best political actors we've seen on the american stage in a long time. as a president, his performance has been wretched. the contrast with president george h.w. bush is instructive. bush 41 was not the best politician we've seen in a long time, we he knew how to run international security policy. i think the cuba announcement in recent days is a good example. even today, the "new york times" says the future of human rights in cuba is a little bit uncertain even after obama's decision to recognize the government. and even that's an understatement. i think really we're suffering damage that we can't really measure at this point but which will affect us for years to come. >> finally, those that say look, the president has not started a war, there aren't american