One Year Later

" We're about -- of the reasons. I listened to you especially. When we disagree. Barack Obama on election night there just about one year ago fast forward to this week what are the media saying crude. USA today on Wednesday Obama's election one year later the question now how patient is America. From Rich Lowry national review Obama in charge. The president there pictured in his PGA's. And Newsweek yes he can but he sure hasn't yet -- liberals the survival guide all right rich your cover and the others included. Is the love affair over I wish I could say are brilliant covers representative in media's treatment of Obama in its entirety that of course is not. Look I think they've got out. God I failed to their relationship over. But there. There has been a certain cooling but they're still smitten with the -- of their wondering a little bit whether this relationship and end up. When they wanted to. I think to the big factors driving a cover and -- coverage and any politician. Our poll numbers and the herd mentality that you actually see Obama dips for a significant amount of time into the forties. Then you'll really see that. The timely coverage changed the way hasn't yet well one of the big issues obviously facing this president is Afghanistan the war he described as the war of necessity when he was on the campaign trail. Now there seems to be months may be of indecision at the White House and and the question is should the press become."

" During that I think the press is trying his hardest hit town in shock and to find out what's going on. Behind those closed doors and Friday we had our seventh meeting honest and this one including the military. There have been leaks from both sides Obama seems to be setting the stage. Four kind of splitting the difference in other words giving. But less trips fewer troops and the crystal wants that's the 40000 requests but. Some additional. Say 20000 and you see the leaks that are indicating that that's the way he's -- and and by leaking genius sort of inoculate the public."

" What's to come -- and you see what seems afloat with the intelligence is on but I think some of the public events as well. The president going to Dover Air Force Base I think the at every body was saying let's. Adventures true this change in -- this didn't want to think about it's on so. That the dove argument is reinforced by that and also I think secretary of state Clinton going to Pakistan. And blaming everything on the Pakistani government sort of sets the predicates for look -- every fight in Afghanistan. When bin Laden and salamander alligator operating out of Pakistan so. I think there's optics and in place for what something like -- suggestion which is weightless McChrystal one let's talk about that metric."

" To Dover Air Force Base and I do not want to question the president's motives at all I mean he is the commander in chief I mean I have a son who's going to be in the military and it I just but but what do you see as the useful purpose -- was it just for the education President Obama."

" Well I don't think you can ever think with any politician. Than it's ever just you know. It's not philanthropy at night it's always for themselves it's always because they did on May be too motives actually. And I think that there's an -- optics that John was talking about and I think are part of that and that. But this is he has a huge decision coming down piping you have to make and I think that they are sending messages through things he's doing I mean I."

" I sometimes -- Judy the military as you know is a dangerous place in peacetime we lose a lot of soldiers through accidents and everything else and I sometimes wonder. You know who would have the president even gets the correct message when he's there with eighteen caskets coming home in."

" It's that is clearly a message that's meant to say war is bad -- dangerous people get killed and I'm here. Demonstrating my personal solidarity I'm not saying you shouldn't do it that this coupled with New York Times story. About how the president have been Afghanistan's brother is on the payroll of the CIA. The message of that story is this is occur rocked awful place. We shouldn't be there are we shouldn't be here in any great numbers they are setting the stage for a split the difference on the troops --"

" About the upcoming elections we've got a couple of big governor's races on Tuesday -- is is is outside he should we read the results some of the pressure saying. What ever however these turn out they have nothing to do they're not reflective of the -- and country when he --"

" I think think they are. And especially in Virginia which I think is already being written off by the media it's pretty clear that the Republican candidate down there is gonna win this week. And not just in his race but all the way down the ballot. Facing Virginia all the sudden they're saying you know it's a red state. Republicans when there when Obama won that race by six points he had two democratic governors in a row and the Democrats take the state senate. A year or two ago so that's a big deal I think in a weatherman does not gonna get to kind of attention it deserves. What about it Jim should we. You know should we read the tea leaves based on what have."

" well if you go back. History you say 1993. When the Republicans won the governorships in both Virginia and New Jersey and then followed up a year later with a huge historic takeover of both houses of congress. One could certainly make an argument. I think the other rich dimensional courses near 23 this suspect the election there to fill the vacant house seat on this problem Q who went into the Obama administration. There's a real chance that the that tea party candidate again and Hoffman's -- on the Conservative Party line in New York. They actually win that race which would be seismic not only for the never."

" Perhaps but also for the Republican establishment and some in the media are picking up on that I mean that praises press that race has got a fair amount of tension."

" Well that's a huge amount of attention because I think it is reflective of what's going on the country particularly in the Republican Party where that seems to be a real lack of people leadership that I think conservatives can relate to and so this this race really reflects how. It seems that of the conservative real conservatives in the race that that they can garner a lot of attention over this so called Republicans real quickly rich health care was to be the president's domestic priority."

" You here we are in the middle of this huge battle over our them on the media as confused as. Everybody. Over what what kind of animals if one I think they're buying too much into the idea that this is inevitable which you'd hear coming out of White House not a democratic leadership I think that's the case at all. And to you seem very inching a true effort on part of the Democrats to dishonestly I think. Get a top line number that plays well in the headlines under a trillion dollars supposedly paid for. Just to get that top top line kind of news treatment and then managed to do it with the Senate and house bills and then in the meantime as the New York Times was helpful to observe. It would seem that they can't run the swine flu program indicated the vaccine there they've really ought to focus on trying to do little -- to -- before they find it enormously."

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