one day after president obama addressed the nation on the situation in libya, the question is what is our end game. brian williams asked the president that today. our role is to provide support, intelligence, jamming capabilities, refueling capabilities, and so we have been able to spread the burdens of maintaining a no-fly zone and protecting civilian populations and we can do that for quite some time. criticism of the president continues from the left. congressman dennis kucinich sent a letter to congress calling for support for his amendment to cut off funding for the operation in libya. it read in part last night the president said it took one month to put together a response to the situation in libya, the president had time to consult with the international community but had no time to come to the united states congress. brian williams also pressed the president on that point. tempers are still pretty
after president obama s libya address last night, senator rand paul posted a youtube response saying the president was behaving like a king. a few hours later, sarah palin said the president was taking a back seat role in the military operation in libya. those tea partiers both get tonight s rewrite. and bill o reilly goes after sarah palin. what s up with that? professional driver on a closed course. do not attempt at home. always wear your seat belt. and please drive responsibly. [ male announcer ] it s the most fun you can legally have. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class.
481% say he should be re-elected. and 47% oppose the involvement in libya right now. 41% support it. that past number in particular we have to take a close look at because the president did give his speech on monday night. a number of factors here, not good news. an all-time local in this one particular poll for that rating for the president. you touched on gas prices and the energy issue being mixed into the many other things the president is juggling. and dealing with. i want to play what the president had to say today when he was outlining his new energy plan in that speech in georgetown. here s the bottom line. there are no quick fixes. anybody who tells you otherwise isn t telling you the truth. and we will keep on being a victim to shifts in the oil market until we finally get serious about a long-term policy for a secure, affordable energy and again, that s just a clip
to apply coalition, we have to apply amount of humanitarian danger. so it was a process of his thinking more than a doctrine. here s a little bit more of the president essentially offering up a taste of this obama doctrine, and let s see if you guys agree with that. in this particular country, libya, at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of violence on a horrific scale. we had a unique ability to stop that violence. an international mandate for action. a broad coalition prepared to join us. the support of arab countries. and a plea for help from the libyan people themselves. susan page, that goes to what you were just saying. he said actual he set a pretty high bar in how this gets rep li katd in syria, which has been the questions that this administration has been getting the last 24 hours.
michele bachmann this week threw her hat into the ring. we think she s going to be running for president. for those who find sarah palin too intellectual, michele bachmann for president. as a comedian, all i can say is where can i donate for this cause. welcome back to aral bi merhisurnt ints nnteanog strong and his brand of no-holds barred politically correct comedy makes it an interesting thing to wat ery friday night for a lot of us on o. mr. ma hher, welcome to hardball. let me start with last night s speech, the president, libya, you were pretty tough on how this country got plot inbrought two wars over the last ten years.