element. this is the third trip. first under george w. bush. second in january of 09 may have been both administrations. this his third trip to the middle east. all the problems you say about him happened before this troop. the bush administration sent him. the reason is would need a bridge. we need to convince people who are radical terrorists. juan: we need a bridge who is going to say hamas, you are a bunch of terrorists. he has never ever ever condemned that. a bridge is a bridge. juan: a bridge to nowhere. k.t., mark, thanks so much. up next the culture warriors take on mcdonald s. you don t want to miss that later our red eye guy has things to say about the jetblue guy who wants his job back after flying off the handle and quitting in spectacular fashion. upcoming.
ground zero is a sacred place. it is a place for 3,000 innocent americans were murdered and the federal government should control it to make sure that no religions or all religions are at that memorial site. this is three blocks away in crowded manhattan. juan: it s not too far my man. moving it further. at least he is putting a memorial there and it could be a shrine. juan: let me ask the two of you about the idea that the u.s. state department your taxpayer dollars, my money is sending the imam over on this trip to the middle east. i have been on trips like that. public diplomacy. outreach to different communities. the way the imam presents himself is we have to find alternative to radical islam. he presents what that alternative is. i feel if he is going to make that trip he should not be doing it on taxpayer dollars. this is not a place because is he not fundraising. he is not saying contribution juan: the state department shouldn t send him. no. not when there is rel
ground zero is a sacred place. it is a place for 3,000 innocent americans were murdered and the federal government should control it to make sure that no religions or all religions are at that memorial site. this is three blocks away in crowded manhattan. juan: it s not too far my man. moving it further. at least he is putting a memorial there and it could be a shrine. juan: let me ask the two of you about the idea that the u.s. state department your taxpayer dollars, my money is sending the imam over on this trip to the middle east. i have been on trips like that. public diplomacy. outreach to different communities. the way the imam presents himself is we have to find alternative to radical islam. he presents what that alternative is. i feel if he is going to make that trip he should not be doing it on taxpayer dollars. this is not a place because is he not fundraising. he is not saying contribution juan: the state department shouldn t send him. no. not when there is rel
without republicans help. you had a different approach for years and this is why we re in this quagmire. for most of those eight years, unemployment was 5% for most of those eight years. shifting views on president obama. interesting here. back in january of 09, they thought he was a strong leader. now it s only 49%. compassionate, 70% now at 51. likable, 77% down to 64%. i guess i m curious what president obama has done to make people not like him. the guy has been working as hard as he possibly can. there s a lot on his plate. but there is a general trend, karen, how does he turn that around in this very important midterm season? the thing that i love about this microwave society of ourself is when he does start to fix things, those numbers are going to do just the opposite. he needs to keep his head down and keep working towards fixing the problems and cross his fingers that we didn t have another bp crisis something that
don t even want to debate or discuss this. it s not bipartisan to bring it out on the floor, let the amendments flow once the bill s on the floor and everybody has an equal chance. thank you for that, all thousand i think they re expert at sticking hands in the ears so they don t hear any of it. but correct me on the other point. blocking a straight up or down vote so they can keep negotiating behind closed doors, does that sound at all like what the republicans say they want these days in this process? yeah, that s what they ve done. that s since i mean, you add up the filibusters, add up the obstructionism, quantify it any way you want for what is it, from january of 09 to now, 16 months or so of trying to slow down, block, everything they can. and so far politically it s worked for them. it worked on health care, even though we passed it, it made democrats numbers pretty bad. doesn t look like a great year for democrats. could be okay in the end, but i think this is one too