Real pivotal moment in this campaign. if he continues to look clumsy, to look like he can t go two hours and can t show intellectual agility able to go after different issues he might not have talked about in the state of texas, it s going to damage him. romney s going to pound, pound, pound. he seeps weakness in rick perry. sees an opportunity to really knock him off that front-runner perch he s been 1257bd standing on and the next couple weekless go a long way in determining whether perry can regroup and fide his footing as a national candidate. to date, the answer is, he can t. thanks so much. and playing out on the hill this morning. executives for the solar company solyndra on the hot seat before a house committee investigating why the obama administration agreed to give the now bankrupt company over half a billion dollars in taxpayer loans, this despite big red flags the
Competitive products. i agree it was a perfect storm. i don t think we should blame china or the market or the previous administration. shannon: that is some of reaction here in washington today as the continued fall-out from solyndra makes the headlines. the solar panel company that has gone bankrupt with more than $500 million of taxpayer loans. bring in the panel to talk about it. steve hayes, senior writer for weekly standard. mary kathryn ham of the daily caller and charles layne from the washington post. good to see you all. this a story that is not going away. it s gathering steam. what do you make of carney s assessment, white house spokesman jay carney this is to blame because of china, outside influences and this is an ince investment and this one didn t pan out. if you believe what the white house believes about competing in the green technology space, that is the arguement that the white house would make. i don t find it convincing and i didn t find it convincing
pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just haven t telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that they re concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that they flipped, as well, back in 2008. and then there s the two big states, kyra. there s ohio and there is florida, as well. these are all states that he needs to win in 2012 in order to win a second term. you know, kyra, a lot of people don t think the president has the fire in the belly any more. i was talking to a democratic strategist this morning and what he said to me was very simply, instead of when you re selling the whole idea of the jobs bill, don t say pass the bill, say, yes we can. w
environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress won t even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing. testified that blacks and hispanics are more likely to commit a future crime. buck s attorney doesn t dispute that he shot and killed two people in 1995, a third woman survived. i forgave him, yes, sir, i forgave him in 1995. i feel that justice will prevail. duane buck was eating what he thought would be his final meal when the supreme court called off last night s execution. amnesty international plans 300 vigils and rallies across the country tonight for troy davis, the georgia man face
i agree it was a perfect storm. i don t think we should blame china or the market or the previous administration. shannon: that is some of reaction here in washington today as the continued fall-out from solyndra makes the headlines. the solar panel company that has gone bankrupt with more than $500 million of taxpayer loans. bring in the panel to talk about it. steve hayes, senior writer for weekly standard. mary kathryn ham of the daily caller and charles layne from the washington post. good to see you all. this a story that is not going away. it s gathering steam. what do you make of carney s assessment, white house spokesman jay carney this is to blame because of china, outside influences and this is an ince investment and this one didn t pan out. if you believe what the white house believes about competing in the green technology space, that is the arguement that the white house would make. i don t find it convincing and i didn t find it convincing when the president fir