so you deal with an intractable problem like this that only points up the limits of what government can do, it also refocuses people s frustrations on other areas. but it just did another thing which was, you hate to call it a distraction, but they were trying to make, trying to make the turn on the economy. they ve been trying to make the turn on some other things and they couldn t even, they would talk about it, but we were covering it. but the president wants to have a singular focus on jobs. you can t do that when he s surging up forces in afghanistan, when he s dealing with health care reform, financial regulation. there s too many other things going on. so having a singular focus is not something he s been able to do. you get something like this that he can t swoop in and affect in a way that makes him necessarily look good. there s no looking good here because the problem is too big and unwieldy and it s going to be a major problem even when the press and public is not keenl
didn t rudy giuliani try to be fron traditional? yeah, look what that got him. one thing to latch onto, the mama grizzly thing. mock it or not mock it. karen handle looks she s going to be very strong in the race next week. nikki haley, carly fiorina. she s building a group of people and a theme or message if she decides to run, clearly there s a lot of energy and money for her. can she harness it in a meaning full way. is she disciplined enough. does she is the team around her to discipline. we know that s not the case yet. i believe it was on monday. newt gingrich in iowa said i ve never been more serious about running than i have been now. in an a.p. interview. it was very explicit. he did it on purpose. he knew what he was doing. not selling books anymore. exactly. this is not about books, not about speaking fees. i m really in it this time. his date hasn t changed, if he
namely authenticity. and his policy but and his personal approach, can he overcome that sort of flip-flop narrative. also, health care. he passed a health care bill in his home state that looks a lot like president obama s health care bill. if he s the tortoise in the race, mitt romney the hare is clearly in this badly done analogy. sarah palin. i like this analogy. sarah palin is the hare. look, she. ups and downs. is she really running? did you get the sense she was more likely to be running than a month ago. i feel like honestly, i feel like one day i think no. the next day i think yes. i also think unlike romney and some of the other people where you can grade her on the the traditional way people go about, she s not going to do that. here s what i would say. did rudy giuliani try to be nontraditional? yeah, look what that got him. one thing to latch onto, the mama grizzly thing.
she s done well with it. karen looks like she will be strong. nikki haley, carly fiorina. she s building a group of people and more importantly a theme or message that clearly there s a lot of energy. clearly there s a lot of money in it. can she harness it in a meaningful way? does she have the team? on monday newt gingrich in iowa said i ve never been more serious about running than i have been now. it was explicit. he s not selling books anymore. this is not about books. this is not about fox hits. this is not about fees. i m really in it. it s february or march of next year he s going to decide this thing. that s what to look for. when it comes to newt, we ll know he s serious if he starts
here. one of the problems with having this camera down there is that when the oil stops gushing, everybody thinks we re done. and we re not. one of the problems. that camera has probably done more damage to president obama, whether he liked it or not, politically than anything else they ve had over the last six months. ultimately if a president in washington overall are judged by whether solving the problem if you have to look at this thing every day. it was meant to embarrass bp. that s right. ed markey was the one who pushed for that. he thought it was important to hold bp accountable. it created all the issues to what extent the administration was able to really control bp. all this point about how this plays out. you still have a huge problem. the president spoke with great specific detail.