frosted in congress over the lack of consultation as you know, and people have been reading back this quote from candidate barack obama in 2007. quote. the president does not have the power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. history has shown us time and time again, military axis most successful when it is authorized and supported by the legislative branch. what happened in this instance? well, keep in mind that we had to move quickly to save lives. gadhafi s forces were on the edge of benghazi. i consulted with a bipartisan group, including the speaker of the house, including the republican leader in the senate, and made sure that they knew this was a possibility that might take place, but we might have to move quickly. now, since that time we ve had extensive consultations with congress, and the key point here
president obama. the same thing is happening to sarah palin. her favorability among republicans has dropped four points in a month. the reason i think it s dropping is because she s not engaging directly, you know. when i had her on the program, i asked specific questions, she didn t want to answer them, she wanted to give a speech and this, that, and the other thing. he also found fault with christine o donnell when she ran for the senate in delaware, so has o reilly found his calling in republican politics, bullying the nuts off the stage to make room for viable candidates? joining me now, alex wagner, huffington post correspondent and msnbc analyst. alex, thanks for joining us tonight. hasbuhe
neither was the case here. turns out freshman senator paul agrees with candidate obama and president obama. what he left out of his youtube commentary last night is that 28 days ago senator paul voted for senate resolution 85, which was proposed by a bunch of liberal senators, including bernie sanders. that resolution, quote, strongly condemns the gross and systemic violations of human rights in libya, including violent attacks on protesters, demanding democratic reforms. calls on moammar gadhafi to decyst from further violence, recognize the libyan people s demand for democratic change, resign his position, and permit a peaceful transition to democracy. and urges the united nations security council to take such further action as may be necessary to protect civilians in libya from attack, including
her favorability among republicans has dropped four points in a month. the reason i think it s dropping is because she s not engaging directly, you know. when i had her on the program, i asked specific questions, she didn t want to answer them, she wanted to give a speech and this, that, and the other thing. he also found fault with christine o donnell when she ran for the senate in delaware, so has o reilly found his calling in republican politics, bullying the nuts off the stage to make room for viable candidates? joining me now, alex wagner, huffington post correspondent and msnbc analyst. alex, thanks for joining us tonight. thanks for having me. serious business the way he talked about sarah palin. i don t think he would have done that awhile ago.
senator from new york, senator chuck schumer. thanks for joining me tonight, senator. nice to be with you. senator, any progress today in the negotiations on possible budget compromise? no, i don t think there was too much progress. the bottom line is the tea party continues to pull at speaker boehner, say don t come to any compromise. their positions continue to be extreme. and we know that hr 1 will not pass the senate and the president would veto it. so their solution just doesn t work, and would lead if they stick with it and if boehner sticks with them, it will lead to a government shut down. what is the democratic senate proposal on the budget compromise at this point? we propose something very reasonable. we met them halfway. they want 60 billion in cuts below the president s number. we were happy to stick with the freeze at the president s