which side gains the most. let s bring in adam goldberg a former special associate counsel to president clinton, and pete snider who is the ceo of new media strategies and a former political media consultant to judy guiliani. thank you for being with us. pete, he also said in reference to republicans saying you have to tamp down on spending, it s a little odd getting lessons on sobriety when they spent like drunken sailors. what is the strategy. reporter: i think president clinton said winning campaigns is about the past. i think it s disingenuous for president obama to point fingers and say it s all about bush. he was a wonderful wonderful candidate. he s made allows see president and leader and he doesn t want
to take the country not two years into the job point backwards and say, well you know it s not really my fault, as you continue to spend the country into a ditch. he s creating a major problem, he was in missouri nor robin carnahan as voters are seeing as a rubber stamp, they are calling her robin stamp robin for agreeing with every single think of the obama administration. cap and trade, runaway spending. it s an issue when he goes out there on the campaign trail. patti ann: we ll have to leave it there, we will see whether or not president obama s current method of supporting his candidates pays off in the midterms. adam goldberg, pete snider, thank you for joining us. thank you. thank you. jon: the streets of oakland, california are a bit quieter right now. take a look at the scene last kwraoeut. angry protestors filling the streets. what sparked this chaos? you can read up on this story during the break and check out the slide show on our website
patti ann: take a look at our newsroom, breaking news coming in from across the country and around the world. jon: president obama is in nevada to talk about green jobs and to help raise money for senate majority leader harry reid. the president, hosting a fund-raiser last night in las vegas, telling the crowd he needs senator reid s help in washington. reid is struggling in his reelection campaign against republican sharron angle a. tea party favorite. anita vogel streaming live from las vegas. will president obama s visit help or hurt harry reid here, anita? hi there jon. probably both. harry reid needs the president s help in vegas, needs him to help raise money and remind voters he has clout in washington. last night president obama headlined a fund-raiser for harry reid at the city center, they raised close to a million dollars. reid is locked in a tight race with complain sharron angle for the senate seat. obama talked about reid but took time to blame republicans for
coming onto our shore. we want the president to start leading. shannon: joining us now to talk about it republican strategist pete snider, ceo of new media strategies, and bernard whitman, a pollster. peter i want to start with you. much as been made that the president is going to use the oval office for the first time for this speech to talk about the oilish ooh. should the bigger question be is it appropriate for him to use the oval office to push his legislative agenda, cap and trade and energy? you know, shannon i think the president can use the oval office in any way, shape or form that he wants to to push larger government and higher taxes. the question is, is it the right thing to do for the country? and in this case absolutely not. look, the president should have been all over this issue from the very beginning. he should have looked at some of the failures of the bush administration and president bush even admits they weren t quick enough on the draw at katrina. president ob
government is not the answer. shannon: we have to leave it there, gentlemen. that will be our final statement for now. pete snider and bernard whitman we thank you both for your debate today. watch this critical oval office address from president obama right her on fox, tonight 8:00 eastern. we ve got it covered for you. our london bureau is getting new reaction to that ugly protest we ve been showing you, unbelievable video, a muslim group attacking a homecoming parade for soldiers coming home from afghanistan. it was supposed to celebrate them, instead it turned into this. we are going to show you what some of the families on the scene had to say. that is just ahead. plus, new signs popping up in our southern desert warning folks, don t go any further. we re not talking about right at the border, we re talking 80 miles away from the border. have we just given away a chunk of u.s. territory right back to mexico? we ll investigate. plus, a new report on the healthcare overhaul saying m