Guests: Karl Rove

"A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll says President Obama is ahead of Mitt Romney 49% - 43%. However, in a Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll among likely voters, Mitt Romney leads 47% - 44%. So what is going on? First, the NBC poll is 'registered voters,' not 'likely voters.' Second, there is an 11 point difference, with more Democrats than Republicans being polled. It's not that they stacked the deck; it's just that the random sample came out that way. The truth is, nobody knows who is ahead, the campaign is very fluid right now. What Talking Points does know is that many voters have no clue what is going on in the country. Last night we told you that 35% of American homes are now receiving welfare payments; 50 years ago that number was 6%. And more workers are on disability than at any other time in the nation's history. Our society is changing from self-reliance to 'give me stuff!' Not everybody on disability is gaming the system and not every family on welfare is taking advantage of taxpayers, but the trend is undeniable. Under President Obama, and even under President Bush the younger, America has moved toward government dependence. That's the primary reason we have $16 trillion in debt and the workplace is stagnant. That's also the reason President Obama's poll numbers remain competitive, even in the face of a terrible economy. Millions of Americans simply want the government to provide, and the President is the provider-in-chief. The 100-million Americans receiving welfare are not likely to be supporting Mitt Romney."

With Mitt Romney in London for the Olympics, a pro-Obama group has created an ad accusing him of outsourcing jobs to countries around the world. Fox News analyst and Romney supporter Karl Rove critiqued the ad. "They repeat stuff about outsourcing," Rove pointed out, "which even the Washington Post called 'bunk.' More people will see this ad tonight on your program than anywhere else." Rove also claimed the 'Romney as rich guy' ads have not been effective. "When they started to make this argument on May 15, the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll was 45 - 45. Today, after three months of being pounded on this issue, it's 46 - 45 Romney. President Obama is fundamentally out of synch with the American people because he believes we can spend our way to prosperity. No country in the history of the world has succeeded at that."

Guests: Joanne Sosa

Riots broke out in Anaheim, California last weekend after two young men were shot and killed by police officers. The Factor asked one of the protesters, Joanne Sosa, to explain the violence. "This started out as a rally," she said, "so those residents who have been disenfranchised and feel they have no voice would be able to come and speak at city council. But once the folks got to city hall, they could not get in. What America should know is that the gentleman who was killed on Saturday was running from the police and he had no weapon. We've had six to eight police shootings since the beginning of the year without any real answers, and there are layers and layers of other issues underneath this."

Guests: Adam Carolla

The Factor welcomed comedian and radio host Adam Carolla, who gauged the film industry's response to last week's massacre in Colorado. "It's interesting that everybody in Hollywood calls it a tragedy," Carolla observed, "but the rest of us call it a massacre, which is what it was. A tragedy is when the roof collapses. And the scariest thing about this whole massacre is the fact that everyone was worried about 'copycat' scenarios, like someone else may be sitting at home saying, 'Oh, wait, I forgot to go out to go out and massacre a bunch of people in the theater this weekend.' That's a scary notion and I don't think it exists." The Factor advised Warner Brothers, which will make hundreds of millions of dollars on the Batman movie, to step up and help the survivors: "The movie had nothing to do with this, it didn't incite anything. But if I were Warner Brothers, I'd do some scholarship activity and make sure we help people, just because we want to show we're Americans."

Factor producer Jesse Watters hit the streets of Long Island, where he tried to determine why so many younger Americans are fans of President Obama. "He supports same-sex marriage, which is amazing," one young woman told Watters. A few other random comments: "I think it's going to take a while for him to fix the mess that the Republicans started." ... "He kind of accepts things as it is." ... "I think he's too right-wing." But whatever their politics, the vast majority of the young 'uns seemed far more interested in listening to music and basking in the sun.

Guests: Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck, who will host a massive "Restoring Love" rally in Texas this week, entered the No Spin Zone to explain what it's all about. "We will have 35,000 volunteers on the streets on Friday," Beck said, "and we already have more than a million meals for the homeless across the country. If we believe in small government, then we have to roll up our sleeves and do the work. People are going to do everything from rebuilding churches to helping people in nursing homes. And on Saturday night in the Dallas Cowboys' stadium, we're going to 'restore the culture.' We have to take our rightful place back in society, we on the right have given away almost everything." The Factor jokingly dubbed the love-infused event "Beckstock."

Guests: Juliet Huddy

The General Services Administration, which recently spent $823,000 on a Las Vegas junket, has run up a $270,000 tab on another conference. Fox News correspondent Juliet Huddy watched a video clip from the event. "The whole audience," she reported, "was given these little things called 'wackers,' and they were supposed to play to the beat. Can you imagine sitting in the audience and some chick is telling you to play this beat? I guess it was supposed to be some kind of Kumbaya, 'let's all get together' thing. They spent a fortune of taxpayer money, including $28,000 on time/temperature picture frames." The Factor also played a portion of his 1998 interview with actor Sherman Hemsley, who died Tuesday at age 74. Hemsley spoke fondly about his signature role as George in 'The Jeffersons.' "I finally had a regular job, and as an actor that's great. The work was good, the writing was wonderful, the people I worked with were wonderful."

Wednesday's Tip: A drink called Xocai Xe, which is 75% juice and has no refined sugar, is actually good for you and tasty at the same time.

Deborah Fisher, Manhattan, KS: "Bill, did you suddenly forget what the second amendment is all about? How about not being monitored for buying a weapon?"

Seth Margolies, Island Park, NY: "The only people who should have AK's are the police."

John Fowler, Baton Rouge, LA: "The suggestion that the FBI track major gun purchasers is an expansion of government power."