it was bowles-simpson. it was a plan will it be more of a same or satisfied with a short-term fix. brian: john boehner said he call would on the president to lead. we want to be led. and not only as people pointed out like speaker boehner that there was no leadership and come to legislation with the white house . so did jim manley, the president will have to change and take more of a lead on the legislative process. so did someone else who was a supportive and republican. steve: indeed colin powell was in a book meeting in washington d.c. and looked at what the president did last time and needs to do this time. it was clear from the beginning that there would beative resistance from the republicans he did. but at the same time, i think he could have done more with
in a generation. in each case the president led. in each case, he was willing to advocate and he was also willing to compromise. steve: the president of the united states did tell the leader of russia that after the election, he would be more flexible. let s hope he s that would apply to the republican party. maybe they can actually get a deal because clearly, social security, medicare, the entitlements, all sorts of stuff has got to be fixed for it to go on. now is the time before it s too late. brian: let s hope the russian don t want to sell us bayonets because the president has no interest in that. gretchen: let s talk about colin powell. some people, were you surprised that he endorsed president obama again for this election cycle even though he is a republican? now he has some advice actually for the president of the united states. he has found at least two things that he needs to work on. it was going to be stiff resistance from the republicans.
fell short of the five percent you node to get your party federal funding to become a permanent funding. i know how teddy roosevelt felt when hoe became a moose. steve: herman cain signatured it was time for a third party. the two parties are not fixing our problem. it is simple they are for deficit spend patriot act and war on drugs. despite the rhetoric they are almost identical. steve: but they are different on social issues. gary johnson talked about legalizing pot and explains in washington state he had one percent and in colorado, he wound up with 1.3 percent of the vote. pot was on the ballot. the country is ready for a
had been susan rice. she s, to a lot of people, she s damaged goods after what she said on all the sunday chat shows. it would be a tough confirmation. perhaps john kerr gee a better choice for secretary of state and if john kerry is, then that could be really good news for scott brown because if john kerry left as senator of massachusetts, there would be a special election. scott brown would most probably be favored. of course, he was beaten by elizabeth warren a couple days ago. brian: i have a better idea for him. colin powell. he s obviously a fan, knows his stuff. colin powell is obviously a supporter. it seems to be a good indication of reaching across the aisle. steve: maybe. brian: 24 minutes before the top of the hour. last night dennis miller did his normal stint on bill o reilly. he had a different take, speaking from the heart rather than the sense of humor portion of plains. listen. the election, i think this is where this country is at right now. i don t know ever
that new york governor andrew cuomo fired his emergency management director for diverting a crew for coming to his own driveway to pick up a tree. good news for folks in this region. they are happy to hear this. temperatures will reach the 50s and 60s in the region. steve: there is a lot of snow. one spot in new jersey got 12 inches and heavy snow in connecticut. out in staten island. and the poor folks in staten island. first sandy and now snow and look at the debris. so many people waiting to go to feam. and yesterday they went to fema and they saw that. brian: they were not there. and they found their way because it was freezing rain