Bloomberg and Booker Talk Stimulus, Guns, Healthcare on Meet the Press

The show starts off with Jim Jones who talks about Bill Clinton's successful mission, overshadowed by the fringe and their problems with health care and underlying problems with a changing society. On the Chris Matthews Show this morning, the roundtable said a lot of the fringe that we're seeing in the media, thanks to the Internet, ugh, are feeling insecure and worried about the economy. But moreover, they're worried about life as they know it passing them by as the country becomes more diverse and their white world crumbles around them. Glenn Beck calls it "white culture." They're afraid that minorities are taking over.
The roundtable also concluded that the fringe will continue to run the dwindling GOP. Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker says Sarah Palin is making a run for the presidency and the GOP is very afraid. I'll always blame John McCain for propping up an inadequate person for such a big and important job. It will be a sad, sad day if Palin is the republican choice for president in 2012. Although it would be kind of fun to watch her.
On the Meet the Press roundtable at the end of this clip, David Brooks calls Sarah Palin's recent remarks about Obama's "death panel" nuts. He also says Limbaugh's nazi remarks are insane.

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Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger, Rendell Express Support for Obama

On Meet the Press, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell defended Obama's stimulus spending.
Investing in infrastructure -- trains, roads, bridges...-- is necessary.

Ed Rendell says people are mad about AIG because they can get their arms around it. Indeed. If we only knew. I agree with David Brooks--AIG hysterics are out of control, largely because we don't know much about banking.

As Obama said on Leno, what AIG and the banks did was LEGAL. Hello. It's the entire system that needs fixed. The system ran free and greed took over. Getting bonus money back is like finding a penny. 

It seems clear that governors are wiser than congressional leaders, probably because they have more hands on experience. They don't let their political affiliation get in the way as much as congressional leaders. They see the value of the stimulus because their states need help. Yet there are some states that desperately need help -- South Carolina-- and their leader, Mark Sanford, is being political, declining stimulus money. I'd guess that's because he's in the hard right south. That area in general has always had issues (largely issues of ignorance) with Obama.

About Obama, Mayor Bloomberg said: "I think he's going to be a great president."

Boomberg said the president is taking on the tough issues. Schwarzenegger and Rendell also were upbeat about Obama and the future. It was good to hear, for once.

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