senior political analyst brit hume joins us. good evening, brit. good evening, shannon. there s three related characteristics organization, focus and discipline of grassroots movement. the tea party had all three. while it was decentralized, it was cohesive because of intense focus on government spending and debt. its discipline showed in the collective decision to work through the republican party instead of mounting a third-party effort that would likely have ended up helping the democrats. speaking of democrats, some of them, including the president and nancy polossy, have begun to align themselves with the occupy wall street movement in the hope it brings support to the democrats the tea party brought republicans. but the wall street occupiers, and they re growing offshoots around the country seem undiscipned, seen in the skirmishes with police that have broken out in several places. their message, to the extent one can be discerned, might have
expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with
food . baby coming in three weekings. of course, job seekers are totally opposed to the wall street occupiers. they are sleeping out in the public or private marks. and they are making demands and they job seekers on craig s list ever not occupiers and they are looking to have value . that s what they do. they are in occupation and force. what you see is anger. it is overall frustration and maybe the wrong way to take out your frustration. they blame wall street bank c s
help elect other true public servants to office. well, why now? scott conroy of role clear politics and co-author of sarah from alaska s has spoken to the palins since the decision. you ve been rushing to get on the phone with us. so what can you tell us? erin, great to be here. i spoke to some members of palin s inner circle tonight and two points, one, they say that the family was a big issue, that they, you know, couldn t get the entire family on board for a presidential run and that was a big reason that made her say no in the end. another thing is that, you know, she really was seriously considering this. i m told as of a few weeks ago she was having meetings in arizona with some staff to talk it over. some of the political consultants that she brought in really, i think, brought home what a time commitment it would be, how much stress it would put on her and her family and in the end decided against it. there is something she considered for a long time. interesting
stephen hayes, fox news contributor. good to see you. hi, martha. martha: some say the wall street occupiers are the tea party version of the left. in fact let s start with this sound bite from van jones, who used to be the green jobs czar at the white house. here is what he said about the wall street protesters. it is extraordinary thing. we know we have the young folks and struggling folks down there on wall street. [applause] give them a round of applause. they went down there to the scene of the crime against our future. martha: now we know what van jones is doing. we found him. what do you think about that statement, steve? well, i think the only thing that these protesters have in common with the tea party is that they re protesting and that it has something vaguely to do with money. otherwise they have nothing to do with the tea party. there is no political