you are a attorney general of the united states. he ought to be under the bus, but there is no chance. is he too much of a friend of the president. that s what saves you in this administration.
to take away the guns. this helps the firearm industry. since 2008 the impact of gun sales on the economy has gone up 66%. republicans are also firing up the head-shaking crowd by saying president obama has abused his power. how do they snn take a look at just a sample of the reaction from right wing blogged after the president invoked executive privilege over documents in the investigation. they compare the president to richard nixon and say he s directly involved in a cover-up. i don t remember republicans aacting this way when executive privilege was invoked by george w. bush to protect karl rove from the senate judiciary committee? the right wing didn t seem to convey care when executive privilege concealed dick cheney s meeting with energy executives in the summer of 2001. on top of all the false outrage, republicans use the holder investigation to directly impact the president s re-election chances, and they like that.
republicans are also firing up the head-shaking crowd by saying president obama has abused his power. how do they know? take a look at just a sample of the reaction from right wing blogged after the president invoked executive privilege over documents in the investigation. they compare the president to richard nixon and say he s directly involved in a cover-up. i don t remember republicans acting this way when executive privilege was invoked by george w. bush to protect karl rove from the senate judiciary committee? the right wing didn t seem to care when executive privilege concealed dick cheney s meeting with energy executives in the summer of 2001. on top of all the false outrage, republicans use the holder investigation to directly impact the president s re-election chances, and they like that. the transportation bill expires on june 30th. there s no sign of any action there. the program to keep student loan rates down expires on july 1st.
romney will say. that s what the republicans in congress will say. and at the moment, the republican congress is tied to an investigation of attorney general eric holder. and by asserting executive privilege, now president obama is in the thick of the fight. is this where the obama campaign wants to be? and a senior political analyst for msnbc. steve kornacki is senior writer from salon.com and will be cohost of msnbc 3:00 show the cycle. both pelosi and boehner put their spin on the politics of the holder investigation. instead of bringing job-creating legislation to the floor, the transportation bill, they are holding the attorney general of the united states in contempt of congress. for doing his job.
republican congress is tied to an investigation of attorney general eric holder and by asserting executive privilege now, president obama is in the thick of the fight. is this where the obama campaign wants to be? mark halperin, editor at large for time, steve, senior writer for salon and starting monday, will be a co-host of the new show. today in their weekly briefings, pelosi and boehner put their spin on the politics of the holder investigation. instead of bringing job creating legislation to the floor, the transportation bill, they are holding the attorney general of the united states in contempt of congress. for doing his job. the decision to invoke executive privilege is an admission and the white house officials were involved in decisions that misled the congress and have covered up the truth. mark halperin, do you buy the