>> sean: how dare i? >> i left out bob bauer, foremanly the white house counsel, now back again the counsel with the obama campaign, who joined less than five weeks with stephanie cutter and also alleging that mitt romney was a felon, and somehow or another he escaped the president's recollection as well. >> sean: what did you think? we'll throw up "newsweek" magazine. this is "newsweek." even they sit, hit the road, barack, why we must have a new president. what do you make of that? >> well, first of all, the piece is by neal ferguson, a brilliant economists, a wonderful writer, a contributor to "newsweek." my suspicion is everybody else at "newsweek" from andrew sullivan to you name it had indigestion at the piece, but it's brilliantly written, expertly done, and well worth reading. everybody ought to pick up for this one copy for "newsweek" for whom i used to write, because it's a great article. >> sean: polls last week on the economy, none of them good for president obama. new polls out, swing state v

. >> sean: divisive, negative, smears? >> divisive, negative. >> sean: does that make you angry? >> yes, i did. i did an event, and i looked for the greek columns, which were not around me. i talked about quotes, promises he made. going to cut the deficit in half, for instance. you know, if you push the stimulus package through we'll see 5.6% unemployment in 2012. it's 60% higher. >> sean: it's supposed to be 5.6 higher. of. >> supposed to be 50% higher. the american people know it's time for a fresh start, time for a change. >> sean: how does governor romney answer the outright lies? we have fewer americans than when he took office. how do you answer that? >> wait a minute, there's a half million fewer jobs. the fracture i fact is when he o office, he inherited a tough economy. the question is what he did he do with it? he forced through policies he thought would work, established his own measurements, his standards, and they've not worked by his own standards. so, you know, most of us knew they wouldn't work because they were based on the time-honored principles we use in this

>> sean, it was 2007 levels. it was -- >> sean: figures the one year i didn't say. >> it was using common sense fiscal conservative principles, same way you balance your checkbook at home. same way every small businessman in america balances theirs. you can't experience more than you have for any period of time or you go broke. i wish the president and congress would understand that. we had to set priorities, i'll be honest with the people of virginia, we can't keep spending. we cut in in things that had lower priorities, and eliminated a budget deficit without raising taxes. here's the good news. third year in a row with a budget surplus. our unemployment is down to 5.7%. listen, this is the same thing mitt romney will do for america. he's been a governor. he dropped the unemployment rate there from 50th to 30th. he cut $3.5 billion in a deficit there. this is a guy who understands the bottom line. that's what we need for america right now. >> sean: can you transfer what you're doing and scott walker is doing, c

. >> sean: are you confident? >> i have nightmares about what could possibly happen if it doesn't go the right way. i am confident. i spent a couple of days in michigan on behalf of governor romney. i s in virginia, four days in south florida, all in the last 15, 20 days. i like what i see. i think that the governor is ahead by a fwy more points than the polls are showing. i think that president obama is not going to climb much more than where he is right now. i think the undecided break to governor romney. >> sean: or stay home. >> or stay home. if somebody was going to vote for president obama, they know it now. he's been around a long time. if they accept his story, they accept it -- ink we can -- nothing we can do about it. the undecided are undecided because of obama. and that's the vote that we have to -- we have to appeal tomp i would like to see us spend 100% of the time on the economy because it's a disaster, what he has done to this economy. it is not getting any better in the next two months. he laid ou

>> sean, it was 2007 levels. it was -- >> sean: figures the one year i didn't say. >> it was using common sense fiscal conservative principles, same way you balance your checkbook at home. same way every small businessman in america balances theirs. you can't experience more than you have for any period of time or you go broke. i wish the president and congress would understand that. we had to set priorities, i'll be honest with the people of virginia, we can't keep spending. we cut in in things that had lower priorities, and eliminated a budget deficit without raising taxes. here's the good news. third year in a row with a budget surplus. our unemployment is down to 5.7%. listen, this is the same thing mitt do for america. he's been a governor. he dropped the unemployment rate there from 50th to 30th. he cut $3.5 billion in a deficit there. this is a guy who understands the bottom line. that's what we need for america right now. >> sean: can you transfer what you're doing and scott walker is doing, can you trans

