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According to these polls. this is the group that really sort of delivered him the white house in 08. why would independents vote for this president again with the economy in such rough shape? >> yeah, well the mary katherines point i think election is all about the economy and in that context, you know, president obama has done a great job getting our economy back on track. getting unemployment down and creating jobs for the last three years but i dont know why mitt romney is traipsing around ta...

Bright. >> yeah. >> im not sure we are there. i hope we are getting there. >> is it the worry that you might have to scale back, wont be able to invite as many kids as nicole next year? >> what we have done since 08 when money became tight, we made sure we were operatal. we have taken money and made sure that all the kids, 140 kids a week are going because in the recession the kids are the ones that need it more than anyone else. >> absolutely. and i understand you have really tightened your bel...

but on tap plenty more opportunity for glory. heres what you can keep your eye on. in gymnastics the men fight for the all-around title and try to steal the show from the japanese favorite and look for redemption after a devastating fifth-place finish in the team final. . in the pool the women team up in the 4 by 200 meter relay. allison schmitt going for her tenth medal. and venus and serena williams expected to prove their dominance as they take on italy in the quarterfinal round of ...

People see between barack obama and bill clinton. the obama campaign and the primaries in 08 probably wanted to make it look a little bigger because he was running against hillary clinton at times, particularly on the iraq war. i think these guys are very close in their view of the world. >> no doubt about it. well see how close during that convention as well. e.j. dionne, thank you so much. >> its great to be with you. a lot more coming up in the next half hour on "the ed show." stay tuned. >...

Swimming, theyre on the sidelines of these summer games. theyre not the first. american kenyan smith, one of the best in the world, was blocked from beijing in 08. and bill may who won all sorts of awards with women was kept away from athens in 2004. now these brits say enough is enough. they have writ in a letter to international olympic committee. they want the rules changed in time for rio in 2016. so far there has been no response. how ironic is it that this olympics seems to be all about eq...

To lead u.s. foreign policy? >> not a great day. jon meacham, if mearns voters are paying attention to romneys trip and i think this will have a negligible impact in the fall but for those who are paying attention to this trip, they cant be comforted by mitt romneys performance. >> no, its sort of a running snl skit. sometimes you you realize that politicians make it too easy for the rest of us. you compare this to obama in 08 where you had the celebrity charge and the big speeches. that created...

When you look at his foreign policy team, a lot of those folks were bill clinton people. so i have never seen the big ideological gulf that some people see between barack obama and bill clinton. the obama campaign and the primaries in 08 probably wanted to make it look a little bigger because he was running against hillary clinton at times, particularly on the iraq war. i think these guys are very close in their view of the war. >> no doubt about it. well see how close during that convention as ...

Clinton shifted the democratic party in the right direction in important ways. when you look at his economic team, this was clintons economic team. when you look at his foreign policy team, a lot of the folks in that foreign policy team were bill clinton people. i have never seen the big idealogical gulf that some people see between barack obama and bill clinton. the obama campaign in the primaries in 08 probably wanted to make it look a little bigger because he was run against hillary clinton a...

Rolling ruckus that would inspire confidence in his ability to lead u.s. foreign policy? not a great day for the governor overseas, joe. >> not a great day, and obviously, if american voters are paying attention to romneys trip, and i just think this will have a negligible impact in the fall, but for those who are paying attention to his trip, they cant be comforted by mitt romneys performance. >> no, its sort of a running s & l skit. sometimes you realize politicians make it too easy for the re...

>> a big goose egg on that. first of all, i love being on this show because its 6:08 and weve got references to both lincoln and trollup. joe, you talk a lot about it and weve talked a lot on this show about the incredible transformations that have happened to the economy. this is a great example of that. you think about not just e-mail and text but the way that fedex came in and then the united parcel service came in using sophisticated technology to build hubs that could move things around the...