a fox news contributor. gretchen ham ellis a former spokeswoman, and executive director for public notice. basically he said this is a bad move because the president may have burned some bridges with this. and he s not going to get what he wants from republicans going forward because of it. chris, what say you? it s kind of like a school-yard bully getting upset because somebody hit him back. these guys have been holding up appointments that are completely noncontroversial. the president county get ahead of the printing office approved by the senate. these guys have blocked more nominees to the executive branch than ever. elections have consequences. the president is entitled to his appoint -plts. if the republicans have a problem with the consumer protection board aogt see they should try to change the law. they can t block the president s appointment. everybody seems to like this guy and say he s qualified they just don t like martha:s problem is more underlying with the agency
when iranians send assassins to washington, d.c. to take out diplomats? where is the quid pro quo there? the other thing, when the united states isn t willing to stand up for its own people, its own equipment, its own things there is a serious signal being sent. i went back to look and see what did jimmy carter do when the iranians took the u.s. diplomats hostage in the late 1970s? what did he do? he sent out a notice saying we ll not have military alert. we re not taking military contingency plans. we ll work through diplomacy. how did that work out? we never got the hostages back. he had a failed rescue mission it. wasn t until president reagan came into office the iranians released hostage. martha:s there is concern whether the technology was jammed. will we ever find out? it has to be biggest secret in government right now. how did we lose control of that drone? was it jammed? i kind of live in this world of the cyberspace intelligence blogs. one suggestion is that the
from any of the republicans. bill: if you go back to the fall 2008, it s been three years of bad news on the economy. it s terrifying. bill: art, listen, thanks for coming in, we ll talk again real soon, out of nashville, martha s new favorite town. enjoy it. my favorite, too! thank you bill. martha: spent the weekend in nashville, what a fun place that is to see. thanks to everybody there, very nice people there. in chicago, there are people who are not being very nice to president obama and this comes out of the chicago tribune of all place, a member of the editorial board saying they think the president should consider dropping out of consideration for the 2012 race. we hear that a lot from some corners but certainly not from the chicago tribune. are we seeing crony capitalism play out in the white house? new fallout from that solyndra scandal, and the light squared situation. that s a separate company. are political favorites turning into bad investment? this is an incredib
the washington examiner and the iowa republican party live from ames, iowa. 9 p.m. eastern time right here on fnc. fair and balanced, as always. make sure you set your tivo if you re going to be out, and in the meantime, catch up on all the candidates by logging on to foxnews.com/politics. an alert, air force one is set to touch down in michigan. president obama trying to highlight a success of his stimulus program in these times of nine plus percent unemployment. an electric car battery plant that expects to employ 500 workers when it s fully operational is his destination. speaking of the economy and jobs, the president is coming under fire now for planning a nine-day vacation at a ritzy place other on martha s over on martha s vineyard. reportedly, the place rents for $50,000 a week. that s a lot of dough. is now the right time for that? you know, we have these debates all the time with presidents. you know, they need vacations. they re human beings, as it
know, leave, and, they came back, and, pushed themselves through the door, and one by one, carload by carload, it was just a disgusting disaster. my home is destroyed. urine on every, single, every, single piece of clothing, every drawer. martha: oh, my gosh. that is awful. four of the teenagers have been arrested. one of them is a minor, but these three will be tried as adults, police say these party crashers were bragging on social network sites, calling themselves, quote the home wrecker crew, and they did that as part of a trend they are seeing across the country and it is devastating for the kid who had the party and what the message is here, don t put your party on facebook! bill: and, put a camera outside your house, and bust all these kids. martha:s and don t have a party whenever parents go away and you can t handle it. too much pressure, these kids flood in, bad idea! bill: grounding or jail deserved here, wow. martha: yes. bill: 25 minutes past the hour.