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People for it. having said that, i dont know that i want my homeland security dollars, id rather they be spent on homeland--type stuff like killing terrorists. megyn: although theyre claiming, again, the taxpayer dollars did not go fund the actual zombie presentation, just the can conference around which it was built. didi, but it raises the point of whos minding the store? who either than coburn is keeping track of where our money is going? >> theyre almost as scary and wasteful as that gsa guy...

Support the repeal of obamacare. rasmussen finds the presidents signature legislation is becoming more and more unpopular with members of his own party. meanwhile, lets go to brian who is having a party. >> hey, last week -- with fun loving people. last week, we told you that members of congress were outraged about the spending scandal at the g.s.a. and rightfully so. when people are struggling to fill up their tanks, why is it ok for politicians to use taxpayer dollars to lease luxury cars? tak...

"occupy nation." todd buckholz is here as well, former economic director for george h.w. bush and managing director for the tiger hedge fund and didi benke is here, former chairman of the young republican federation. lets start with you, how would you rate yesterday? >> i think the movement was saying its back. its out of hibernation. its numbers in the tens of thousands. people turned out and did a lot of things. the march garish things ended on up on your television screen. a lot of the less g...

Administration doubling down now on the presidents guarantee that he has five more years to get things done. listen to this. >> my presidency is not over. i got another five years coming up. were going to get this done. >> when we compare the presidents vision for achieving an economy in the country that fulfills those values, hes going to win. >> watch what president obama says and does. hes our president. he represents all of the united states and he will be re-elected president. >> so if this...

Side but only garnering 25% of the vote and winning by eight votes. did he meet expectations? did he exceed them? were they lower than expected? >> look, i dont think he had a very good night. you know, the night belongs to rick santorum. on the other hand, the one thing that did happen for mitt romney last night, he got -- he got santorum and ron paul coming out of iowa which means hes got a fractured field which is what he wants. and he wants gingrich to stay in and hed love perry to stay in. ...

Side but only garnering 25% of the vote and winning by eight votes. did he meet expectations? did he exceed them? were they lower than expected? >> look, i dont think he had a very good night. you know, the night belongs to rick santorum. on the other hand, the one thing that did happen for mitt romney last night, he got -- he got santorum and ron paul coming out of iowa which means hes got a fractured field which is what he wants. and he wants gingrich to stay in and hed love perry to stay in. ...

Party candidate falls below the independent, people can then start looking at the incumbent and saying to beat him, i got to go with donald trump or whoever the independent is. >> there is that american -- the american elect party line is out there. they can have somebody on both tickets, one republican and one democrat to run as a third party candidate. well see if that actually happens this year and if it happens with legitimate contenders. it might be somebody on the fringe of both parties th...

Party candidate falls below the independent, people can then start looking at the incumbent and saying to beat him, i got to go with donald trump or whoever the independent is. >> there is that american -- the american elect party line is out there. they can have somebody on both tickets, one republican and one democrat to run as a third party candidate. well see if that actually happens this year and if it happens with legitimate contenders. it might be somebody on the fringe of both parties th...

Controversial move and domestic spending cuts will be included. $294 billion of those and nonmandatory spending. and for spending for medicare, that would also be slashed to the tune of $123 billion. and these cuts would go into effect in 2013 and they will last until 2021. with no deal in sight, the super committee not looking so super. so if it does all fail as is now being predicted, what does that mean for our political system and the ability of washington and the politicians to honestly fac...

Why are some voters shopping for somebody else? joining me now, washington insiders, columnist for "the daily beast" and fox news contributor kristin powers and republican political strategist didi benke. if thats the case and mitt romney says hes the one to beat president obama, why can he not get past that 25% approval threshold with republicans? >> hes got a republican team and everyone is vying for the top spot but romney remained on top the entire time and hes had wonderful debates. he is s...