"The Obama administration signaled last weekend that it might take the so-called public option on health care off the table. That would mean the government would abandon a federal insurance program funded by billions of taxpayer dollars. Well, as soon as the far left heard that, they went nuts, besieging the White House. As we've stated, the goal for the radicals is to redistribute income from corporate and affluent America to the poor and low wage earners. In the coming weeks, it'll be interesting to see if President Obama caves in to the radical movement, because there's no question most Americans reject the far left philosophy. Liberals don't have a majority anywhere. But the media is heavily left. And liberal voices dominate the national conversation on television and in the newspapers. That has emboldened the far left. Net roots folks who held a convention last weekend in Pittsburgh, they don't much like America. That kind of hatred defines the radical left. And President Obama would be smart to distance himself from it."

The Factor asked Fox News analyst Karl Rove how he would advise the President if he were a Democrat. Rove said he would advise Obama to be more specific: "what is it that you want to do? We saw the muddle over the last couple of days on a public option. Do you want it or not want it?" The Factor saw Obama's promotion doing more harm than good: "The more he goes out and talks about it, the more confusing it gets. I still don't know what he's talking about in these meetings. And he only takes eight questions. And he uses an hour. He talks way, way too much."

A guest on CNN accused town hall protesters of racism, based on a misleading story. Fox News analyst Dr. Marc Lamont Hill agreed that the example that the CNN guest used was fallacious, but insisted that there was some racial motivation driving the protests: "I went to a town hall in Lebanon, PA. The tone, the type of language they used to describe Obama, those are the things that make me feel like there's a racial animus to it. When they talk about the 46 million uninsured, they say I don't want 'those people' taking my money. There's definitely a racial undertone." The Factor pointed out that nobody accused Democrats of racism when they attacked Pres. Bush: "I've been doing this for a long time. Zealots on both sides, right and left are going to find whatever avenue they can find. I don't see the race thing here."

Attorney Jonna Spilbor (subbing for Lis Wiehl) and attorney/Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly explained a very unusual case involving a man trying to seduce three underage girls online. It turned out that all three "girls" were actually undercover cops. The man's lawyer claimed entrapment and wanted the charges thrown out, but the suspect ended up getting 17 years in prison. Spilbor thought it was unfair: "When an adult pretends to be a child, it's still an adult -- so he actually committed no crime. And there should be more lenient sentences." Kelly disagreed: "I'm happy he's in jail for 17 years. He was trying to have sex with a 13-year-old. And that violates the law." The Factor came around to Kelly's point of view: "If you try but don't succeed for whatever reason, you still can go away for a long period of time? All right, that's the law and that's the way it is."

The ladies returned to give their take on actor George Clooney's potential lawsuit against photographers who hopped the fence of his Italian palazzo and took pictures of the guests, including a topless 13-year-old girl. Kelly thought that Clooney had a pretty good case: "There's this privacy act over in Italy that provides blanket protection to public figures in circumstances like this, where you try to invade their private lives and get information that has, really, no public value." Spilbor pointed out that there already was a special law protecting Clooney: "In this small little town the mayor enacted a 'George Clooney law' to keep people from gathering outside
of his house. And if you get caught doing it and you're not a local, it's going to cost you 26 bucks." The Factor was unimpressed with photographers trying to get snaps of the star: "I've met the man. Let's put it this way, I would not jump over a wall to see him." However, he did agree with Clooney on the merits of the case: "But the bottom line on this thing is that nobody should be jumping over anybody's wall. Nobody should be doing what these people did."

Glenn Beck is a ratings monster at 5 in the afternoon. And that's driving his critics crazy. The Factor wondered if Beck had changed his routine since coming to Fox: "When you were on CNN Headline News you weren't as flamboyant -- and that's a kind word -- as you are now on FOX News." Beck pointed out that the fact he pre-taped his CNN show but did his Fox show live may have had something to do with it: "There's something about live television that does it to you. I just become a showman." The Factor wanted to know if Beck's life had changed since coming to Fox. Beck said that he needed more security because there were a lot more threats: "I mean, there are people on the right that hate me and the people on the left that hate me."

The Culture Quiz has become the News Quiz. Fox News anchors Steve Doocy and Juliet Huddy were ready to answer current events questions, including "What Elvis song did Gov. Rod Blagojevich sing last week?" Doocy was horrified by Blagojevich's off-key singing: "Can he be arrested for that?" Doocy asked. Another question was "What country was Hillary Clinton in when she had an angry outburst over a question about her husband?" Doocy got it wrong, despite covering the story on the air, and Huddy mocked him: "Very smart, Doocy." Huddy ended up winning. The Factor wanted to know if he could punish Doocy's poor performance: "Can I fire Doocy? I know I can fire him from this show. But can I fire him forever?"

Tuesday's Patriot: Nora, the piano-playing cat who was endorsed by the "Piano Man"himself, Billy Joel. And the Pinhead: Actress Megan Fox, star of a spoof PSA to promote her new movie where she plays a high school girl who is secretly a flesh-eating demon.

Tom Pitofsky, Santa Clarita, California: "If Brad Pitt gave up pot in order to be a responsible parent, why is he promoting legalization?"

Kathleen Kenny, Middletown, New Jersey: "Bill, you are right that PETA is terrorizing children by giving out bloody unhappy meals. There's no excuse for that."

Jacqueline Larson, Ruskin, Florida: "I've downloaded 'Bold Fresh' onto my iPod. My favorite line: 'It's not how you look, it's how you play the game, baby!'"

Kemp Layden, Phoenix, Arizona: "Bill, you are correct in 'Bold Fresh' when you wrote that cops, firefighters, teachers and the military are the backbone of this nation."