'Conservative Message'

" President Obama is not the first commander in chief to give a speech to school kids first President Bush did it got his address is -- in classrooms President Reagan also. Had an address that was ultimately sent to kids. But -- Bill Kristol the editor of the weekly standard Fox News political analyst Nina Easton is here as well Washington bureau chief of fortune magazine -- Fox News contributor. I need -- start with you I I guess ultimately the speech ended up being hardly controversial at all when you listen to it there. Is it important now what the teachers say in the classroom."

" I think it's important you know it's funny say wasn't a controversy of -- it wasn't only noncontroversial. It was a conservative values speech. And I think I really kind of that it. Shows an unflattering. Spotlight on a lot of the critics of the speech going into this I mean this is a speech about no excuses I don't care here. That the child in a single mother -- in Foster care there's no excuses. Are not working hard that's a very conservative message. And I think conservatives -- should embrace it the other thing is you mentioned it was a wide range of students from kindergartners to high schoolers. Well the other thing as a broad range of students from high achieving high schools. To keep in mind we have high schools where -- dropout rate is more than 50%. And I have for him to give that message stay in school work hard no excuses. I thought I would spoke very -- bill Venus says conservative should embrace that will that."

" Yet to some degree I actually liked it lead analyst panel of this gives students -- Yorktown Heights that they were actually been replaced the fox all stars I think gotten. Fresh air out of you wanna -- now that's okay talking -- and and Steve as a tough camera out of a job they were very articulate -- cuter than the fox. And they think very sensible very sensible in the lesson they were taking the speech the speech is fine the lesson plan was not fine. They change the lesson plan but even so the very fact that the Obama Education Department thought it appropriate to send out a lesson plan I think it's revealing. Yet Education Department not supposed to get involved curriculum matters. It's kind of condescending to teaches the idea that they wouldn't know how to teach the speech -- that lesson plan from some federal bureaucrats. So I think conservatives were perfectly right to be unhappy about that but the speech was a perfectly sensible speech -- on a huge impact but I -- some kids that take take some of the -- start."

" sticky for second -- the last thing this administration needs at this point in time is another distraction this is turning into another distraction. Did we see them react more quickly than they have in the past in terms of changing that information now."

" Yeah I think so but I do think it it's revealing that they thought this would be system you know on problematic that the president's feet tall. The nation's -- on the first day of school in many districts which is a bit of the destruction it's a little different from what President Bush and President Reagan did in the middle of the school year. I get I don't think it's a big deal but I think they they they live a bit of an insular world in the Obama White House in the Obama administration and it's -- senior reaches. They think that have one wants to hear from President Obama all the time that it's really just we shall be grateful. So when he appears and I think they ended up in -- have to deal with this for a couple of days while they should've been you would think laying the groundwork for the health care speech tomorrow night."

" Can I jump in here I just I just just one quick thing you know conservatives bill as you know. Preach respect for institutions and respect for the presidency. And I think on that date I think that was a lost in a lot of that debate that was leading up to this I mean this is Laura Bush said. It is the president and he deserves respect whether it's a Democrat or Republican and and I think you know it is traditional conservative values got lost in this debate."