longer the head football coach, effective immediately. what do you make of these scenes we re looking at? over the last few days, there was so much passion on both sides of the issue. so many of the students that were there supported joe paterno, really felt like this was a man they had looked up to for so many years, that s why it s so hard for them to take some of this news. even so, in terms of what joe paterno was like, and some of the things he was saying in front of his home. thanking the students for coming out. these types of things, you have to imagine, this is not the type of activity joe paterno would want to see. if you think about the type of man that he is, this is a man that stood for so much. he insisted that his athletes have good grades, he set a high standard, a high bar, so to see students acting in a way that might be rowdy or acting in a way that would some ways disrespect the university, really goes against what in many ways, joe paterno stood for f
investigation of rupert murdoch s media empire as the company pays a new price for its phone hacking scandal. could a massive probe now under way in britain happen here in the united states? and the obama money-maybing machine. who s behind the cash and can the republicans compete? president obama and the congressional leadership are under enormous pressure right now, about 40 minutes into their latest round of debt crisis talks. they haveless than three weeks until the deadline to raise the legal limit on the federal debt. and by all accounts, they re still very far apart. what if anything emerges from this meeting? consider the very dire warnings from the chairman of the federal reserve. ben bernanke using very strong words today, telling congress that the global financial system would be thrown into enormous disarray. that s a direct quote, if the u.s. treasury is deadbeat on its debt. ff we went so far as to default on the debt, it would be a major crisis. the treasur
and he s announcing that he s still thinking about it. on the website today that he announced, he said, we are excited about exploring whether there is sufficient support for my potential candidacy. well, if he s going to do that, then this isn t going to be any fun at all because once again, newt gingrich will discover there is no real support for his candidacy. and we won t have newt gingrich to kick around during the presidential campaign. joining me now, david frum, former assistant and speechwriter to president george w. bush and the editor of frumforum.com. david thank you. am i being too rough on newt? the polls do not indicate a groundswell for mr. gingrich. you are being too rough on newt. he is popular with republicans. and he brings something that republicans badly need, which is a little excitement. this is you know, republicans have also been laid off. republicans also seeing their homes foreclosed. they also have children who can t find work. they want a messa
on the website today that he announced, he said, we are excited about exploring whether there is sufficient support for my potential candidacy. well, if he s going to do that, then this isn t going to be any fun at all because once again, newt gingrich will discover there is no real support for his candidacy. and we won t have newt gingrich to kick around during the presidential campaign. joining me now, david frum, former assistant and speechwriter to president george w. bush and the editor of frumforum.com. david thank you. am i being too rough on newt? the polls do not indicate a groundswell for mr. gingrich. you are being too rough on newt. he is popular with republicans. and he brings something that republicans badly need, which is a little excitement. this is you know, republicans have also been laid off. republicans also seeing their homes foreclosed.
and he s announcing that he s still thinking about it. on the website today that he announced, he said, we are excited about exploring whether there is sufficient support for my potential candidacy. well, if he s going to do that, then this isn t going to be any fun at all because once again, newt gingrich will discover there is no real support for his candidacy. and we won t have newt gingrich to kick around during the presidential campaign. joining me now, david frum, former assistant and speechwriter to president george w. bush and the editor of frumforum.com. david thank you. am i being too rough on newt? the polls do not indicate a groundswell for mr. gingrich. you are being too rough on newt. he is popular with republicans. and he brings something that republicans badly need, which is a little excitement. this is you know, republicans have also been laid off. republicans also seeing their homes foreclosed.