Republicans Apologizing News Today

>> how is the congress supposed to reign in a president if they see them overroaching. >> and i mean this is going to be a bad president going to the future and it was started with president obama showing contempt for the constitutional congress. i am not sure about the political issue as ab suggest. the kyoto protocol was voted down. and if this can be portrayed if it can be fairly being a devastating approach to the economy. you will see the democrats hedge away than the republicans apologizin...

White house and bp on capitol hill. we had the president giving a national address. and then we had the talk of the town, which is showing up in a dnc ad and i want to play it and then ask you a couple of questions. >> but if republicans were in charge, this is the guy who would be overseeing bp. >> i apologize. >> he apologized to bp and called the recovery fund a tragedy. >> so i apologize. >> republicans apologizing to bp? tell republicans stop apologizing to big oil. the democratic national ...

National address, and then we had the talk of the town, which is showing up in a dnc ad. i want to play it and ask you a couple questions. >> this is the guy overseeing bp. he apologized to bp and called the recovery fund. republicans apologizing to bp. tell republicans, stop apologizing to big oil. the democratic national committee is responsible for the advertising. >> the democrats have taken this and run with it, and we are now hearing the chief of staff, rahm emanuel, saying this was not a ...

Theres a legitimate complaint on either side, but if youre going to say that tony hayward has got to be sitting inside in the dark pouring over books and talking to people, then the president should, too. >> well, politics as you know is perception, a lot of politics is perception, like it or not. and this week we saw barton coming out and making his apology remarks and already turned into a campaign ad. it seems like this was sort of an up week, lets take a look at that campaign ad already in p...

Welcome back to our strategy session. joining us our cnn political contributors, donna brazile and ed rollins. ed, ill start with you and play a clip from the dnc. they just put out a new adoree acting to the joe barton comments made yesterday. >> bp caused the worst oil spill in american history. now at president obamas direction bp set aside $20 billion for recovery on the gulf coast. if republicans were in charge this is the guy who would be overseeing bp. >> i apologize. >> he apologized to ...

Committee. >> so i apologize. >> republicans apologizing to bp? tell republicans, stop apologizing to big oil. >> reporter: and the man in charge of getting house democrats elected says they intend to use this issue against gop candidates. >> were going district by district to talk about this issue. and holding republican members and their candidates accountable. >> reporter: and he says joe barton is not alone. republican michele bachmann on cnns jk usa. >> we dont think it is a good idea for t...