american people and worrying less about his republican detractors who have really made clear they want him to lose more than they want america to win. martha: karen, at this stage of the game, six months before he was about to run for reelection, lbj decided not to run, it was a complete shock in all political circles. do you think there s any possibility that the president would make this decision, having said in the past, you know, i d be satisfied with a good one term presidency? well, if he was having a good one term presidency, perhaps he d be satisfied. but he s not having a good one term presidency, and it is the democrats in the senate and senator dick durbin from illinois who over the weekend said that the president s job bill, which must be passed now, we have the urgency of now, isn t even going to come to the floor until october. democrats do not have confidence in the president s own proposal to save this economy. martha: interesting. it s great to have you both here, sa
and they need direct aid from states. bill: you think it s a pretty good pang, then. i think it s a very good package and i really don t think there s a lot of reason for republicans to oppose it, and certainly to just sort of denigrate it like it s nothing when more than taf of half of it is tax cuts, definitely doesn t make sense. bill: two words, karen: tax cuts. let s talk about some of those tax cuts. one of the tax cuts proposed is the same tax cut that jimmy carter proposed in the 70s, and it provides a $4000 tax credit to businesses if they ll hire someone who s been unemployed. that sounds great. but it completely ignores the reality of supply and demand and how this economy works. if a business doesn t have the demand to hire a new employee, would why would they take a $4000 tax cred toeut spend more than $100,000 when you re done with the cost of their salary, their health care, the payroll taxes, the social security taxes that you pay? it s not going to do
local police agencies are there investigating. it s been parked for three days at the building, then a bomb sniffing dog got a hit on that vehicle. so of course, that causes them to take every precaution in that area, the federal courthouse has been evacuated, this is the state of the world we live in now, folks. so we ll keep on top of that, find out what s going on there, we ll get back to you. bill: in the meantime the president giving his jobs idea a push, you ll see it live on america s newsroom , an idea that he says has a lot to like if you re a republican. really? former communications director for the national republican congressional committee, karen henretty, fox news contributor, and kirsten powers, daily contributor. ladies, good morning. karen, there s a lot to like here! are they going to jump on board? is it a done deal? i think president obama doesn t really understand what it is republicans like. there s very little in this jobs 2. o plan that he proposed that de
celebrity status within the party and there s a role for her, but i think that s the extent of it. bill: what do you think about that, doug, have republicans moved past her now? i think in a certain sense, they have, largely because sarah palin herself has shown no inclination to run, her disorganized bus tour, her schedule that seems to change hour to hour, says that she s really not prepared to run, and bottom line, she remains a compelling figure in the republican party, but not as a presidential or vice presidential candidate. bill: doug, thank you, karen, thanks as well. enjoy labor day weekend. do not miss our next gop debate, bret baier is host, chris wallace and megyn kelly there to question the candidates, september 22, 9:00 eastern time on the fox news channel and you can submit questions for the republican candidates. here s how you do it, go to foxnews.com, scroll down to the spotlight section and click on the gop presidential debate.
or even dropped lower, you could make that argument. she was at # 1 percent, two months ago in june, she s at 4 percent in her polling today. has she been kicked, karen? yeah. i think and i said this right after the iowa or the ames straw poll in iowa, that michele bachmann hit her high water mark. i believed that then, it s absolutely accurate today. i don t see that there is a real poll of voters for her to draw from that aren t already with her. i think that there s a much better narrative and a much more rationat for going with rick perry. you are a social conservative, you also want someone who can fix the economy, who has a good record to run and the fact is governors have better records than members of congress. bill: what do you think explains this for bachmann, doug? i think what has happened is that rick perry is getting 36 percent of the tea party vote and she s