conservative right, that is trying to do everything that they can in their power not to comply with laws that are moving forward around the country that are equalizing access to the same benefits that everybody else enjoys for lbgt people. and they say as much. they say, we re actually creating these things, because we re trying not to comply with laws that we know are coming down the pike. and that is the problem here. this isn t about this all just really this freedom thing, is really about people saying, i don t want to comply with the law. ida, do you feel that there is a problem here, that religion people aren t being respected enough, or some of their values and faith is being driven out of public life? well, i think there s a broader culture war, that is targeted at religion and religious people in some ways. you see it in the ten commandments being taken out of courthouses, and you see it in this effort to depict these long-standing beliefs of major religions, for thous
from me. well, it s not okay for santa claus to do that, but it s okay for the government to do that? i mean, it s a great example. okay, but what does the nsa then look like ideally in your scenario? well, that it is an organization that can conduct surveillance when there is due process. when there is actually court oversight. and i really don t believe that when the fisa court grants the nsa the authority to monitor 110 verizon users that that qualifies as due process. isn t, though, what the president said that people aren t being spied on unless there is legitimate reason to do so, and then they go through due process? didn t the president say that is the way it operates now? well, he did say that. didn t he say something about health care and the fact that you could keep your own insurance policy and your premiums wouldn t go up.
that was today. quote, away from the cameras and with all the usual assurances that people aren t being quoted by name, there s an unmistakable consensus among republican operatives in washington. romney has taken a risk with ryan that has only a modest chance of going right and a huge chance of going horribly wrong. the most common reactions hair on fire to anger that romney ceded in the election. bob, your thoughts. you ve dealt with this guy, romney, before. this wouldn t be the best argument for his business with the first big decision he had to make, he picks a guy that s got nails coming out of his head politically. i think he waited too long and then got pushed by the right for this choice. i ve talked to some of these republican pros. are friends of mine. they read the the polls. they know what s going to happen. one who doesn t like obama at all said to me on sunday, short of economic armageddon, it s going to be hard for obama to loose.
some republican because they lean democrat, it becomes a major concern. now that you already noted, the conversation has shifted away from even, you know, taxes and tax returns and the like to okay, let s talk about the specifics of your budget. let s talk about the specifics of medicare. a lot of those can t dashgts i have begun to hear a little bit of the rumbling, among some republicans, are a little bit nervous about it. politico s story today was headlines gop pros fred over paul ryan reports. that was today. quote, away from the cameras and with all the usual assurances that people aren t being quoted by name, there s an unmistakable consensus among republican operatives in washington. romney has taken a risk with ryan that has only a modest chance of going right and a huge chance of going horribly wrong. the most common reactions hair on fire to anger that
unemployment goes down, that means more people are getting work, they re able to spend more, that pushes prices up. so it keeps that index kind of stagnant. or when unemployment goes up, fewer people have work, less must be, prices go down because they re not buying stuff. again, they balance each other out. here what s happening is unemployment s going up and prices are going up, so really you re feeling it from both ends. people aren t being employed, and prices are going up putting even further burden on both unemployed and those employed at a level lower than they re used to. and, by the way, the confidence in the economy. bill: and it reflects how this country s changed, especially in the midwest. these states have been changed possibly forever. eric, we ll see you at 5:00, right? yes, you will. bill: on fbn later tonight. thanks, eric. pi bye. alisyn: he s everywhere. it s home to the white house, supreme court, but today the