incumbent. this would especially be the case when the man in the white house looks to be vulnerable. it s not happening. what we re seeing now is not the normal republican situation where you have a candidate gaining strength. we re seeing the opposite. we have a moderate republican mitt romney sitting on about a quarter of the vote and one candidate after another popping up as his number one alternative. there was all that insiders excitement about governor mitch daniels of indiana and then a big dustup over haley barbour of mississippi, then came donald trump before he blew the birther issue. we had congresswoman and michele bachmann who rose up and then dropped. we all got excited about governor rick perry of texas as a conservative prospect and then saw him flounder in tv debates, and now, herman cain is dominating numbers and matching mitt romney in a way that must make romney think anybody but him will always get a number equal to or higher than him. you know what year this one i
incumbent this. would especially be the man in the case when the man in the white house looks to be vulnerable, as he does now. it s not happening. what we re seeing now is not the normal republican situation where you have a candidate gaining strength. we re seeing the opposite. we have a moderate republican mitt romney compared to the rest of the field sitting on about a quarter of the vote, and one candidate after another popping up as his number one alternative. there was all that insiders excitement about governor mitch daniels of indiana and then a big dustup over haley barbour of mississippi, and then came of all people donald trump before he blew the birther issue. we had congresswoman and michele bachmann who rose up and then dropped to the floor. we all got excited about governor rick perry of texas as a conservative prospect and then saw him flounder in tv debates, and now, herman cain is dominating numbers and matching mitt romney in a way that must make romney think anybod
case when the man in the white house looks to be vulnerable. it s not happening. what we re seeing now is not the normal republican situation where you have a candidate gaining strength. we re seeing the opposite. we have a moderate republican mitt romney sitting on about a quarter of the vote and one candidate after another popping up as his number one alternative. there was all that insiders excitement about governor mitch daniels of indiana and then a big dustup over haley barbour of mississippi, then came donald trump before he blew the birther issue. we had congresswoman and michele bachmann who rose up and then dropped. we all got excited about governor rick perry of texas as a conservative prospect and then saw him flounder in tv debates, and now, herman cain is dominating numbers and matching mitt romney in a way that must make romney think anybody but him will always get a number equal to or higher than him. you know what year this one is beginning to resemble, 1964.
is the arab awakening, the people would rose up, bravely, against dictators. neil: but that suns like sounds like doubling down in blackjack. guest: i will tell you i have been there and mubarak was in the our friend and qaddafi killed more citizens than al qaeda and assad is not our friend. the future will be messy. but this is the only hope for the arab world. neil: thank you, always good do have you. would you want to fly in the middle of this, in the middle of it? my next guest just did.
12 percent unemployment in california. look, she s firing off at the tea party? i mean, the tea party doesn t control california. it s controlled completely by democrats. so is the white house. look, obama came in and he promised the congressional black caucus that he would help them, that he would advance an agenda that helps african-americans, and he hasn t done that, and the unemployment with african-americans is much disproportionately higher than it is with whites. so look, at the end of the day they re not going to stray from president obama. he ll have their support. martha: i find it interesting, back to the tea party element for a moment, when you look at this group, this grassroots group that sort of rose up, screaming and yelling about taxes in this country and spending in this country, have just been so dynamic on the political scene to the point where they are on the lips of every politician who discusses the issues most pressing whether it s maxine waters saying they shou