macho putin? this is serious. people have died. and america s president is mobilizing the world to respond. wouldn t it be nice if the right looked beyond this kind of petty politics? joining me now are richard wolffe and michelle cottle. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. thanks, reverend. thanks, rev. richard, let me start with you. why is this crisis all about mom jeans and macho putin for the gop? well, it s not new for this republican party to approach this president and say he is not up to the job. he s, you know, he doesn t have the intellectual capacity or the moral strength or the backbone to do this job. they ve been doing this for years. and maybe that s what parties do, right? there were very similar criticisms coming from mccain about president clinton and his foreign policy. of course, they ignored the bush record, and they get very
you covered it, this is the bush record. they want to say he s warm and fuzzy but this is bush without karl rove and without vice president dick cheney. there are ebb manies of his administration that made that administration much more hawkish and we re willing to trade on the lives of the americans and social safety net to prosecute certain wars and run up the national debt in order to do so. i think the legacy speaks for itself. what jeb bush has to do here is a tricky thing because he can t disrespect his brother on the one hand because he has to somehow provide cover for that legacy. on the other hand, he really is trying to make a go for and distinguish himself. and he s got to try, as you re saying, victoria, to change the image of the bush
is, speaking of obama. disappointed he s not but i m going to wholeheartedly support him because there is no one else. the question, can that sort of least/worst option translate? can that turn into decent attendance at the polls? force romney to actually define a plan. read romney s documents, it really is like bush, the bush era. justin, work shopped it for them. fewer details how it will be paid for and what he s going to actually cut. the politically difficult thing to have to do. absolutely. run against the bush record. and the bush record, was really a deadful record to the economy. average jobs growth under bush. 11,000 a month. 69,000 and call it disappointing today. and that was a boom period? fair point. that number is never touted. the legacy of bush is a tricky road for the president to walk
love. vladimir putin is suggesting john mccain is nuts. mccain responds on twitter saying, dear vlad, was is something that i said? on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. it is friday, december 16th. nine days left before christmas. can you believe it? have you finished your shopping? i have two gifts bought. and that means no. good morning, everybody. i am alina cho. welcome to american morning. the last critical debate before the iowa caucus, the front-runner, newt gingrich playing defense on his conservative values and electability. mitt romney stood by his business background playing it safe and texas governor rick perry realizing it may be the fourth down threw this hail mary pass. there are a lot of folk whose said tim tebow wasn t going to be a good nfl quarterback. that looked print good. am i ready for the next level? let me tell you i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. best line of the night.
into the election. i just read a report here, amy, that nancy pelosi had called, former president george w. bush to congratulate him on his role in the mission to find, capture or kill osama bin laden. are you likely to see at this debate in south carolina tomorrow that focus from the republican candidates, that they want to put more of the credit back on president bush? i don t think so. let s also be clear about this debate tomorrow, in south carolina, as of 48 hours ago, only tim pawlenty would be on the stage. i think rick santorum will also be joining him. here is my list. tim pawlenty, ron paul, buddy romer, rick santorum. no michele bachmann, no mitt romney. right. there is a run on the bush record. i m fine with that. this is not a significant debate for the republican party and the gop leading into 2012. i agree that where this is really important for president