Is there any person in America with the gravitas and appeal to BOTH liberals and conservatives who can ask the pointed question: "Have you no shame?" (Referring to the McCarthy era where it started the downfall of his witch hunt)

Sure President Obama can say in his speech that he will call out anybody who lies. I'm still waiting for him to do so.

Olberman and Maddow call them out, but then again, they're preaching to the choir; and lack legitimacy with the Fox News crowd.

NPR reporters are too wimpy and have no credibility with the listeners of AM talking heads.

General Petraeus could possibly be have the Right's ear: that is until he points out that the emperor has no clothes. At that point Rush and Glenn will stumble over themselves to be the first to re-issue the "General Betray Us" poster.

Bruce Bartlett has started the conversation, but he's been considered a traitor to the cause.

There are plenty others who have tried, but it does seem that, unlike in prior eras, we do not have a 'trusted' Cronkite or Murrow to settle down the masses.

Conservatives have a tendency to trust authoritarians. That worked out great in the past, when Republican masters used their brains someone and didn't outright lie in public. Today conservatives still believe in authoritarians. Unfortunately, although they are also using their brains it is strictly for selfish reasons. They have no problem lying and deceiving, as long as they can laugh all the way to the bank.

Glenn, do you have any ideas on who could be brave enough to take on this task? I know you are brave enough, unfortunately you have no legitimacy on the other side of the isle.

It seems that it hasn't gotten bad enough for the country to wake up. I hate to think we need a shocking event to happen in order for the blinders to come off.

Pete Sessions said: "Such insulting rhetoric not only undermines the credibility of her office, but it underscores the desperate attempt by her party to divert attention away from a failing agenda."

What he actually meant to say: "Such insulting rhetoric (from the fringe on the right) not only undermines the credibility of the Republican Party, but it underscores the desperate attempt by the GOP to divert attention away from their own failed agenda."