an op-ed on politico. he talked about how this somehow fell in a political realm and you had conservatives for whatever reason rallying instantly around george zimmerman. he was even appearing on the hannity show, which was brought up in court. and liberals, as he saw it, automatically lining up on the side, if you will, of trayvon martin. how did this turn into this not a black and white divide almost as a liberal/conservative divide as he sees it, joe scarborough? what do you think? i ve been pleased as i ve watched the peaceful demonstrations of the individuals upset with this verdict all across america coming from every background. they were black, white, hispanic, asian. i don t know what their political affiliations may or may not have been. it tends to tell me if you re a mother, no matter whether you re a democrat or republican, whether you re liberal or conservative, you would be concerned about your son being shot. an innocent, unarmed african-american teenager was shot d
especially your honor theunder circumstances. we have to get to the bottom of this, stop anything that is improper, wrong and maybe even illegal. the acting commissioner is a breath of fresh air. he s honest, he s making some decisions down there that have to be made, and he s standing up to the bureaucracy, and i think i think we can pay a great deal of attention to him. i m pretty impressed with the guy. what about the story on politico, that a number of members of congress and their staffs will retire, quit by the end of the year. right now, if you work on capitol hill, you will get a premium subsidy? i think you will get a will the of people leaving. why shouldn t they have sto e
especially your honor theunder circumstances. we have to get to the bottom of this, stop anything that is improper, wrong and maybe even illegal. the acting commissioner is a breath of fresh air. he s honest, he s making some decisions down there that have to be made, and he s standing up to the bureaucracy, and i think i think we can pay a great deal of attention to him. i m pretty impressed with the guy. what about the story on politico, that a number of members of congress and their staffs will retire, quit by the end of the year. right now, if you work on capitol hill, you will get a premium subsidy? i think you will get a will the of people leaving. why shouldn t they have sto e
that s a pretty interesting dynamic. the company is still very fractured, she s absolutely right about that. the he can make claims, and push the republicans along, but if he s going to lead, i m going to say he s probably going to need to anger a few democrats as well. if he comes out of this speech, republicans and democrats are a bit concerned, i think he s actually won something here. he will look as though he s a person trying to move the ball forward. he s the only one who will appear to aunds you have to give to get. right now the republicans seem to be dug in, the republicans are just fine with the way the president is doing thing, but if the president says, we re going to have to make some cuts in medicare, i think you ll see a circus on the left. it won t just be the right. so, doug, the articles on
are none too pleased with the selection of paul ryan to say the least. so, let s put my little number crunching through the spin cycle. do you think that paul ryan creates more of an will he electoral map challenge for mitt romney? you know, certainly in florida as you mentioned. medicare s going to be an issue. health care is going to be an issue. he s going to have to answer some tough questions to a tough audience in florida. i m not sure that it is going to be as dangerous around the country. and this is unrelated, but i mean, there are challenges on the left on politico has a report up today from a democratic think tank third way that democratic registration is down 800,000 since 2008 in big states. including florida. north carolina. colorado. pennsylvania. battleground states. so the new democrat enthusiasm is down. will they be able to shore up