if they say this isn t what we should be doing or the democrats say there are questions here, then i think it becomes a different issue and moves out of the rem of pure politics and more into what is in part which is a constitutional clash between two branches of government over some important principles about investigating and oversight of the executive branch. steve, i think it rallies the gop base. you d be unsurprised to hear that i entertained a lot of radio callers today who essentially said what s he got to hide? how deep is the president involved in this?
gop base. you d be unsurprised to hear that i entertained a lot of radio callers today who essentially said what s he got to hide? how deep is the president involved in this? yeah. i think the origins of this one are really important to kind of keep in mind here. it s sort of the reason why john boehner has the choice to go forward with and why every republican in congress. and that is this is a scandal that began on the right. it began on the right. the right had decided when obama became president that one of the top targets in the administration, one of the symbols for their resentment of the administration would be eric holder. there would have been a target on the back since the obama administration began. this has been the thing that s been pushed on the right. talk radio, cable news, outlets like that. and now it s finally because republicans control the house, they re able to push this thing far enough that it gets exposure. i think as mark said it s a fight that democrats ar
becomes a different issue and moves out of the realm of politics and political theatre, that this is a clash between two branches of government about investigating or the executive branch need to have some privacy and confidentiality in communication. steve, i would think the downside politically speaking for the white house is that it rallies the gop based. i entertained a lot of radio callers today who essentially said what s he got to hide? how deep is the president involved in this? i think the orbeg gins are important. and that is this is a scandal that really began on the right. which i don t really think it is. the right decided sort of when obama became president that one
president s case. on home foreclosures, on some regions of the country, on some industries, but the romney team is focused so much on scatter gun attacks on everybody else including the resident they haven t made their own case and because they haven t, it s now coming pack to haunt them. illinois primary is tuesday, romney has been on fox news or fox radio almost every day this week, plus he s thrown over $3 million at illinois, running negative ads against rick santorum. i had radio callers tell me about it, almost running like a democrat he s so negative on rick santorum. how will it play out? well, the polls right now are showing mitt romney ahead. but rick santorum has always kind of overperformed for the most part on polls, and mitt romney s continuing to be a sort of heavier than air craft. the democrats are attacking romney hard, so that may have an
party voters whose votes he needs in a few minutes and at the same time, i stuck my neck out a mile. there s obviously perception that president obama has done better at this sort of reasonable man, public relations part of this negotiation. he has seemed more reasonable. willing to compromise. and so i think boehner was trying to say, to a larger audience, look, you know, i tried to compromise, too. richard, what of the criticism that the administration has never put anything on the table? i continually hear this from radio callers who will say the administration put nothing in writing? you know, i find it a very weird rallying cry. in a was obviously the moment when everyone vented throughout in the house chamber and they all cheered, but, really, is that the biggest blow you can land then you ve lost the debate. because it s a processing criticism. it s all ak tactics, not the