columnist david from, the host of the fromme forum and former speechwriter for george w. bush. thank you for being here. the one thing we re going to be hearing about in the next 12 months, david i put it to you, a gop set of primaries, looking for a candidate, talking about the middle class, who represents the middle class in this country? the the democrats are trying to make some speeches that the democrats are the party of the middle class, republicans the party of the rich. the republicans struggling with that themselves. david, what s your sense of how republicans are positioning themselves and who this country represents the vast majority of people, the middle class. i don t think anybody is doing a very good job of it. the president gave a speech in kansas in which he tried to stake out this ground and gave an assessment of the major problems facing middle-class americans. his prescriptions were really weak. the president s main idea seems to be to have higher taxes
office, i never even conceived a thought of running for president. it was only after when he took office and i saw his arrogant disregard for the american people that i knew i had to do what i could do. arrogant disregard of the people that s made our military weaker. our economy weaker, and our respect in the world less. cain will be in south carolina tonight for a gop debate. the obama administration has turned over some e-mails to a house committee investigating the solyndra collapse. they did not give the panel everything it requested saying the subpoena was overbroad and overreaching. the committee is investigating the decision to provide $535 million in loan guarantees to solyndra. and right now in hawaii, president barack obama, he s hosting leaders from the asia-pacific region, talking about the economic potential in that region. cnn s dan lothian is there. and you will be hearing from him later on. the president, meantime, will be heading to australia and indones
in this country, for the second time in less than 24 hours, an earthquake shakes central oklahoma. the latest one hit right before midnight eastern time, measuring a record 5.6. it was centered near sparks, about 45 miles from oklahoma city. and legendary performer andy williams says he s suffering from bladder cancer. williams broke the news to concertgoers last night during a christmas concert in branson, missouri. andy williams is 83. he has been seen professionally since childhood. good news. president obama creawe baulhaml completed his annual physical. he s in tip-top shape. but it doesn t look like his insurance company will pay for it. he listed a bad economy as a pre-existing condition. jay leno taking a jab at president barack obama. we re exactly one year away from the 2012 presidential election. and if you pay attention to either the white house or to national democrats, you ll notice a pattern. they generally ignore criticism coming from the various gop can
the otherwise peaceful protest setting a government building on fire. police are firing tear gas into the crowd. news reporter tells us many of the peaceful protesters left once the violence began. we are reaching out by phone. noda will be joining us in a few minutes. a much calmer gathering in washington, d.c. it is a march for jobs and justice being led by civil rights activist, the reverend al sharpton, heading for the new martin luther king memorial which will be officially dedicated tomorrow. a catholic bishop has been charged with failing to report suspected child abuse. bishop robert finn knew about foreign graphic pictures of children on a priest s laptop last december. if convicted, bishop finn could face a year in jail. actor larry hagman says he has been diagnosed with cancer. the 80-year-old, best known fr his role as j.r. ewing on the tv series, dallas, didn t disclose the type but says it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. he will undergo trea
about a few weeks ago that would be more likely to garner bipartisan support and actually get done? the problem the president is facing republicans have said no to basically everything so far. i think they will agree to certain provisions, certain tax cuts in the president s plan but it s going to be like pulling teeth for the president. when i said republicans want a lousy economy on election day, i certainly didn t want to paint with too broad a brush. it s not every republican. but undoubtedly the just say no policies of the republican party do tend to lead one to believe that a lot of republicans wouldn t mind a bad economy on election day because that is almost a sure way to get rid of president obama. there is a danger, though, with that. if this economy, which is shaky right now, takes another turn, another clear turn down ward shall the next president of the united states, if it is not barack obama, is going to have a worse situation that they inhair ilt that they