can never trump principle. heather: a leading conservative writer now offering what is likely to be some controversial advice to gop leaders. george will saying that the republican party s resources would be better suited trying to gain control of both houses of congress instead of the white house. so does he have a point? trey hardin is senior vice president for vox global. a former republican campaign manager and aid to gop leadership and doug schoen also a fox news contributor. thank you both for joining us today. george will conservative political analyst says the republican party should stop wasting resources on the race for the white house because he says it can t win, the resources better expended and this is a quote making sure republicans wield all of the gavels in congress in 2013. also adding another quote that a lame duck obama would have substantially reduced capacity to do harm to republican-backed
improve the debt limit. this last requirement obviously comes at a tense time. the legislation will be considered on the house floor next week. now democrats have said that they are opposed to any requirement for a balanced budget. number two democrat in the house steny hoyer says he is going to encourage all of his colleagues to vote against it. well core lee elan is a senior vice president for vox global, a former communication adviser to president obama. high, corey. hi, thanks for having me on. alisyn: nice to have you. this balanced budget amendment will be considered on the house floor next week. why would democrats be opposed to a balanced budget amendment? i tell you, the concern that the american people who are watching this right now is that they want leaders in washington to lead, they want them to come to washington and take care of the big issues that confront us right now, one is definitely the debt ceiling, the other is the debt. i tell you this. what they want is fo
this week that the president and his administration need to do, quote, much more to provide, quote, clarity to the country about this mission. heather. heather: thank you very much. molly henneberg reporting live from washington. thank you. gregg: the president now saying that u.s. military force in libya has saved countless lives, but stresses our involvement is limited. take a look at this poll. 47% of americans approve of u.s. action in libya, compare that, though, to 76% support for military action in iraq. 90% for afghanistan. and 51% for kosovo. so what must president obama do to make the case to the american people? here now is adam goaler, former pollster for governor chris christie. former communication advisor joins us for president obama. and senior vice president of vox global. cory, those poll numbers i just recited, perhaps they suggest whether it s libya or kosovo,
first today, coming up pretty fast less than two months away. and first potential candidate dipping his toes into the presidential pool. newt gingrich filing his campaign form with the irs. and in south carolina, primary is less than a year away and a clear front-runner way ahead of the pack. with his popularity with voters carry over to other republicans? let s bring in our political panel, the senior vice president of vox global and aide to the house leadership and adam goldberg, former associate counsel to president clinton. thank you so much for joining us. off the top, let s take a look at this poll, this was done by winthrop university, 11 southern states were polled. you can see the clear winner is mike huckabee. he plays host of the huckabee
and it s a term that hasn t been brought up in years, as you know people haven t heard that term in many years, and it s interesting as to why. there are all different reasons, but i think it s a very descriptive term, every time i speak i have sold out crowds, i have standing ovations, every single time. it s the silent heart. they want to see wins. they want to see us have victory. jon: but as the washington post points out, quote: if for in the silent majority is a not so subtle reference to white people who need, want, to take their culture and their country back. and the argument goes they would be taking it back from those who aren t white. former communications adviser to president obama and senior vice president of vox global, vaughn christy is former special assistant to president bush and deputy assistant to vice president dick cheney. corey, when you hear silent majority, are you thinking donald trump is being racist? well, let s be clear, donald