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i'm sean. i switched to adv® 10 months ago. biking can be really tough on the lower back and your upper thighs. you have some nasty aches and pains. i really like advil® because it takes care of it all. neck ache, shoulder pain and definitely lower back pain. i use advil® because my wife, she's a nurse, she recommended it. [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil®. and if pain keeps you up, sleep better with advil® pm. >> sean: back to "hannity." we continue with our studio audience, chris horner you battle the liberals on the environmental issues all the time. look what happened in north dakota. 3.5% unemployment rate. drilling on private lands. successful. doing it safely. and why this resistance? you battle these guys every day. why this mysterious reluctance and resistance? >> you just described it because it shows complete independence, a lack of dependence. they are are exploiting resources and using them to make us richer freer and safer which they don't like. these are jobs unlike the green jobs w

vice-president, great to see you again. >> thanks for coming to wyoming, sean. >> sean: this is going to be a great day. >> typical wyoming day in the summertime. >> sean: it's a little different in new york. hey, since i have seen you last, have you had this heart transplant, you have been through a lot. how hard has that been? >> well, hard... i am here. it's... it's really a miracle. it's a tremendous gift that somebody gave, obviously, in terms of -- their willingness to donate, the family's willingness to donate a heart. and when you have the advantage of going frommen-stage heart failure, to where you are really about to hang it up because your heart's not working to service all of your vital organs, to all of a sudden, you have a new heart and the expectation that you may live another 15 or 20 years, it's a miracle. it's a tremendous gift. yeah, there is some rocky momes along the way. but you always have to think about what the alternative was. it is a lot better than the alternative. >> sean: last time i saw you, you had your pack with you, you would pull it out and the alarm

go long. >> sean: all right. so remember how president obama pledged to change the culture of washington. apparently, that was just one more of his broken promises. the white house is refusing to condemn the senior adviser to the president, david plouffe, who reportedly accepted money from a company that has close ties to iran and syria. >> they promised to change washington. but they just fit right in. david plouffe, one of president obama's most trusted advisers, accepted $100,000 from a company that does business with iran and syria. he is not talking. the company's activities are under intensified scrutiny. one country, two speeches, $100 thousand. barack obama hasn't changed washington at all. >> sean: joining me to break down the latest scandal to rock the white house, the author -- four weeks in a row on the new york times best seller list, what the bleep just happend? monica crowley. and juan williams, who will tell us what bleep means. >> i am going to try. >> sean: someone said the following in the camp

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. >> sean: are you confident? >> i have nightmares about what could possibly happen if it doesn't go the right way. i am confident. i spent a couple of days in michigan on behalf of governor romney. i spent three days in virginia, four days in south florida, all in the last 15, 20 days. i like what i see. i think that the governor is ahead by a fwy more points than the polls are showing. i think that president obama is not going to climb much more than where he is right now. i think the undecided break to governor romney. >> sean: or stay home. >> or stay home. if somebody was going to vote for president obama, they know it now. he's been around a long time. if they accept his story, they accept it -- ink we can -- nothing we can do about it. the undecided are undecided because of obama. and that's the vote that we have to -- we have to appeal tomp i would like to see us spend 100% of the time on the economy because it's a disaster, what he has done to this economy. it is not getting any better in the next two mon

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>> sean, thank you. >> sean: thank you for being here. over the years we i have gotten to know you very well and we are friendly even though we are wrong sometimes. >> we we disagree you you are wrong. >> sean: when we disagree on those few times. it is having because you are very unique in the sense that here you go from being al gore's running mate and then support john mccain and then as we just saw you condemned bill clinton. >> right. >> sean: in this hype hyper pan age why aren't there more joe liebermans? >> it is not easy as that character on sesame street used to say, it is not easy being green. it is not easy to do this because the parties are so much at war constantly with each other and there is such idea logical rigidity. for most of the time the public wasn't like that. most people decided campaign by campaign who they thought was the best candidate. they decided issue by issue and i always felt that once i was elected my loyalty was to the country and to the state, the people who elected me and i was elected by democrats, r

