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Put up in the post that i put up at biggovernment.com offered the exculpatory part. >> breitbart also says hes not to blame for this mess. is that fair? well talk it over with democratic strategist donna brazile. and eric erickson. >> if you put this stuff out there and then you force others to comment on something that is totally ludicrous, he bears ultimate responsibility. he should apologize. rs workday. 9 to 5? try 5 to 9... everyday. thats why roger needs the ford f-150. its the only truck ...

Andrew breitbart doesnt see a need to apologize to shirley sherrod. he apparently doesnt see a connection between what he did and what it cost her, her job and potentially her name. many condemn what he did. others are supporting him. eric erickson and donna brazile see it differently. heres my conversation with them. eric, andrew breitbart posted this video of shirley sherrod taking it out of context and saying context matters but youre backing him up and say youre glad hes on your side and doe...

Conservatives and hammer their enemy, hammer andrew breitbart. it seems like both sides played this game and i think a lot of people in america are just kind of sick of the game. >> of course, anderson. thats why they distrust politicians and members of congress and others, as popular as root canal. theyre sick of it. at the same time, this is where you need leaders. where are the leaders on the right? where are the leaders on the left that can find common ground? im looking for someone on the r...

There are a lot of people on the right who listened to that transcript of what she said and agreed with andrew breitbart. i dont. maybe its because i live in the south, on a city council in the south and deal with these issues all the time. thats how we talk about these issues in the south. i dont think shirley sherrod is a racist based on those comments. i applaud the point she was getting to, but a lot of people disagree with me on this. im not willing to condemn andrew breitbart on this. i do...

engineering technicians testimony rocked a federal hearing here in new orleans. the technician work and bps ruptured well and told the panel investigating the disaster that an alarm system on the transocean rig had been silenced about year before the april explosion. silenced. whats more, he said, supervisors were aware the alarm was disabled. according to transocean, hes right. s in a statement, the company said the dit abling was intention and "conforms to accepted maritime practice....

of individual fire and gas alarms on the rig, and each could potentially set off the general alarm. silencing that general alarm was the companys way of preventing false alarms. meantime, bonnie, downgraded to a tropical depression, still headed for the gulf and expected to make landfall late tomorrow. with response vessels moved out of harms way, it looks like the sealed well cap a mile below the surface could be left unattended for about 48 hours. its a big setback for response wor...

On this network and we did bring in shirley sherrod. we brought in the spooners. we checked out her story. eric erickson to the broader point james makes that in this time of economic anxiety that resentment politics and politics of fear play. do you see that happening? >> absolutely. it does happen on both sides. the issue is that its cheaper these days for politicians to go to the base and whip it into a fury which is one reason i think the naacp did pass its tea party resolution is trying to ...

The administration also projects the unemployment rate will drop next year but only to 9%. the white house estimate is an 8.1% jobless rate in the 2012 presidential election year. it is no wonder most of you remain gloomy when it comes to the economy. in our new cnn poll nearly 8 in 10 americans rate current economic conditions as poor and nearly 6 in 10 americans disapprove of how president obama is handling the economy. a new low for the president on the issue that is by far the number one con...

the administration also projects the unemployment rate will drop next year but only to 9%. the white house estimate is an 8.1% jobless rate in the 2012 presidential election year. it is no wonder most of you remain gloomy when it comes to the economy. in our new cnn poll nearly 8 in 10 americans rate current economic conditions as poor and nearly 6 in 10 americans disapprove of how president obama is handling the economy. a new low for the president on the issue that is by far the numb...

Of increased spending and thats what republicans object to. >> eric, democrats having a field day with this today saying that jon kyl says keep the bush tax cuts in place which would drive up the deficit but at the same time if youre going to extend unemployment benefits you have to find spending cuts somewhere else to pay for them. they say tax cuts for the rich is okay. unemployment benefits for lower income americans you have to cut spending somewhere. >> yeah. you know, im actually in favor ...