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Use of executive power here is very interesting and vis-a-vis how the a.c.l.u. is responding because it's the use of executive power that goes beyond some of what they objected to from president bush. >> paul: it's fascinating to me, i think, dan, if president bush were still doing this, would we see even more opposition to this, do you think? because as a democratic president who's doing it maybe some of the opposition from the left is more muted than it might otherwise be? >> i don't think there's any doubt that that's the case. i remember the swift program the treasury used to track terrori...

Filed, questioning the legal basis of the predator drone program. we're back with dan ettinger and matt comiskey and editorial page writer colin levy. the president has wrapped up this predator campaign above what the bush administration was doing. how well is it working? >> well, it's quite dramatic actually. last year we had 50 attacks which is more than the last three years in the bush administration, as you mentioned this month, last month there were more than a dozen attacks. i think it's been the one unherded success of president obama's war on terror. in pakistan we've got kills, only t...

Boom in new spending, including 25 billion dollars for states for medicaid and 100 billion for yet another jobs stimulus, all financed by record deficits and 2 trillion dollars in tax increases. joining the panel, deputy editor, dan ettinger. mary o'grady and senior economics writer steve moore. >> so, steve, the scott brown election in massachusetts was supposed to be sending a message about fiscal restraint against the growth in government, but this budget doesn't show that. what is the white house calculation here? i mean, political and economic? >> you know, paul, last week, i was in the--...

Filed, questioning the legal basis of the predator drone program. we're back with dan ettinger and matt comiskey and editorial page writer colin levy. the president has wrapped up this predator campaign above what the bush administration was doing. how well is it working? >> well, it's quite dramatic actually. last year we had 50 attacks which is more than the last three years in the bush administration, as you mentioned this month, last month there were more than a dozen attacks. i think it's been the one unherded success of president obama's war on terror. in pakistan we've got kills, only t...

Across the country a policing revolution that uses crime data obsessively and that holds local precinct commanders accountability. it's an accountability revolution as well as an information revolution. >> paul: all right, heather, good news for a change. thank you. we have to take one more break. when we come back our hits and when we come back our hits and misses of the week. [ female ] olay regenerist is on a roll. new anti-aging eye roller. reduces puffiness immediately -- and also helps with lines and wrinkles. not surgery. this is our way to do your eyes. new regenerist anti-aging eye ro...