Guests: Sam Donaldson, journalist and news anchor; David Frum, author; Reihan Salam, journalist; Carol Leifer, writer and comedian; Joe Wurzelbacher (aka Joe The Plumber)

On Fame

Being famous, it's not all it's cracked up to be.  Joe the Plumber

On the President's Trip To Europe

This president has changed the tone. Just changing the tone is a great plus for the United States.
 Sam Donaldson

At the end of the day, it always comes down to a few guys in a room. And if they like you and think you're smart, a lot of things could get done.
 Bill Maher

The irony is that the President went over there to set the reset button...and he went over there to set the reset button by totally ignoring the needs and situations of our European allies.
 David Frum

I think that you need to calibrate your language when you're dealing with your enemies. But, when you're dealing with friends, everyone knows we're not going to invade France tomorrow, even if we are consumed with a love of cheese.
 David Frum

On Republicans

[Republicans] have to give up these wedge issues. People don't care as much about homosexuality as about control of the health care system.  Sam Donaldson

The problem in the Republican Party is not the conservatives or not conservative; it's just rapidly becoming the party of the white, Southern evangelicals. And that party can't win elections.  Sam Donaldson

I don't hear a great clamor in this country to go back to the days when the federal government regulated every railway car, every truck, every airfare.  David Frum

The reason why the solutions the Democrats present are warmed over; they'd like a better solution, but they can't get it through because of the Republicans.  Bill Maher

I think that President Bush made a lot of miscalculations, and I think that conservatism needs to move beyond President Bush.  Reihan Salam

On Staying Young

Do you know how I stay feeling young? Bill, I'll share my secret with you. I live in a senior citizen retirement community.  Carol Leifer

On Lesbianism

Well, I was 40. I was childless. I was single, divorced. And I figured there's got to be one other way to really piss off my mother.  Carol Leifer

On Alternative Energy

There's one question that is the test of seriousness on this [alternative energy] issue, and that is nuclear power, yes or no.  David Frum

We had three big problems with nuclear: Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Jane Fonda, with that movie.  Sam Donaldson

Isn't the environmental problem we have now the equivalent of World War II? Isn't that the World War II that's going to pull us out of our current depression?  Bill Maher

You have to have an open, rational argument about [the environment]. And you can't talk about panic and alarmism -- that's going to prevent us from thinking.
 Reihan Salam

This environmental issue is an issue of accounting. The numbers matter.
 David Frum