On Morning Joe, Major Garrett, formerly of Fox News, now with the National Journal, claimed to be "militantly non-partisan" but offered a passionate defense of Pres. Obama's Libya policy. Katrina vanden Heuvel refuses to admit The Nation is left-wing.
MSNBC host Cenk Uygur suggests opposition to President Obama's Libya policy is "unpatriotic. Democratic congressman Gary Ackerman says opposition amounts to "cheering for the wrong team."
On Morning Joe, Howard Dean expresses support for President Obama's policy on Libya and tells Joe Klein of Time: "I don't think you stay out of these things. You can't if you're the most powerful country in the world . . . You have to take chances."
Cenk Uygur accuses Republicans of hypocrisy for criticizing Pres. Obama's Libyan policy while having supported Pres. Bush on the war on Iraq. Uygur ignores fact he opposed Iraq war, and that then-Senator Obama said presidents lacked authority to take country to war in situations similar to Libya without congressional approval.
On her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell makes derisive comments about Sarah Palin's trip to India and Israel.
On MSNBC's Daily Rundown, Jonathan Alter says Pres. Obama is a "reluctant warrior," not a "cowboy" like Pres. George W. Bush.
On Morning Joe, NewsWeek/Daily Beast editor Tina Brown says Barack Obama "does have the worst inbox of any president maybe in history."
On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch compares American leadership favorably with that in Japan, claiming "we've got some damn good leaders in this country." Referring to Pres. Obama's challenges, Mike Barnicle wonders how "any one individual copes with all of this."
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz says that Tea Party members who support Republican Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder are "lining up with the Communist Party."
On his MSNBC show, Larry O'Donnell speaks of "good Christians" shooting illegal immigrants from helicopters.