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Colonial america and "sweet land of liberty." how do we get people interested in history? and we think sometimes in novels you can get people inside peoples minds, inside the emotions and bring it to life in a way that leads them to go on to read books that are nonfiction. >> speaker gingrich, thank you very much for being on the show this morning. good to see you again. >> thanks a lot. and great to see calista, as well. >> maybe we can take another picture. we keep putting it on the air. you c...

President obama on two grounds all year long, is one, his failure to endorse simpson-bowles and address the national debt which i think is a failure of leadership and two, he didnt transcend the political divide of red and blue states. indeed exacerbated it in some of his rhetoric and his very personal attack, negative ads that i was concerned about. so thats, a b-plus from me as a partisan democrat. im still a supporter of barack obama. i think he has strong character. jenna: all right. still a...

Strings and he still isnt able to do it. give moder mitt romney a chanceo do it. >> eric: ill hold yours for last. what grade do you give him? >> dana: i dont play this. im so tired of this. i remember every reporter, the laziest, easiest question, what grade would you give yourself? in life, you dont get a chance to grade yourself. maybe a little self-reflection is good but you get graded on your performance by other people. in 2009, president obama answered that question by saying i give mysel...

>> four years in presidency and incomplete. asking people to be patient with him. >> reporter: white house officials incyst its not new because president graded himself with incomplete. true. they are not mentioning just one year in the presidency he told oprah win friday he deserved a solid "b" plus. and added passing healthcare would tip it to an a-minus. today the chairman of the convention went further suggesting that the president deserves top marks for trying to turn the economy around. >>...

Didnt get to class or that always arrived late. >> oh. >> and its -- okay. joe, i know was never got to class. i think mika was the arrived late. but i just think the idea of having mika brzezinski wearing a newt university t-shirt. you have to show them. as far as im concerned this made the entire project worth while. this is -- im here to learn. >> the fact that shes here to learn is a revolutionary moment. the idea that she is -- remember she is doing this just before they go to charlotte. >>...

After another. like the one thing he doesnt want to do is tell us how his budget plan is going to balance by the deductions and the loopholes he is going to close because a lot of those are going to be very unpopular particularly with the middle class. so its a fine line for him to walk. its a very difficult task. but if i have to bet, id bet he comes through. i bet this will be a good convention for the republicans. theyll suppress any floor fights. i think christie, ryan, romney will do b, b p...

You take a look. >> joining us now from washington is ken blackwell, former secretary of state from ohio. ken, thanks for joining the program. >> good to be with you. >> so i wonder, having watched that, having watched those excerpts, having watched the speech, how would you grade governor romneys performance and do you think he has convinced anyone in the african-american community to vote for him? anyone who might not have the day before? >> i gave him a b-plus. i think he went into it where h...

And give them $600 to go out there and do that wonderful work. lets take a look, this is the president, lets see, january, 2010. >> the last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the be lobbyists in washington, or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections. >> mike: that of course was then, this is now. the president now says he will be happy to see a super pac formed on his behalf. so lets give the president a grade. is he doing well or flip-flopping? youre givi...

Little bit. and the staggering thing here is george lucas of "star wars" fame went into his own pocket more than $90 million to get this movie made after years of trying to get the script done. couldnt do it until now to finally tell this very important piece not only of world history but african-american history as well. take a listen. >> youre colored men in a white mans army. its a miracle youre flying fighters in italy and not mopping latrines in milwaukee. any of you feel otherwise, any of ...

Americas fourth greatest president. >> every place is barack obama country once barack obama has been there. >> 13 million out of work. $15 trillion in debt and 15 straight months of unemployment above 8%. >> impressive accomplishments. >> thank you, steve. >> no. thank you, mr. president. >> greg: they use the music to make people sound stufffy. >> dana: where did they get that accent? stuart varney. >> greg: when the ads use humor over anger its more effective. dont you think? >> andrea: alway...