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>> it doesn't look good. why wait two and a half years. >> the optics are terrible and it should have been anticipated. >> it's not just optics it is not following the letter of the law. and we all know that. >> it's very interesting. just we're talking politics. people are saying you know she hasn't been out there, her people aren't out there. they're not fighting this what's going on? >> there are different ways to fight. and i don't know if you've noticed, but there is this counternarrative out there. especially on social media and the supposed objective sites about hey did you see the jour...

Tell us the status of each. let's start with the shiite. >> the fact there is fighting against the shiite fighting militia isn't new to iraq. in 2008, the army had to fight the radicals all through 2008. they were trained in iran and in other areas in iraq. this is a radical cleric they are fighting which is a shrine site. he is anti-government and ant anti-eye tolla. it ads to the complications of iraq. i don't think it is too significant. >> then you have the sunnis.

And hurricane sandy. how does this packer in with seven days left to go? let's bring in panel. tucker carlson editor of the dailycaller.com. charles lane for "washington post." syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. okay, tucker. you know, listen, a lot of the focus is on the recovery, the rescue, the damage. but a lot of people are thinking seven days ahead. what does this do to this race? >> well, i think in general, natural disasters have a greater capacity to hurt, for example, katrina than they do to help. typically people don't blame the candidate, any candidate for the storm itself. ...

Eyeballs and stomp on the goo than listen to another ad. let me ask you what you think that given, you know, a series of problems for the romney campaign they need to do how do they get ahead of this? is it ads? is it more what he has to say? does he need to spend less time raising money and more time on the stump? what do you think, congressman? >> well, money is not going to be decisive in this race. both sides have plenty of money and frankly the differences in the spending rate have more to do with romney not being able to spend all his money until august or anything else. he literally cou...

Where, you know, their vote matters great deal they are already inundated by these independent ads. i think there's just going to be an accumulation of negativity here that's going to turn a lot of voters. i'm not saying it's not going to work in the end. this year, because there's so much distaste for how the process is run and how washington doesn't work, that there's some backlash ahead. >> it's funny. you took the words out of my mouth. there's a level of tonnage that -- and gene i love your point on this -- that gets to the point where it just pushes viewers back so much -- >> wait. >> i ...