can never trump principle. heather: a leading conservative writer now offering what is likely to be some controversial advice to gop leaders. george will saying that the republican party s resources would be better suited trying to gain control of both houses of congress instead of the white house. so does he have a point? trey hardin is senior vice president for vox global. a former republican campaign manager and aid to gop leadership and doug schoen also a fox news contributor. thank you both for joining us today. george will conservative political analyst says the republican party should stop wasting resources on the race for the white house because he says it can t win, the resources better expended and this is a quote making sure republicans wield all of the gavels in congress in 2013. also adding another quote that a lame duck obama would have substantially reduced capacity to do harm to republican-backed
jenna: thank you, adam, for more on the impact he ad on media, alan colmes, host of the alan colmes radio show and member of our news watch panel, jim pinkerton, conservative writer and fox news contributor. he was a media star in some ways but in some respects, jim, was to bypass traditional media and harness the power of the internet to go straight into people s homes. you re exactly right. if the 1960s radicals, abbie hoffman and jerry reuben got famous because being flamboyant and media-savvy were around today they would look a lot like andrew breitbart. he was idealogical mirror image of them. extremely creative around creating web sites adam mentioned. and energetic and frankly gutsy and courageous. for example, having broken the anthony weiner texting
libel that serves only to encite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. now critics on the right are saying enough already. enough complaining. they say palin s played the victim too many times. jonathan martin is a senior political reporter for plolitic. there s a headline on politico that grabbed my attention. quote, she s becoming al sharpton alaska edition. explain, please. sure. that was a quote in my story. those are not my words. those are the words of a long-time conservative writer for the weekly standard. the point echs making and the point other folks in the piece were making were all very respective conservative are that one of the principal tenets of conservatism for the last 40 years is they don t practice identity politics. the politics of class, race and
prepare for its own imminent disas e. gore responding to critics. gore rice in sunday s new york times that he wishes the climate crisis were an allusion but he insists that despite the discovery of mistakes in the 2007 u.n. report on climate change, the global warming consensus remains unchanged. gore goes on to urge the passage of cap and trade legislation, quote, what is at stake is our ability to use the rule of law as an instrument of human redemption. in response, conservative writer and fox news contributor bill kristol said, quote, redemption comes from god, not gore. and russia is dealing with an olympic hangover. medvedev is demanding that russian sports officials resign following the country s dismal performance at the games in vancouver. russia game in sixth in medal count and 11th in golds. warned those responsible should take the courageous decision to hand in their notice.
prepare for its own imminent disas e. gore responding to critics. gore rice in sunday s new york times that he wishes the climate crisis were an allusion but he insists that despite the discovery of mistakes in the 2007 u.n. report on climate change, the global warming consensus remains unchanged. gore goes on to urge the passage of cap and trade legislation, quote, what is at stake is our ability to use the rule of law as an instrument of human redemption. in response, conservative writer and fox news contributor bill kristol said, quote, redemption comes from god, not gore. and russia is dealing with an olympic hangover. medvedev is demanding that russian sports officials resign following the country s dismal performance at the games in vancouver. russia game in sixth in medal count and 11th in golds. warned those responsible should take the courageous decision to