president s reelection prospects. you can t beat somebody with nobody. you can t beat something with nothing. the american people while they may be skeptical of the president s ability to turn things around are quite confident the republicans will only give us more disaster.ç that s a heavy charge saying the republicans are actively and willfully sabotaging the nation itch the republican party wants to put america back to work. this is not about president obama versus the eventual republican nominee. this is a referendum on president obama no president has won with a gallup approval rating of below 47 on election day. this is why the president keep gitmo open, withdrew from afghanistan and iraq trying to pull out all stops right now he doesn t recognize if we don t fix entitlement reform, tax reform and have better regulatory practices the not going to improve. interesting prediction two years ago.ç
it is a major civil rights issue. the gay community wanted the president to move faster than he did but it remains a major signature accomplishment for the president. will it in this economy swing any votes? i don t think is. the left remains disheartened. there is talk by fringe on the left, even to this day, of the need for a primary challenge. they wanted cap and trade and a lamber stimulus, and they wanted more union rights and they wanted withdrawal from afghanistan. years ago. and they believe that he has extended tax cuts for the wealthy in december and capitulated with republicans and they are not on balance happy. so, i don t know, this silly talk of keeping gitmo open is not believable. and it is not going to do anything to sway the democrats. talk of taxing the rich is, you
it is a major civil rights issue. the gay community wanted the president to move faster than he did but it remains a major signature accomplishment for the president. will it in this economy swing any votes? i don t think is. the left remains disheartened. there is talk by fringe on the left, even to this day, of the need for a primary challenge. they wanted cap and trade and a lamber stimulus, and they wanted more union rights and they wanted withdrawal from afghanistan. years ago. and they believe that he has extended tax cuts for the wealthy in december and capitulated with republicans and they are not on balance happy. so, i don t know, this silly talk of keeping gitmo open is not believable. and it is not going to do anything to sway the democrats. talk of taxing the rich is, you
could affect all of us, including our own mail delivery. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. jtsdzer. it all begins in iowa. right now many of the republican presidential candidates are in that state, a state that holds the lead-off contest in 2012. they re working the crowds at the state fair before tomorrow s pivotal iowa straw poll. and they re taking direct aim at president obama s handling of the debt crisis and the u.s. economy. listen to some of the republican hopefuls, including sarah palin, who insists she still hasn t decided whether to run. i think the question should be asked, is the president responsible for the down grade? i would say yes. from the top, that leadership starts from the top. look what happened two weeks ago. when barack obama s back was against the wall. what did he do to try to scare americans to call their members of congress? he threatened social security recipients that their money wouldn t be there. he threatened medicare
record quickly. if you could raise your hand, if as president, you would put out a photo of a dead osama bin laden? just to be sure, mr. cain, you would not? i would not. senator santorum, you said that president obama has made the country less safe and made america s enemies less fearful and less respectful of us. drone attacks in pakistan have more than tripled under president obama. he sent 30,000 more u.s. troops into afghanistan last year and he just authorized, as we talked about, this mission to kill bin laden. how much more aggressive could he be? if you look at what president obama has done right in foreign policy, it is always been a continuation of the bush policies. he has gone right by keeping gitmo open. he has done right, finishing the job in iraq. he has done right, trying to win in afghanistan. those were existing policies that inspector place.