The Senate majority leader reportedly having a temper tantrum.
CONNELL MCSHANE, GUEST HOST: Harry Reid blowing up at the press? The Senate majority leader reportedly having a temper tantrum when he was asked about Republican demands to drill offshore, telling one reporter to — quote — “turn up your hearing aid.”
But are Democrats hearing the American people?
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There is a FOX News poll out finding 75 percent believe the U.S. should increase drilling immediately in order to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.
With us now, the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
The Democrats do not seem to be listening to the people, are they, Mr. Speaker?
NEWT GINGRICH, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Well, you know, I think Senator Harry Reid is under particular pressure because his home city of Las Vegas is beginning to go through what I would call the Reid recession.