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How difficult it was to endure the experiences that people were having down there. and, yet, the grace and the humor and, in some cases, you know, the incredible heroism of people, just to suffer through what they suffered. martha: and you guys had a unique opportunity to let these people tell their own story and that was so compelling about the 9/11 documentary you did as well. you have to stay out of the stay and let the voices tell the story, right. >> you make a good point. it is not a docum...

No much thing as obamaism and the president has de reflect dollars an opportunity to be a democratic version of ronald reagan, that his vision and bringing all his ideas together is not happening in a cohesive way that americans can identify with. >> thats a great point. i mean, what is the obama agenda? i beg the question daily. now that hes passed health care reform, hes all over the map, he doesnt seem to be able to articulate a cogent message except for the 235bg9 that -- fact that george wi...

Public schools, k, you know, 12th grade in los angeles, and my school wasnt much to look at back then. >> this makes me want to go back to high school, actually, because this is such a -- this is like a landmark, a frank lloyd wright, this landmark thats so beautiful. gregg: yeah, one of the members of the california board of education said new buildings are nice but when theyre run by the same people who have given us a 50 percent dropout rate, parents arent buying it. good point. lee hawkins, ...

Differences and you talk to senior administration officials and their point of view on this protracted political limbo is, well at least they are not bombing each other, they are not fighting in the streets and they are trying to work out, the political differences amicably and are taking a long time doing it. martha: i can tell it is very windy where major is and we often talk to him when hes about to be blown off of a location! if you can, mainly, let me ask you one more, if it holds up there....

And what do we expect to hear on the major speech, major. >> reporter: welcome to a gusty and rainy vineyard-haven part of marthas vineyard and the vice president will say a couple of things that will grab headlines, one, hell predict the factions in the iraqi political situation will come together and form a unified government, quote-unquote, soon. and, the other bit of news there, is that the vice president will not predict who will come out on top nor will he predict what "soon" means, sooner...

Another point was made in an op-ed in be "washington post" by steven stromberg: the bush defense is getting less effective, around 2008, anger at bush was so deep and widespread his mere mention would short circuit unpleasant conversations that now, rightly or wrongly, most have moved on and it only works on liberals. but, you know what, erin maybe that is the point, maybe the "blame bush" strategy will excite the liberal base to get out the vote in the midterm which democrats desperately need a...

Editor of "roll call" aerin billings, the president obama stump speech, repeatedly blames his predecessor for all of our woes. and given though fact that it has been almost two years since president obama was elected, is that an effective strategy, or, is it so tired that it is counterproductive? >> well, frankly, it may be the only strategy that democrats have this cycle. i mean, it sounds a lot like 2008, as we all know, but, i mean, democrats are not running on health care reform, they cannot...

This point. martha: talk about this shelter, steve, where the miners are, 2,000 feet down and what kind of communications are they having between the rescuers and the miners at this point? >> reporter: they did make it safely to the shelter, all 33 of them and it took 8 tries to try and find the shelter with the drill bet and apparently there are complaints about the company and, a larger hole will have to be drilled, 27 inches in diameter and it could take up to four months and theyll pull them...