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Back to president obamas speech tonight. the by the we just place -- the bite we just played, unfortunately, over the last decade, i get that includes the time you were working for president bush in the white house, we have not done what is necessary to shore up the foundation of our own prosperity. what is your thought about that? >> i think hes right. that we failed to shore up our prosperity and we failed to do so in 2005 when democrats, including barack obama filibustered a bill to rein in f...

If spending a trillion is bad he spent a trillion on the stimulus bill. more than a trillion on the health care bill expanded the size of the government by 25% in less than a year. running back-to-back trillion dollar deficits. if a trillion is a problem for the country he has four, five trillion hes talking about here. what was the purpose of tonights spaoefplt? was educate the country about the -- states can what what was the purpose of tonights speech? was it to educate the country, or say we...

War. financed by borrowing from overseas this in turn has shortchanged investments in our own people and contributed to record deficits. for too long we have put off tough decisions on everything from our manufacturing base to our energy policy to education reform. as a result, too many middle class families find themselves working harder for less. our nations long term competitiveness is put at risk. >> greta: was president obama using this speech in part to blame president bush? karl rove join...

Colonel oliver north, a combat marine more than 20 years, what does he think of the combat withdrawal and the presidents speech in and then karl rove is here and then there is breaking news out of mexico. bombs at a bar in a tourist hot spot you may have vacationed in. it is getting worse in mexico. we have the latest.

Story of the speech of which this is a part and parcel. i couldnt figure out if this speech was about praising our troops and describing what we face in the war on terror in afghanistan and iraq or if it was a domestic speech designed to say you know what, lets get out of -- weve gotten out of iraq as quickly as we can he, we are rushing for the door because i need to get reelected and democrats reelected by talking economy, manufacturing jobs and green jobs and all the things we ought to do to ...

Speech tonight. the by the we just place -- the bite we just played, unfortunately, over the last decade, i get that includes the time you were working for president bush in the white house, we have not done what is necessary to shore up the foundation of our own prosperity. what is your thought about that? >> i think hes right. that we failed to shore up our prosperity and we failed to do so in 2005 when democrats, including barack obama filibustered a bill to rein in fannie mae and freddie mac...

There are some things that i wondered if they were political. at one point thes talking about the timeline in afghanistan. and he said, and next july, we will begin a transition to afghan responsibility. and he goes on later to say, but make no mistake, this transition will begin because open-ended war serves neither our interests or nor the afghans people. and of course, thats very popular with his base electing him and to throw into the mix, let me give you the sound of general conway has said...

Story of the speech of which this is a part and parcel. i couldnt figure out if this speech was about praising our troops and describing what we face in the war on terror in afghanistan and iraq or if it was a domestic speech designed to say you know what, lets get out of -- weve gotten out of iraq as quickly as we can he, we are rushing for the door because i need to get reelected and democrats reelected by talking economy, manufacturing jobs and green jobs and all the things we ought to do to ...

Why do this speech? >> im with you on this. first of all, it is the second oval office address hes given. he gives a lot of primetime evening speeches is only the second oval office address. i think it would have been better to mark the day by being with the troops as he was in el paso and not to have made a big speech. theres a point of weakness. we dont yet have a government in iraq if write sitting in the middle east, friend or foe, i would be thinking this was a sign that the united states g...

War. financed by borrowing from overseas this in turn has shortchanged investments in our own people and contributed to record deficits. for too long we have put off tough decisions on everything from our manufacturing base to our energy policy to education reform. as a result, too many middle class families find themselves working harder for less. our nations long term competitiveness is put at risk. >> greta: was president obama using this speech in part to blame president bush? karl rove join...