treating this like a law enforcement incident scares me. that s not how islamic extremists change it. we need a commander of chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. how forward do you think president obama will be to defeat in 2012? it depends on a few things. i got this from buchanan, say he played the war card. say he decided to declare war on iran or decided to really come out and do whatever he could to support israel, which i would like him to do. but that changes the dynamics in what we can assume is going to happen between now, because if the election were today, i don t think obama were re-elected. but things could change on the national security front. you re not suggesting that he would cynically play the war
suspects, making national security a top campaign issue this year. our guest this morning, the president s top counterterrorism adviser john brennan. then the economy. a puzzling jobs report features a dip in the unemployment rate below 10%, but where are the jobs? and are deficits as far as the eye can see undermining america s power and flups in the world? our exclusive guests this morning discuss the present and the future of the u.s. economy. former treasury secretary and author of the new book on the brink, henry paulson, and former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan. finally, your politics fix. sarah palin rallies the tea party saturday night. we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the electrlectern. scott brown is sworn in as the 41st gop senator. what now for the obama agenda? a jobs bill, financial regulation, and health care. with us, two former white house
attacked, our embassies were attacked it was treated like an international crime spree not like an act of war. we are seeing that mindset settle into washington again. that scares me for my children, for your children. treating this as a mere law enforcement matter places our country at great risks. that is not how radical islamic extremists look at this. they know we are at war. to win that war we need a commander in chief not a professor at law standing at the lectern.
september 11th. that threat then as the uss cole was attacked, it was treated like an international crime spree, not like an act of war. we are seeing that mindset in washington. that scares me for my children and for your children treating this like a mere law enforcement matter. it places our country at risk because that s not how radical islamist extremists are looking at this. they know we are at war, and to win that war we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. cnn s mary snow was in the room for tonight s keynote address. john avalon is here too. he is a former speech writer for rudy giuliani.
week ago. now to tea party politics. sarah palin working the crowds at her first tea party convention. she served as the keynote speaker last night in nashville. marry snow is here to tell us if she gave them what she can came to hear. reporter: for all the talk of big spending dominating the tea party convention, it was national security sarah palin targeted first in her speech. she took aim at the obama administration s attempted handling of the christmas day bombing attempt. we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. reporter: she then turned to issues here. a crack down on government spending and slammed the stimulus package saying the tea party is at the forefront of preserving conservative values. this is the movement and