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It was for. it was for the person that is going to head the consumer protection whatever it is going to be called now. >> bob: consumer watchdog. >> dana: political thing. talk where he made the announcement. this white house sent president obama to ohio to a high school. in front of high school students makes unprecedented decision. and tells the high school students that the republicans want to ruin the country by taking away all the safety regulations. >> bob: that -- >> dana: at a high schoo...

Senate democrats still run supposedly the worlds most deliberative body. jon: right. in fact, harry reid and nancy pelosi, too, on the house side, but harry reid in the senate was praising the presidents recess appointments which leapfrogged over the head of the body that hes in charge of. >> are well, and when they were still in recess. supposed to have recess appointments in the constitution only when the congress, the senate is in recess. it isnt. it was in pro forma session, and harry reid t...

Therefore, obama has usurped the senate. usurped the law. he has broken the law likely. he should havent done what he did. even if they find a way around and its legal, its ridiculous. he is the only president in history -- >> bob: look, recess appointment is a loose term. i means if you cannot have a quorum, and you will not have a quorum because theyre not back. >> dana: bob there would be no news here if it was a regular recess appointment. that is not what happened. >> bob: recess appointmen...

new hampshire union leader came out for gingrich, now "the boston globe" has backed huntsman, not the former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. >> we received the endorsement of about half the papers in the state. we just got the endorsement of the "boston globe." were moving forward. i feel very good about where we sit in new hampshire because i know this state loves an underdog. >> romney with a commanding lead in new hampshire polling. hes spending as much time as possible down so...

day ago. he also got booed on stage. first, the new polling. it shows mitt romney with a commanding 41% of likely republican voters. hes followed by ron paul at 18%. rick santorum at 8% and gingrich tied with huntsman at 7%. this in new hampshire. powell and santorum are on the rice. paul took the day off from campaigning. santorum had a full day trying to turn his near victory in iowa into gains in new hampshire, trying to sell his brand of social conservative. today at a diner in new...

similar bombings two weeks ago on al qaeda. the opposition accuses the government of staging the blasts to back up a claim that its fighting terrorists. iran planning more war games. state-run media report another round of military drills are going to take place next month in the straight of hormuz. the most recent exercises ended just this week. tensions now have been rising over this strategic critical waterway. iran threatened recently to block the strait if new sanctions harm ira...

The senate. usurped the law. he has broken the law likely. he should havent done what he did. even if they find a way around and its legal, its ridiculous. he is the only president in history -- >> bob: look, recess appointment is a loose term. i means if you cannot have a quorum, and you will not have a quorum because theyre not back. >> dana: bob there would be no news here if it was a regular recess appointment. that is not what happened. >> bob: recess appointment happens when? >> eric: when...

Think all of you should run up to capitol hill, check out the house and senate and see if you can find a single member of congress and then tell me on this working day for most americans whether or not congress is in session. >> reporter: so their position is congress is in recess right now, so the president can use his constitutional authority for recess appointments, but what thai leaving out is the senate has also been in what they call pro forma session where they are open even just for a fe...

Crystal, let me start with you. if the senate wont give the presidents appointees an up or down vote, whats wrong with a recess appointment? >> well, whats wrong is president obama thinks hes governing under a monarchy rather than a democracy. and he started off the new year with a bang as an obstructionist. the fact is, the senate was in session. they had a pro forma session and barack obama decides hes not going to be held accountable to the american people, to the u.s. constitution, or congre...

Agreement between the parties that if youre in pro forma session, you dont do recess appointments. the fact is, theyre not really doing anything up in the senate right now. the pro forma thing is largely just a ceremonial to try and prevent something like this and the president appearing with richard cordray in ohio is basically saying, look, hes waited many months to get this nomination through. its an outgrowth of the dodd-frank wall street reform bill. and its part of the presidents we cant w...