. >> sean: putting out ads. >> expanded the welfare state. hoyer said the best way to stimulate the economy is to increase food stamps and welfare. >> sean: you think this is a conscience effort, hoer did say the best way to stimulate the economy, food stamps and unemployment. nancy pelosi made a similar comment about unemployment. >> if you want to stimulate the economy start with entitlement reform. not providing funding to it nasa and the space exploration is not going to do anything for the economy. no point in killing thousands of the most advanced jobs in aerospace in the entire world. that is not going to stimulate the economy. >> sean: jason, you work for the "wall street journal." is is embarrassing tore america if we are sending americans up into space and paying the russians to get there. >> and with what the president has said is the key to building an economy that is built to last his phrase. science, technology, innovation, development. he said these are the things we should be focused on. how is that consistent with ending mann

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>> sean: okay. they are tired of record deficit spending and wisconsin voted for the republican that is fiscally responsible. does that impact this election? >> yeah. i mean, i am sure your pollsters can tell you this. the only polls that matter are likely voters and they all show romney ahead. they are lying by citing polls that mean nothing. >> sean: they out sample democrats in large margins. >> let's get the likely voters. romney's doing just fine. >> sean: you have been -- >> which is why he really needs the romneys to get divorced. >> sean: that's know going to happen. you wanted governor christie to jump into the race. you stole -- obama breathalizer, inhaler. who do you want him to pick? who do you think he's going to pick? >> i am very, very bad at making predictions of vice-presidents. i thought, for example,-- >>> i am getting a week and-a-half. >> sean. >> i thought obama was going to pick mark warner and i think he should have. but i have always been wrong. the problem with christie --

. >> sean: one at a time, angela. >> why do i always get cut off because i am the liberal. >> sean: you were finished. stop whining. >> if they unbelievable jesus christ. that's number 1. it backfired on you guys. >> jesus christ, his last commandment was that thou shall love one another -- >> and thou shalt not judge. but if you are a believer, you have the right to state god's law. >> sean: we are getting off course here. >> i am a liberal. >> sean: that's obvious. we know that. he's practicing his religious views. to shut down the store every sunday -- >> that's great. >> sean: let me finish. he's practicing his religion. liberals want to hurt him because he doesn't agree with him. they didn't go after obama -- they didn't go after obama on the same position -- >> excuse me -- yes, he is -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: three weeks ago, he agreed with the owner of chick-fil-a. >> yes, he d. but he wanted -- ask reverend owens, my hero, the head of the coalitions of dprn pastor who is compared obam stojudas, saying he betrayed our community for the money. so after barack obama weigh

>> sean, thank you. >> sean: thank you for being here. over the years we i have gotten to know you very well and we are friendly even though we are wrong sometimes. >> we we disagree you you are wrong. >> sean: when we disagree on those few times. it is having because you are very unique in the sense that here you go from being al gore's running mate and then support john mccain and then as we just saw you condemned bill clinton. >> right. >> sean: in this hype hyper pan age why aren't there more joe liebermans? >> it is not easy as that character on sesame street used to say, it is not easy being green. it is not easy to do this because the parties are so much at war constantly with each other and there is such idea logical rigidity. for most of the time the public wasn't like that. most people decided campaign by campaign who they thought was the best candidate. they decided issue by issue and i always felt that once i was elected my loyalty was to the country and to the state, the people who elected me and i was elected by democrats, r

