campaign? zbli think republicans will take advantage of this. it s possible they ll win. i don t know, michael. but the larger issue is first of all honesty. it is not at ground zero. it is blocks away. it is not a mosque, it s a community center. both those things matter. and i would say to john, i don t want to personalize this, and i think you re a decent person, but would you be okay with our grandparents or great grandparents being told you can t build a church here? it s offensive to the protestants in the native. we are not at war with islam. we re at war with al qaeda. if al qaeda wants to build a memorial or recruiting center in the neighborhood, i will join you, john, so will all democrats, and we will protest that together. but we re not at war with islam. why would we let peaceful muslims believe that we want to declare war on that, too? i think the 9/11 families are the ones most affected by this.
needed legislation. joan, does it sound like harry reid did the president any favors with the comments. john is a republican strategist. i m a democrat, but not a democratic strategist. michael, you know that. i m going to sit here and be on the democrats too. harry reid is a tower of jell-o here. it s clear that the republicans are trying to demagogue this. it s clear they re trying to make this and the 14th amendment issue big voting issues. it remains to be seen whether they will succeed. but it s really sad and tragic to me. i want to pursue something you. i can t concede on its face by definition it s demagoguery to think this is in poor taste. my religious freedom and your religious freedom is not suggest to anybody s idea of taste. it is a value we have. it is a right we have. you know, i am the grandchild of
jennifer don hugh, love your work on the huffing ton post. great to have you with us tonight. for more, let me bring in bill press and john feery. was today the light for reconciliation and a simple majority? i think it was the day for commonsense, ed. i have to say, i was there when the president made his statement covering it as a journalist. it was hard for me not to stand up there and cheer. said, look, we ve talked about this long enough. the status quo is unacceptable. now is the time to act and the american people deserve an up or down vote on health kafr. it doesn t matter whether you want single payer or you want nothing. let s just have a vote. it s hard to argue with that kind of logic. i m sure john has to agree. let s just have a vote. up or down. what about that, john? i don t agree with bill press. i know that s absolutely
history. now, looking forward, john, as a republican strategist, would you really want to run against this health care bill? would you really think that the republican also have an advantage saying that, hey, i voted to deny 31 million americans health care coverage? do you think that s a good place to snb. i think what they will say is i voted against a bill that is being jammed down your throats that only 35% of american people supported. this is a very bad bill that is going to bankrupt the country. this is the biggest myth going around washington that somehow passing health care reform and extending coverage to 30 million americans is going to be bad for americans in november. we fought for two years and we produced nothing. has the tide turned for the democrats on this? absolutely. and once the tide is going to turn even more, ed, once we re talking about the product that
they delivered and we are not debating the process, which we have been doing for the last 15 months, that s the problem. you ve got to tell your guys, you ve got to get on the right side of history on this deal. damage amn right. the right side of history to stop this bill and not put us in a bankruptcy. look what has happened to the greeks and the british. we can t afford it. we can t afford the tax increases. let s have a vote. that s the issue today. let s have an up or down vote and then we will decide. according to the senate rule, they need to get 60 votes. no. no. no. you can t get away with that, john. john, bill press, great to have you with us. majority rules. i know one of the three of us could fill five hours but