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>> the first few days here, the president and the white house wanted to distance themselves from it. they didn't want to get wrapped up in whatever was happening with the irs. you had the president trying to distance himself from benghazi. they realize that had strategy wasn't. they had to show some leadership and take control. you saw them using the east room. the gold curtains and everything to show that he is president. the president doesn't hike this sort of theater. he doesn't like doing stuff just to show that he is in control. or doing stuff to -- >> why do you call it theater if you fo...

>> under the president, sure, on a decision like this, firing the head of the irs -- >> the president did that. >> the first few days here, the president and the white house wanted to distance themselves from it. they didn't want to get wrapped up in whatever was happening with the irs. you had the president trying to distance himself from benghazi. they realize that had strategy wasn't. they had to show some leadership and take control. you saw them using the east room. the gold curtains and everything to show that he is president. the president doesn't hike this sort of theater. he doesn't l...

Old enough to have been around during the vietnam war. the idea they would put something like that on and to go to a memorial where americans died why didn't they stop at the hanoi hilton where they put everybody in prison. someone owes 800,000 plus americans an apology and ought to get on the air and say it in prime time or apologize for it or ought to get out of the business of doing stuff. >> megyn: and the disrespect and demeaning of the memories of those four p.o.w.'s and the two mia soldiers airmen, on board that b-52. by the w by the way, this turned out to be a major point, after that ...

Far has hurt the republicans. i took an average for the three major candidates, i took their favorabilities, they are all down. romney is down 10 since december. newt is down 9 since december. santorum who has recently got an uptick, obviously, he is still down 4 since december. all of this negativity, all of the attacks, leveled on one another, it is having an impact. >> laura: i think solutions are what people are looking for, scott. the president, like what he is doing or don't like what he is doing and i think a lot of it is total bunk like this mortgage deal yesterday, he appears to be do...

Far has hurt the republicans. i took an average for the three major candidates, i took their favorabilities, they are all down. romney is down 10 since december. newt is down 9 since december. santorum who has recently got an uptick, obviously, he is still down 4 since december. all of this negativity, all of the attacks, leveled on one another, it is having an impact. >> laura: i think solutions are what people are looking for, scott. the president, like what he is doing or don't like what he is doing and i think a lot of it is total bunk like this mortgage deal yesterday, he appears to be do...