. >> sean: one at a time, angela. >> why do i always get cut off because i am the liberal. >> sean: you were finished. stop whining. >> if they unbelievable jesus christ. that's number 1. it backfired on you guys. >> jesus christ, his last commandment was that thou shall love one another -- >> and thou shalt not judge. but if you are a believer, you have the right to state god's law. >> sean: we are getting off course here. >> i am a liberal. >> sean: that's obvious. we know that. ews. practicing his religious to shut down the store every sunday -- >> that's great. >> sean: let me finish. he's practicing his religion. liberals want to hurt him because he doesn't agree with him. they didn't go after obama -- they didn't go after obama on the same position -- >> excuse me -- yes, he is -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: three weeks ago, he agreed with the owner of chick-fil-a. >> yes, he d. but he wanted -- ask reverend owens, my hero, the head of the coalitions of dprn pastor who is compared obam stojudas, saying he betrayed our community for the money. so after barack obama weighed in o

correct. >> sean: okay. whether or not you asked the question they believe obama's the worse president than they expected. 64% think -- these are obama voters. >> obama voters in 2008 that are undecided or supporting mitt romney now. people argued what is this presidential election about? based on this data and the others we found in the survey, it is coming down to bam bottom's presidency, they are making an evaluation over the last four years to decide what the next four years will be like. will we get lower unemployment and get more jobs? can we reduce the deficit? and their evaluation is no. >> sean: now the question, what do you think mitt romney should be talking about more? his business background and record. his record as governor, record with the olympics. it's interesting. here's a question that i asked governor romney on my radio program last week, that i don't think anyone asked -- tell me about bain capital, what did you do? when he explained it, it was pretty fascinating. how they start trksd a

. >> sean: pretty disgusting. here to respond to these despicable attacks, former new hampshire governor, sun -- john sununu. governor, let me give you a chance to respond to this. >> let's talk about the ad first. you certainly sympathize with the gentleman who has lost his wherer -- his wife. he obviously is grieving and wants to express his innermost feelings and wants to get his feelings out and we have empathy for that. but beyond that, have you to look at the people who cut the ad. and it is reprehensible for these people to exploit this man's grief, just on that basis. this is not the kind of ad you ought to be running in a presidential campaign, but it goes well beyond that. when you look at the facts that somebody either edited out what have he said or didn't put in the script that they gave him to speak, the fact is is that mitt romney left bain in 1999 to go run the olympics. the plant this gentleman is talking about was closed in 2001. in 2002, his wife was still working and another facility where she

[chuckles] >> sean: you don't look a day over 40. come. >> the key thing here and the part that's missing here, 12,000 people a day, the baby-boomers are added to this. so the idea that you don't have to make adjustments is absurd. the president's got in the way, throughout this debate on obamacare, without telling the truth-- >>> comma that comment -- >> now we need to be very serious. >> sean: this is dev stateing. we're out of time. good to see you both. i had no idea you were over 50. >> vilived a hard life. >> an exemption into medicare. >> sean: he is not backing down from this comment. >> as far as harry reid is concerned, listen, i know, you might want to go down that road. i am not going to respond to a dirty liar. >> sean: reince priebus sits down with me and talks about fighting the obama smear machine and says that obam has blood -- his hands and we will play a long list of praises for paul ryan as >>> is any person in this debate has blood on their hands in regard to medicare it's barack obama. >> sean: joining me now re

i'm sean. i switched to adv® 10 months ago. biking can be really tough on the lower back and your upper thighs. you have some nasty aches and pains. i really like advil® because it takes care of it all. neck ache, shoulder pain and definitely lower back pain. i use advil® because my wife, she's a nurse, she recommended it. take action. take advil®. and if pain keeps you up, sleep better with advil® pm. >> sean: back to "hannity." we continue with our studio audience, chris horner you battle the liberals on the environmental issues all the time. look what happened in north dakota. 3.5% unemployment rate. drilling on private lands. successful. doing it safely. and why this resistance? you battle these guys every day. why this mysterious reluctance and resistance? >> you just described it because it shows complete independence, a lack of dependence. they are are exploiting resources and using them to make us richer freer and safer which they don't like. these are jobs unlike the green jobs which take from the treasury and depe

i think that's what america's starving for. >> sean: keep fighting hard. >> god bless you. >> sean: make sure that governor romney doesn't kill anybody between now -- that's what he is being accused of. >> sean: coming up, paul ryan has a lot of fans and they are not all americans. the v.p. hopeful. see the two images, side by side, that's the president's crowd in 2010 and this is his crowd now. see a problem there? the president and his team does. now he's worried that his popularity's waning. our political panel will weigh in as "hannity" continues. seems they haven't been moving much lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that

