can t get conversations on the department of justice s ongoing investigation of news corporation which you an employee. after 30 years of having our living standards decrease while the wealthiest 1% had it better than ever, it s time for maybe, some participation in our democracy that isn t funded by news cameras and gentlemen such as yourself. let me give you this challenge, jesse. sure. we re here giving you an opportunity on the record with greta van susteren to put any message you want out there. give you fair coverage. i m not going to in any way be biased about it. that s awesome. there s exception to the case. you wouldn t be able to get your message out without us. no, certainly. take for instance when glenn beck was doing his protests and he called the president a person who hates white people and white culture. that was a low moment in america s history. you guys had a big part in it. i m glad you re coming around paying attention to what we re paying attention to
in the republican presidential field, herman cain, was the first to speak out and arguably the most vocal candidate on the story. he was asked about it again on the view today. i will say i still stand by my statement it was insensitive for it to be there up until 1983 and the statement that had been issued by governor perry s campaign, i accept that. i do not believe that that represents how governor rick perry feels about black people in america. it was insensitive to leave it there as long as they left it. not sure how this will eventually play out for tea party favorite herman cain who we mentioned at the top of the show is tied for first place among republican voters. immediately after cain s initial comments on the insensitivity of the racial slur at the hunting camp, conservatives bashed cain. the way things seem to be shaking out, the biggest loser from the revelation that the property bore the name n-word head is not rick perry. it s the black guy.
his highway or the my way approach isn t going to work in the house or democratic senate in light of his abysmal record on jobs. the american people have gone with it far too long. people trying to work together despi despite our agreements. there s a report tonight from the associated press that democrats want to swap out some of the way president obama proposed to pay for his jobs bill for 5% tax surcharge on millionaires. senate majority leader harry reid predicted don t when the bill comes to the floor almost all democrats will get behind it. joining me, political analyst, alex wagner. am i wrong eric cantor is a very unappealing politician? is that a loaded question? to each his own i would say. eric cantor, a lot of americans don t know who eric cantor is. let me ground this in some date data. a cnn poll in july shows 46% of
every candidate under pressure and see which one really has the strength to take it all the way. i don t think we have to worry about the republican field being weak. actually it s the democrats that have to worry about having a weak candidate. i showed a poll today that showed 46% of americas definitely will not vote for obama. 23% would definitely vote for obama. the remaining 30% out there, obama has to run the table if things stand as they are. it s really the democrats have the weak candidate they should be concerned about, not the republicans. the republicans are going to unite behind whomever emerges from this field. in terms of that polling, one thing that s interesting, as low as the president s approval ratings have been recently, jonathan, he remains incredibly personally popular and remains much more popular than the republicans in congress. i wonder whether you think that personal popularity, who on the republican side is sort of best equipped to go toe to toe with him o
after the number two house republicans said yesterday the chamber would not vote on the president s bill in its entirety saying the american s jobs act was dead on arrival. this morning congressman cantor told reporters it s the president who has a problem reaching across the aisle. the problem is the policies being promoted by this administration that are sending the signal that we re not open for business in america. so if the president would join us in trying to do some things and actually help people that help create an environment for growth, i think we can all see a way to work together to actually produce a better future. the majority leader s office put out a statement today directly responding to the president s speech in texas that called cantor out by name. that statement read in part president obama needs to understand it is my way or the highway approach i m laughing because this is the guy who rallied the votes.