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Private sector jobs. the vice president shouldnt tell people well, you know, we should all be happy with 13 million unemployed americans and the economy is not going to be strong. bill: wasnt it jimmy carter that talked about the american malaise in the 197 os and ronald reagan came around and said its morning in america, time to believe again. >> right. and america is an optimistic country. i mean, 90 percent of jobs are created by entrepreneurs who make risks every day with their future, and w...

Of chicago and harvard and then became dean of the harvard law school has the common touch. that was in response, juan, to what the was saving early on about elena kagan. >> in fact her critics point out that i believe it was in inn 08 that her disclosure form said she got $10,000 from goldman sachs for advising them and at harvard she was involved in arguments with larry summers who is now the presidents chief economic adviser. he was then, summers, the president of harvard and ef the manipulat...

By john mccain during the 08 campaign said give me the white house and i know how to tackle the deficit. medicare, medicaid, social security. what was the response. >> $1 out of medicare is to break our covenant to the elderly. the democrats have stepped up and they got creamed for it politically. so i agreed that there has to be some tackling of entitlements and defense. the evidence is that democrats are actually willing to do it and i think republicans in their hearts are, too, when they know...

Demonize oil companies -- >> in a way they deserve it after what has happened. but it has gone a step too far. >> should that be the approach of the president of the united states of america where we have a nasty recession and government action has not created the jobs it was supposed to? >> i agree. but i think we can agree that the financial services industry got too far ahead of themselves. helped facilitate the recession we are in now. i do think theres been an overreaction. >> wait a minute...

Demonize oil companies -- >> in a way they deserve it after what has happened. but it has gone a step too far. >> should that be the approach of the president of the united states of america where we have a nasty recession and government action has not created the jobs it was supposed to? >> i agree. but i think we can agree that the financial services industry got too far ahead of themselves. helped facilitate the recession we are in now. i do think theres been an overreaction. >> wait a minute...

Welcome back. a little busted for you. first up, what appears to be a conflict of interest for the louisiana judge who overturned president obamas six-month ban on deep water drilling in the gulf of mexico. financial disclosure reports from 08 show the judge owned just under $15,000 in transocean stock, the company that owned the deepwater horizon rig. he reported investments with half a dozen other companies including halliburton which is also tied to the disaster. feldman has not responded to ...

Blanche lincoln from arkansas and overall in the 08 cycle, barack obama. how can that work to paint the g.o.p. as the big oil party. >> i think it works when you have the same people receiving those contributions, apologizing to the person in charge of the company responsible for the spill. listen, theres a differents between receiving a contribution and saying something so wildly out of touch with where the american people are, im sorry, continue hayward youve been having a tough week that i th...

If it doesnt work. >> clayton: keep letting it roll and roll and roll and it is washing up on beaches. in the meantime, this week, politically, politics, perception, again, democrats jumping on top of the republican party as the big oil party. after of course representative joe bartons comments, and some of the recipients of oil, though, which is interesting when you look at the numbers, are mostly democrats. both parties, we should be fair, both parties have reaped their rewards of campaign con...

Mistake politically and the democrats seized on it and make all the hay they can. and we are going to be talking on fox news sunday to the top republican in the senate mitch mcconnell and ask about congressman bartons remarks and specifically about the ad and whether or not the democrats are making a fair point or not. >> quickly, were about out of time, but the top democrat receiving oil money or top person in the house receiving oil money is a democrat and in the senate, a democrat. and presid...

Numbers. >> i disagree. i think thats a mirror image. if you look at virginia and new jersey, independent voters who voted for obama in 08 swung hard towards the republicans. thats the narrative i see. >> the young voters and african-american and latinos, core base voters for the democratic party. >> the white house is kicking off what they are calling "a recovery summer." they are still really worried about a nearly 10% unemployment rate that looks like it will hold for the time being. >> and i...