>> sean: okay. they are tired of record deficit spending and wisconsin voted for the republican that is fiscally this election? >> yeah. i mean, i am sure your pollsters can tell you this. the only polls that matter are likely voters and they all show romney ahead. they are lying by citing polls that mean nothing. >> sean: they out sample democrats in large margins. >> let's get the likely voters. romney's doing just fine. >> sean: you have been -- >> which is why he really needs the romneys to get divorced. >> sean: that's know going to happen. you wanted governor christie to jump into the race. you stole -- obama breathalizer, inhaler. who do you want him to pick? who do you think he's going to pick? >> i am very, very bad at making predictions of vice-presidents. i thought, for example,-- >>> i am getting a week and-a-half. >> sean. >> i thought obama was going to pick mark warner and i think he should have. but i have always been wrong. the problem with christie -- maybe i am wrong, but i don't

. >> sean: an untold story. first of all, how you found out you would be al gore's running mate is fascinating itself. and another story, you came very close to being john mccain's running mate. i know for a fact and i will explain that and we will come back and we have a lot more from connecticut attorney general to nor to vp candidate. senator lieberman and some of the moments in how he was tapped by al gore to be his running mate. is but first, the man he endorsed for president, senator john mccain. >> i think his greatest accomplishment is to prove be even in the most difficult times you can work athe aisle and get things accomplished for republicans and democrats and gain and keep the respect of everyone no matter where they are in the i was having trouble getting out of bed in the morning because my back hurt so bad. the sleep number bed conforms to you. i wake up in the morning with no back pain. i can adjust it if i need to...if my back's a little more sore. and by the time i get up in the morning, i fee

vice-president, great to see you again. >> thanks for coming to wyoming, sean. >> sean: this is going to be a great day. >> typical wyoming day in the summertime. >> sean: it's a little different in new york. hey, since i have seen you last, have you had this heart transplant, you have been through a lot. how hard has that been? >> well, hard... i am here. it's... it's really a miracle. it's a tremendous gift that somebody gave, obviously, in terms of -- their willingness to donate, the family's willingness to donate a heart. and when you have the advantage of going frommen-stage heart failure, to where you are really about to hang it up because your heart's not working to service all of your vital organs, to all of a sudden, you have a new heart and the expectation that you may live another 15 or 20 years, it's a miracle. it's a tremendous gift. yeah, there is some rocky momes along thebut you always have tok about what the alternative was. it is a lot better than the alternative. >> sean: last time i saw you, you had your pack with you, you would pull it out and the alarm would go o

. >> thanks for coming to wyoming, sean. >> sean: this is going to be a great day. >> typical wyoming day in the summertime. >> sean: it's a little different in new york. hey, since i have seen you last, have you had this heart transplant, you have been through a lot. how hard has that been? >> well, hard... i am here. it's... it's really a miracle. it's a tremendous gift that somebody gave, obviously, in terms of -- their willingness to donate, the family's willingness to donate a heart. and when you have the advantage of going frommen-stage heart failure, to where you are really about to hang it up because your heart's not working to service all of your vital organs, to all of a sudden, you have a new heart and the expectation that you may live another 15 or 20 years, it's a miracle. it's a tremendous gift. yeah, there is some rocky momes along the way. but you always have to think about what the alternative was. it is a lot better than the alternative. >> sean: last time i saw you, you had your pack with you, you would pull it out and the alarm would go off and scare everybody arou

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