Guests: Fox News analysts Robert Reich & Tony Snow
"I've never seen a political movement so detached from reality. Columnist Bob Herbert of the New York Times put forward the idea that many who voted for President Bush are simply 'dumb.' Then there's Michael Kinsley, who runs the editorial page at the Los Angeles Times, writing that his side is 'crippled by reason and open-mindedness.' Kinsley and other left-wing bomb throwers persuaded millions of Americans to vote for Bush. The truth is that the Democratic Party has been hijacked by the far left ? moderates are overwhelmed by the Michael Moore/George Soros/Hollywood crowd. So here's a prediction: In 2008 the Democrats will run a Hillary and Bill co-presidency campaign. She'll get the nomination, but he'll be all over the place urging Americans to get back to the go-go 90's. Bill and Hill are what the Democrats have. Persuaded?"
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich disagreed that his party is out of touch, saying, "Democrats can win if they come up with a moral message. It's immoral for people to work full time and not make enough to live on. It's immoral for the captains of American business to ship jobs abroad and take millions of dollars for themselves" The Factor countered, "If you're a deeply committed Christian or Jew or whatever ? (the Democrats) think you're an idiot. And the folks know it. And that's why if you continue to embrace these people you're never going to win." Fox News political analyst Tony Snow many Democrats are not merely neutral toward religion, but downright hostile: "The Democrats have become contemptuous of something that a lot of people regard as the core of their life and their life's meaning. At some point Democrats are going to have to engage in self-examination."