fine line. i do think that the public large doesn t want to get involved in syria. instintively they see it as a snake bit who knows what can happen there. on the other hand, the power of the presidency is the power to persuade and president obama can still persuade public opinion but it will take a lot. what is the bigger picture here if there is one? it s not just about syria. every since i ve been on air at cnn since the first spring erupted, there is endless turmoil as the region appears to be wrestling with freedom and democracy and so on. what is the bigger picture for america in the region? the bigger picture is iran is the key. iran is the pivot country in the region at the moment. and any strategy for that matter most tactics need to be put through the prism of how does it affect our relationship with iran? that s number one. what you say is true. the righten is alive with freedom, democracy, movements,
skeptical and see a few more cards. president obama is running a risk, his press secretary was doing the best he could today. there is the danger in terms of his reputation and rest of his presidency. we know dillydally and delay are the horse men of presidential failure or the perception of failure and he s walking that fine line. i do think that the public large doesn t want to get involved in syria. instinctively they see it as a snake bit who knows what can happen there. on the other hand, the power of the presidency is the power to persuade and president obama can still persuade public opinion but it will take a lot. what is the bigger picture here if there is one? it s not just about syria. every since i ve been on air at cnn since the first spring erupted, there is endless turmoil as the region appears to be wrestling with freedom and democracy and so on. what is the bigger picture for america in the region? the bigger picture is iran is the key. iran is the pivot country in
there is the danger in terms of his reputation and rest of his presidency. we know dillydally and delay are the horse men of presidential failure or the perception of failure and he s walking that fine line. i do think that the public large doesn t want to get involved in syria. instintively they see it as a snake bit who knows what can happen there. on the other hand, the power of the presidency is the power to persuade and president obama can still persuade public opinion but it will take a lot. what is the bigger picture here if there is one? it s not just about syria. every since i ve been on air at cnn since the first spring erupted, there is endless turmoil as the region appears to be wrestling with freedom and democracy and so on. what is the bigger picture for america in the region? the bigger picture is iran is the key. iran is the pivot country in the region at the moment.
his rivals certainly won t be going away any time soon. i think the point here is that gingrich staying in, bad for rick santorum, potentially good for romney? again, i m not sure that s true. because as gingrich takes his share of delegates in places where he s the preferred option for some voters, it makes it less and less likely romney will get to the majority of delegates he d love to have before tampa. one quick thing about what michael said about the private romney being better. romney s a lot like gore in that respect, when people spend time with his privately, love him, yo the is he s snake bit. if you re a front-runner who is snake bit, you re held to a double standard. gingrich and santorum are saying stuff every bit as mockable every day as he s saying. he s got to have a margin of error to say things and not have them be mocked or not have that be the dominant story of the day. he s got to figure that out. this goes to a point that mark and i have made repeatedly.
in politics is unemployment number is not as important as disposal income. as a factor to be elected president. if gas prices are that high, disposable income as well. eric: can i throw one thing out there? for every penny higher in the national average in gasoline, billion of spending disposal income comes out of the american economy. if it goes up a dollar, it s $100 billion. bob: let me ask dana a question. the democrats are obviously going to brag about this. they have been snake bit. up and down and up and down. is this something that obama should take carefully? dabs take it with a grain of salt. they can rub the salt in wound in november if they win. recruiting on the republican side in battleground state have been good and numbers are on the republican side this time around. it depends what seat are up that year. good thing. but difficult thing for