2012 Stuart News Today

Analyst. also with us, former political governor of minnesota who ran for president in 2012. stuart stevens, the former chief strategist for mitt romneys presidential campaign. alex, which one do you think is the best singer? >> im going to go with ted cruz because he has that sort of performance. >> in iowa, the candidates still sing. john hume already in my mind was the greatest politician of his era and it just made me think, wow, all the feeling, all the power, really genuinely, the soul tha...

A business does withindividual ? it has no bear on me as a union member so it is disingenuous and, really, a fake point they are making in order to try to get obama elected in 2012. >>stuart: why are you in a union? >>guest: first all i am very proud to be a union member because i believe in unions but in the context of what they were originally created to do. that is to represent their employees at the workplace but they have become nothing but socioeconomic groups trying for push bizarre world...

Running against congresswoman maloney. one thing i want to talk about this disappointment, this anger with special interests. my opponent is in the pocket of special interests. no better example than two week ago she held a pac fundraiser negotiating the most important bill the financial services bill, and she invited financial service lobbyists the people she was seeking to regulate. eight house members in an ethics investigation for doing the same thing. >> stuart: im sorry but i have to go. i...

Fannie mae asking the government nr $8.4 billion after posting first quarter losses. the same you asked the government for. they have little to worry about because the obama administration has already promised to cover all of fannies losses until 2012. >> stuart varney of fox business news "varney & company" joins us live. if i had a blood pressure cuff and put it on right now, the number would be very high. this is very upsetting. >> yes. the housing market, the housing industry has been given ...

Time to be attacking him. it may come at a later point if he decides to run for president or hes on the ticket for vice president in 2012. >> stuart: were you as surprised as i was to esee the treasury secretary of the united states of america responding directly to a very new senator and junior senator at that from massachusetts? >> yes. in a word, yes. you dont respond to a lightweight. you respond to someone you think is a threat. >> stuart: larry sabato, uva center for politics. thank you fo...

We cover the debates like sporting events. winner, losers, we try to guess which candidates impressed the republican audience the most or the democratic audience the most. we evaluate debating skills and thats the problem with debates. presidents dont debate. presidents dont have to think on their feet. presidents never, never have to make a decision alone without advice from advisers who have much more expertise on the subject at hand than they do, forcing presidential candidates to debate is j...

Talking pretty much about you. the headline is haley barbour criticize demint for not supporting boehner. your reaction? im getting a lot of criticism and i expect it. this is not about purity, nowhere close. if i had my way we would be balancing our budget in the next five years and i think we need to. im willing to work with the president, democrats, moderate republicans. if we dont put our country on a path towards a balanced budget we are putting it on a path towards abruptly. -- bankruptcy....