this? very much so. poll after poll shows that 65, 75,% of the american people are paying close attention to the debt debate. it s interesting because this president seems to think that he can take a page out of previous president s play books, nixon, ronald reagan, bill clinton and go over the heads of the press, districtly to the american people to make his point. but those presidents knew enough to use the oval office or the east room or use the power for presidency in very rare, pointed kinds of ways to persuade and cajole and educate the american people and this president seems to be engaging in campaign strategizing from the white house which is why i think he speaks criticism from the right and left. jon: what about the body language? i was struck while i watched that speech, he seemed very stiff. i felt i was watching the animatronic version from all of presidents from disney world. i think peggy noonen called him a martian if that helps. and over the heads of the
reaches out pan does a deal and all of a said he is fighting everybody, the penal he it the deal with, the left and the media. come on. and peggy noonen pointed out at friday s journal, the audacity of animosity, i mean, he chose he could have gone out there and said i ve made a wonderful deal, help america, wonderful for everybody and hope it passes instead he says i don t like this deal, i don t like the democrats, i don t like the republicans, obama chose to throw elbows every which way for reasons i can t although the best jon stewart said in a handy skit last week, obama s approval rating in obama s rate 68%, and it wasn t rating obamaing, it was obama s rating of america. he s slammed because he s too above the fray and doesn t show anything or shows the grit and compassionate and genuinely and rightfully angry and oh, my god he s angry, no
media not example the civil war between or the fighting i sawed think between the moderate and conservative side. hold guard and new guard. and peggy noonen, the telling piece in the wall street journal where she explained this is not a wing of the g.o.p. the tea party, but more critique of it and she was able to go in depth within the fault lines of the party. jon: there s been a lot of ink and air time against christine o donnell s she s the average american woman and deeply in dep and took a lot of time to pay off lop loans and finally got her college degree. resonates with voters. but you ve got to say, spt really karl rove right? i mean, what are we talking about here? i think that the white house must be so happy with this outcome. i can t imagine anything better and that is the story line and i think you ve seen it. jon: well, are the media