he s often seen walking away without questions. is he forfeiting one of the main tools of the presidency which is communicating through the media? yes. i do think they re mercking a strategic calculation that he s not good at that. and that he when he has done them, it has generated its own news based on something he said or not saying. and so they would rather i think from a strategic press point of view have him give a speech and have jen psaki field the questions and do the q & a banter. howie: i would argue that if he makes occasional mistakes and all presidents make a mistake when dealing with the press, that he would have more influence on the news schedule. most days joe biden doesn t fill the news void. if you don t fill it, you cede it to your opponents and the media.
single pair health care was never going to happen. remember, this is what mitt romney to a large extent carried out in massachusetts. and there are some people i ve talked to, a lot of health experts up in massachusetts. i ve done some stories on romney care over the years, they experienced some of these same issues when romney care was rolling out. supporters and dwipders of the law say medicare had some of the same issues when it was rolled out. what is going to have to happen, wolf, and this is critically important for this president, they ve got to the show people that these fixes are taking place because there s this is huge news void right now with the shutdown being over and the prospect of default behind us, and it seems like right now, obama care is dominating that discussion. that s not good news for this white house, wolf. we ll be speaking shortly with the communications director at the white house, jennifer palmeri and get her take what s going on. we ve got good questio
might have been president if he hadn t cried in new hampshire. many people may think hillary is foregone conclusion which may not be true but others in the field could be easily running for vice president. as you pointed out, joe biden started really early, he became the choice of barack obama to be vp. so that could be what some people are jockeying for. jon: i was only off by about six years. joe biden declared in june of 87. he was out by sent of 87. does it hurt the process, alan, to be talking about it this early? i think a lot of it is filling up news void. not a lot is goings-on in august, news organizations particularly political shows looking for good copy and that is what goes on. people are not really interested are not paying attention. it might help educate us about the process of the permutations that go on some years ahead of an election. jon: interesting that hillary clinton was a sure thing in 2008 and now she is a sure thing in
to the campaign trail where former speaker of the house newt gingrich is officially throwing his hat into the ring. he s set to announce his entrance into the race for presidency on wednesday. he could have a lot of company real soon. neal bortz joins me now. hi there now. reporter: how are you doing. alison: he will announce his presidential bid via facebook and twitter on wednesday. that is a very sort of modern way to make this announcement. let s talk about the timing, why do you think he s doing it this week? reporter: well, turn back the clock too, could you imagine ten years ago an announcement that i m going to announce for president on facebook and twitter? and immediately you d be disqualified as being a loon. but i don t know why this week, maybe it s to step into a news void. we have somewhat of a news void going on. there is the osama bin laden