mission and target gadhafi individually, for the president politically? well, let s keep in mind that this is a moving target, literally and figuratively. the president s position has changed on this. first it was about regime change. then it was perhaps president gadhafi could stay in office. the president is trying to manage a very nuanced situation. then the question becomes, can the american people accept a president going into their living rooms saying you know what, this mission has changed yet once again. i m not exactly sure they can stomach something like that pap main by because libya is not in our strategic national interest right now. do you think the american people can stomach something like that? i agree with robert. especially as we re watching what s unfolding in syria, which is a more direct security interest for the country. so le has to jug that will ball as well and make sure we don t come off looking like hypocrites. okay, good to see you both
roll up their sleeps and get something down. we re looking at disaster on the brink here. to that end, then, crystal with the gas prices soaring, the pressures keep on rising. do you think the white house is prepared to give any significant ground to the gop to try to cut spending? well, the white house has already signaled a desire to cut spending and that was included in the plan the president laid out in the policy speech he gave on the budget, but i think what you re seeing is the republicans, the plan they presented is very hard right. this is an extreme proposal, basically ending medicare, basically fundamentally changing medicaid. the president s proposal is actually much more centrist, which is sometimes frustrating for democrats. okay. let s switch gears to talk about libya. reports that the coalition air strike led by nato has killed moammar gadhafi s youngest of
that s one of the volcanoes he s so hated in the arab league. so it is a concern when you bakley have targeted a thug running a country, you want to try to make sure that thug still operates in a rational, cost and benefit ratio. of course the best an is for gadhafi to leave and try to create the circumstances for him to go. if he doesn t and begins acting irrational, that could be very dangerous for us. leaving libya is something he says he ll never do. steve clemmons, thank you for weighing in. two l.a. traffic officers working in the streets, appearing in a porn video next. the fallout next on msnbc sunday.
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pakistan, and now libya. what is going on in america some we have money for endless wars and we can t take care of things at home. if you so disagree with the president s leadership on this, could you introduce a bill under the 1973 war powers act if it s passed, it would force u.s. forces to withdrawal from that conflict within 60 days unless the president comes to congress and getting approval. why not take that formal action? you know, there s a question as to whether the war powers abilities is even constitutional in that it does limit congress express authority under article 1, section 8. and so we go 60 days down the road. we re in deeper in a war. if you don t have recognition that congress is a co-equal branch of government here, that congress has the first say as to whether or not we commit people to war, if you don t recognize that, then what we ve done is we ve set america on the path of even more adventurism, there are