dana: they are coming over. it s before they are all in their late 70s so you never know. richard: to the point that jon stewart is making, you focus on the preposition, and the stake outs at the trump tower focusing the intellect on the motorcade which is this overfocus on trump, because he had a deposition like people don t have depositions every day, is this an overfocus taking away from other things happening in the republican party? jesse: or the democratic party, with dana s excellent analogy. but i remember it to $30 million a year dividing this country, ridiculing republicans, dehumanizing fox news hosts for profit, i forgive them. it s just hypocritical, and now all of a sudden he comes out of her determinants has come we need to focus on holding the powerful accountable and focus on policy. okay, we got it. we have a rich doing the exact opposite, but he is right. the democratic party has merged with the powerful institutions
two pennsylvania democrat lawmakers are on track to receive $20 million state aid at a time local funds are being cut. philadelphia enquirer reports that ed rendell budget has projects to housing the papers, of specter and john murtha. republicans criticized the plan saying both specter and murtha were known for their ability to secure federal funds for projects back home. one critic says, $20 million to erect monuments to the pork barrel politicians is really a slap in the face. rendell says the project will create jobs. we told you earlier barbara boxer is in a dead heat with republican carly fiorina in the california senate race. boxer is targeting a special constituency. folliclely challenged. fiorina made fun of boxer s hair as so yesterday so boxer said what if every person who ever had a bad hair day voted for me, i d
them member of their family. it looks like the spy swap is almost at the final stage. the only part of the story still unresolved deals with an 11th accused spy, christopher metsos who apparently fled while out on bail on the island of cyprus. at this hour, he still remains a fugitive from justice. shannon? david lee miller with the latest. thank you. shannon: applications for first-time jobless benefit fell by 21,000 last week and international bankers are not that impressed calling on president obama to raise your taxes. this happened on a day the president hit the highway, touting accomplishments, ridiculing republicans and looking for votes. we have fox team coverage. peter barnes explains why some global money men are taking aim at your wallet but we begin with senior white house correspondent major garrett on the president s road trip. president obama toured an electric truck manufacturer with 50 employees, with electric vehicles has not hired extra help due to stimulus mon
committee. and they elect their chairman. it would take a two-thirds vote to remove him. i don t see that happening. there s not talking of that happening. looks like we ll have michael steele here to stay for sometime now. it is simply the math that explains why to this point no prominent official called for him to resign? no. in addition to the math and logistical issues what some republicans will admit privately is the fact that he is an african-american a time when the base of the republican party is dwindling, and we know that you cannot win a national election without a broad coalition of voters. they re a little worried about what kind of signal that would send if they were to remove him. at the same time, there continues to be this sort of crisis of confidence in his ability to actually lead the party. i mean, the job of the chairman is to raise money to win elections. how do you go to a donor and say, i need you to write me a
it. we re supposed to be raising money to elect democrats, not to redo an office. the thing that disgusts me right now is that the media is lagging behind. having suffered through the democrats in disarray stories and where s your message shenanigans, where is that story for the republicans? one of the big problems is that steele has no relationship with any of the other republican leaders. he never talks with them. who is the leader of the passenger? is there message, spend money at strip clubs? that s why they re getting all this criticism from their party. it s the only positive action they ve taken in the last year or so. it came out in favor of these clubs. democratic strategist karen finney, a pleasure to talk with you. populmore politics. if you thought you couldn t get