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Talk. to use one of your terms. the bottom line is this theres plenty of things to criticize barack obama on afghanistan about. not the least of which is this ridiculous deadline of july of next year to have the troops out and retreat. i wish michael steele would focus on that rather than things that hes off base on. >> but scott, who is the leader of the republican party? who does the republican party turn to now for leadership. >> the people, the people. the people. the grassroots of america, ...

Some of the key races if they lose nominating tea party candidates, a lot of republicans say we need to take the party back and then the other thing to happen in december, the presidential candidates step forward finally saying theyre running. will they run to the center or, right? >> if the gop doesnt take control of the house thats a big failure, john? >> huge. epic. given everything. given barack obama with a hard 18 months. democrats in congress had a hard 18 months. theyre in huge trouble. ...

Thats where you party. so weve got to wonder whats he going to be up to when he gets here. everybody, of course, spends a lot of time on south beach. good and bad. but this town is celebrating because behind me at the americanairlines arena, they are going to be having, they believe, a heck of a year. it is not just, of course, lebron james but the trio they believe are going to be a lethal punch. it is also dx wade and it is chris bosh. and those three played together during the olympics during...

Jon mccain. so if she were to make a dent among women voters does it bode well for republicans? >> well, i think heres the problem. i agree with andrea, its a terrific ad, she does look very polished and i think what is says to us is she wants to continue foras of us to be talking about the possibility of her running for president. the problem is that she is still a huge celebrity, but from a substantive standpoint, even a lot of republicans dont take her seriously yet. so well see. i think the ...

"a.m. fix" blog. so is there an end in sight for the oppressive heat? do you have an answer, sir? >> i dont, but rob marciano does. good morning, guys. a couple degrees cooler, yeah, 78 degrees in new york. 81 degrees in d.c., which any other day would seem stifling hot for 6:08 in the morning, but compared to yesterday, it is a couple degrees cooler. we did see record highs in many spots. richmond, virginia, 104, philly, 103, baltimore, maryland, saw 101. and its also sinking farther to the...

Points, every time he appears, thank you very much, stu. >> thank you. martha: oh, levy! have you heard about this, levy johnston, dad to sarah palins grandson says he takes back the titillating stories he said over the past few years, now saying, quote, things that were not completely true. these are pictures of levy and bristol, then a happy couple at 08 convention. this public mea culpa comes amid reports that john and bristol palin may be getting back together, which may be good news for the...

Outskirts of the park until he could verify otherwise. >> what did you say? >> i explained to him ive been doing this for two years, now going into the third summer for it. ive given over 300 new and used books since july of 08 through chicago public parks. im curious to why its all of a sudden become an issue. >> well, the park district released a statement to us and they said, despite published reports the chicago park district did not issue a ban on the book bike. the chicago park district ch...

Supports those against the arizona law. megyn: okay. trace, ive seen shakira in concert i have to admit to you on this set. >> reporter: listen to her things not her politics. the hips dont lie. megyn: thank you sir. what do you folks think 4th of july good day to pick on the arizona law. maybe it is. the department of justice seems to think the day after is a good day to pick on it, they are filing a lawsuit today from what we hear. the top man at nasa saying the agency is focused on improving ...

Willing to be seen as tough on wall street. but drawing it out for democrats to be seen as opponents of business is not what this president would look for. >> pat buchanan? >> john, i think the cliche is these are rich guys on wall street making enormous money. as mike said, awful lot of these folks were helping the democratic party. why is that? why were they for obama? >> i mean, there was a sense that mccain did not handle the financial meltdown in the fall of 08 particularly deftly. a lot of...

Their base. this is what you expect him to say. hes sort of the cheerleader. i dont think hes terribly credible right now. if you look at the generic congressional ballot. when you ask poulters are you going to vote for democrats or republicans theres been a 21 point swing from june 2008 to this june. that is extraordinary and it suggests i think that we are likely to see a huge wave election that favors republicans and conservative candidates across the board. martha: there is certainly a lot t...