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Spent i.sure hope it doesnt become some kind of slush fund where washington bureaucrats spend the money on things that arent related to people on the ground. my main concern is that the money gets into the hands of those people who are affected. >> what is that attack youre making here? first of all, will you answer the question? is ruch limbaugh right here or wrong? >> again, i didnt listen to his comments earlier. what ive saidsy want real transparentsy. >> he called is a shakedown. is it a sh...

Doesnt see an see an inspiring character. what i think one mistake that they did make -- i mean i take all steves points. one mistake i think they did do is when they came into office, they charted a very conventional course. all the grass roots organizing, organizing for obama, which turned into organizing for america sort of dropped dead. and they didnt do anything to keep people -- their people -- engaged. and so all of these big factors that steve referred to were allowed to do the work you ...

And vice president are in charge of putting this all together? >> okay. last word from "washington post," you dont know whats going to happen? >> i certainly dont. >> okay. thanks, chris cillizza. i take you at your word. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i do think we dont know yet. the support keeping this very close. coming up, general mcchrystals comments bring up a bigger question and i mean. it is what he said and the men said around him a sign of general contempt by uniformed people t...

These comments made were on the record, all of them that are in the magazine. everything was on the record. you didnt break any ground rules. >> absolutely not. everything was on the record that we used. we didnt name who said if it if thats something we agreed to in advance, but it was all clear, very straightforward journalistic practice and its not the case of one comment off the cuff. this is a caves over days and weeks of time this kind of barrage of this sort of comments that you quoted. >...

Into the gulf war. im not sure its going to look as good years from now. its led to the situation were in now to get us to replace the british as the neo colonial protectors. >> or did he set the course that his son ignored by not going into baghdad? >> once were going in, were going to keep going in. >> at some point, barack obama has to do something, at least from a political perspective, chris, to get people riled up on his side of the aisle. and the question is, what does he have to do? >> t...

Since youve raised this defense for the president, ill call it the defense. youre going to poll numbers as test of worth. it was nothing in the 30s and he was dead right. lincoln was probably a terrible poll numbers and he was dead right. so thats not it. its a question of, do you think barack obamas measured up to your own expectations of his ability to lead the country forthrightly and courageously on issues. for example, i will ask where is the immigration policy? where is the bill? everybody...

I think whats interesting is weve been getting asked about this all day by journalists. the pentagon and mcchrystals team has not raised this at all once, as far as i know, so theres no question that this story is accurate and complete and fair picture and was done according to the rules. >> lets take it as far as your article wrote. very good at backgrounding this article. pointed out twice before as you said last june mcchrystal got caught or certainly was blamed for leaking a report that said...

Whats astounding about the opening scene you quoted with the joe biden bite me quote is that the time that mcchrystal got in trouble before was for answering a question after a speech in london about the vice president in which he sort of mocked the vice presidents strategy, and here he is again in a room preparing for a speech in paris wondering what kinds of questions he might get about biden and joking in front of a reporter about how hes going to laugh off the vice president, so thats -- tha...

>> yes, yes, we will. >> and -- >> okay. >> ant second question which has been bothering me, do you believe, i know youre a democrat, do you believe this democratic administration has reached out and explored all the possibilities for dealing with stopping this spill were looking at live right now, or have they focused too much on the capabilities and the integrity of the bp corporation? >> no. i think the administration and the unified command has brought forth best minds we can find in the uni...

Go on later to say they plan to ask for more troops next summer so its a very disturbing look inside the war room of the top commanders. >> why would a general of mcchrystals capability, apparent -- obvious capability and experience and we have to presume street smarts trust these thoughts and words to a magazine known for its counterculture attitude? >> well, thats an excellent question. i mean, i think this is a general -- this isnt the first time hes been called out like this. this is the sec...