Bait and Switch?

" I have a former senator Norm Coleman conceding you know race that has lasted. Seven months a fight over the Senate seat in Minnesota the declared victor according to the Supreme Court a Minnesota Al Franken joining me now to break down. This development is Dick Morris author of catastrophe of former Clinton adviser Dick good to see him -- so this could seal the deal and this gives the Democrats any big win in the Senate. You know Al Franken once wrote a book called why not me. And the theme that was that he runs for president and he hires me is his political adviser. And he discovers that. A -- at the ATM machine misses the issue he gets elected over that time look at that this has been quite a feat this has been quite a battle and it was interesting to listen to Norm Coleman talked there about. At the plight of the voters and how we stood for them for so long. What does this suggest now number one that governor Tim Pawlenty will -- will he sign off on -- and has said that if the court rules he'll. He'll follow that ruling and even if the court did not specifically ordered him to make the point -- to certify the winner I think he probably will. And I think that Minnesota obviously deserves to senators. At this comes at a particularly important time for Obama because his health care in his cap and trade policies absolutely teetering on the brink. Of fifty or 449 -- 51 votes they can't get sixty they know that. But Al Franken would be very important element and that politicians this could potentially be a huge vote in their favorites interest in senator Harry Reid stepped up immediately -- Pawlenty should find this thing right away. Let's get into those issues health care in cap and trade. Right now we saw this energy bill on Friday climate change bill signed into a lot like people an uproar about it doesn't appear as though it can get the support he needs and sent well it."

" Might or might not it's really -- and they can always water down a little -- try to get more support. But fundamentally I think it's important and in my new book catastrophe we talked about this. That this is Al Gore is BTU tax from 1993. In new format. The only difference is that instead of just taxing you and saying I'll take your money. You have a chance to sell the tax is somebody else and pay a little bit less for it and end and be able to make some money from. But fundamentally it's taxing energy."

" And the problem is that in the United States in the last four -- five years as manufacturing and had a bit of a comeback."

" Because the legal cost differential between now from the Chinese. Has begun to be offset by the transportation costs of shipping the goods because of the higher oil press. But now that you're effectively doubling the energy price in the United States it offsets that transportation cost. And that means that -- manufacturers in the United States are crazy. Not to outsource to countries that do not impose this tax so all of this rhetoric that Obama --"

" In the Ohio and Pennsylvania primary is about fighting outsourcing."

" Is actually a garbage can tap the window now what are -- W energy prices here -- not making India do likewise."

" He did this this is this something I can understand that this means searchable we're talking about losing millions of job -- a time where manufacturing is so critical to this economy and is and is bleeding given what's happened the auto industry. And look at something were originally there -- talking about telling these permits and and reaching 650 billion us we're now talking about killing 15% of permits and pulled by the way fueling -- guys who didn't."

" On the --"

" And the further point is look may -- and one of the few people on Fox News."

" That believes that global warming is happening and believes that about a third of it is -- and that we do need to act to prevent. But over half about 60% of our carbon emissions in the United States come from cars and trucks. And the electric car which is about to take over the whole country will replace the internal combustion engine at an extraordinary. Rate. And you might say electricity has made by Colin its problem price not because -- electric cars plugged in at night which is an off peak time."

" And -- 60%. Of our energy comes from -- 40% comes from Hydro nuclear natural gas wind and solar. And that's the stuff you run first so it's 3 in the morning you're not burning coal you're just burning natural gas or water falls around. But when it gets to be two in the afternoon then you're burning coal. So this dislocation. Which number one we're not asking our competitors do."

" And number two is that necessary because of what we can do with the automotive front I think is ridiculous bill ultimately look at this is going to -- Median could vote for that ultimately look -- going to be attacks on the middle class this is to me very represent and rep is reminiscent of 1993 with her when Clinton talked about no taxes on the middle class now. This is going to be one among its it's reminiscent of 88 under antitrust. That read my lips no new taxes that's right OK I want eighteen to put taxes on health care benefits I want to take a listen first ball to the little stonewalling will that went on stay with the Press Secretary applicants take a listen to for a second. -- not redundant mean."

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" you can't have that second keeps saying I haven't still wouldn't have yet. Been set but it's going to happen yet left. The legacy of if you make less than 250000. Dollars you will not have to pay a dime more in taxes. That Barack Obama set a hundred times Hannity was playing it endlessly last night. That is going to become go again in history with the read my lips no new tax. Because."

" Obviously the campaign commercials and Senator John McCain when McCain wanted to talk about it and he's got a multiple occasions and millions of dollars on that."

" It's like so and and that's going to be huge huge negative. But frankly one of the reasons we rushed this book in print we finished catastrophe on May sixth. And within the story of six weeks later that counts but next time."

" It is that week or UPS. Is that we want to get the facts about healthcare at the the problem is to me the tax increases is horrible but that's not my big problem with."

" My big problem is you can't provide. The same health care for 300 million Americans. That you now provide for 250 million Americans unless you expand the number of doctors because that has to be delivered through doctors. -- rather than do we should do which is to expand the number of doctors by a 100000."

" And then expand the number of patients by fifteen million he's doing it the other way around expand the patients."

" And you don't expand the doctors because you're cutting their fees that leads the same situation that they haven't."

" Canada into just before we wrap up when I argue this point about the changes I think he's going to be at NASA paxon middle class is going to be on state taxes custody is a huge deadline. It's going to be coming in in and what we've seen an energy healthcare union I think will receive huge middle class tax hikes. But is it okay to say hey wait a second year ago when I was on the campaign trail we're living in a different world. In the very similar in the current situation I need to Natalie green when he had to balance the budget and that's what people say when -- say hey let's not being fair about it I don't recall any reason."

" And a colony attractions of October radio now I don't recall any Obama's statements modifying that position."

" Either call him -- from the rooftops during all of the debates when we were in exactly the situation and let's go be real fair -- May be Obama would not have had to raise taxes on the middle class if he hadn't just spent one point four trillion dollars of borrowed money. Doubling the deficit on the stimulus package. But now that he's done that and he's already doubled interest rates over since he took office in mortgage rates are up by one point."

" In the last six weeks he's got to impose the taxes. If he's going to give the spending."

" You know a lot of people come to mean -- you worked for Clinton how can you be so critical of Obama and catastrophe. Well c'mon. Bill Clinton balanced the budget. Eliminated the deficit. Lowered interest rates and cut the capital gains tax each of those policies the exact opposite of what Barack Obama is doing. To be continued at the luncheon with -- with the book catastrophe it's fantastic that until much all right."