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Moment. another part of the film one of the commanders, a captain, they told me to take fire every day. this is unbelievable. this is the most stressful of the most stressful environments of war. how do they deal with that? >> you know, they adapt to it psychologically, to the point where the thing that became stressful was days where there was no combat. that actually became more stressful in a strange way. they didnt adjust to the civilian world because they -- all of them chose to knock it ou...

In todays "xyz," i have a different "xyz" for you. i had written a different "xyz." had it ready to go. but i just rewrote it about 20 minutes ago. originally i was writing about how many viewed obamas election back in 08 as a step forward in this country for race relations but also how some might view some of the events we have seen this week as steps in the wrong direction. exhibit a, reverend jesse jackson, civil rights icon in this country, accused the owner of the cavaliers of treating lebr...

Delivered the election to obama in 08. they are going to deliver him a resounding neat 2010 if this holds up. >> sean: governors races jerry brown to whitman in california, boxer upside down in california, russ feingold is in trouble in wisconsin, harry reid in nevada hes in trouble. the scenario, i gotta say dick morris was on last night, was the first to say he even thought the senate was in play. you have been very cautious because i guess you have been around the political world to often to ...

Everyone is trying to set the expectations game right now. the problem for the democrats is you have in december of 08, right after president obama was -- won the election, you had leadership in the democratic party actually coming out talking about this could be another 1934 where the incumbent president in the first mid-term election actually gains seats. >> okay. by the way, i know her strategy. karen, you won the argument. you won the first round, because i understand lowball, like saying we...

Right. were going to lose seats. we won seat in 06 and 08. were going to lose seats here. you know, we say that, theres no question about that, but the difference between losing 25 seats and losing 55 seats is all the difference in the world. you know, well wait and see. actually, i think mr. gibbs, the white house press secretary was smart to say they make take over house, because people are calling me all the time, theyre not going to do any of that stuff they talk about, and i think the count...

Satisfaction is based upon expectation. everyone is trying to set the expectations game right now. the problem for the democrats is you have in december of 08, right after president obama was -- won the election, you had leadership in the democratic party actually coming out talking about this could be another 1934 where the incumbent president in the first mid-term election actually gains seats. >> okay. by the way, i know her strategy. karen, you won the argument. you won the first round, beca...

I mean, theres always a way around these regulations, theres always a way to come up with a creative investment that gets bundled and -- bundled and gets risky. should we feel confident in tp* this reform goes through? >> you never know what form the next crisis is going to take. who would have thought a couple hundred lousy mortgages would have set off this worldwide panic a few years ago? by the way, fanny, freddie, the housing market generally, plus the insurers, the rating agencies, they are...

Advances democrats made in 06 and 08, republicans in washington, d.c. will see that as a terrible loss given the state of the economy, and the poor approval ratings of barack obama, right? >> it will be. democrats still have some cards to play. the climate is horrible for them. republicans are going to end up with weak nominees. but the climate right now is going to overwhelm everything unless democrats -- >> overwhelmingly republican. ive got to say if republicans cant win back the majority in ...

Acquitted. im innocent because i was acquitted. youre not innocent, buddy. you were acquitted. youre not innocent. >> the oldest adage in marketing is satisfaction is based on expectation. everybody is trying to set the expectations game now. the problem for the democrats is you have in december of 08, right after president obama won the election, you had leadership in the democratic party actually coming out, talking about this could be another 1934 where the incumbent president in the first mi...

Between republicans and democrats on this issue of midterm elections, that when democrats are able to send the message that, hey, the majority is at stake here, that that is what will get the base motivated a little bit. it is historically the democratic base that has gotten motivated later in cycles. that said we do know in 06 and 08 we were seeing this same trend but favoring the democrats with an early excitement edge over the republicans and the republicans never closed that gap. we shall se...