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Basically true, joe. and i noticed that the gubernatorial candidate down there in texas who has a fighting shot at winning has decided he is not going to come to -- he is not going to come to the fund-raiser that obama is going to do down there. look. what this says is that barack obama is not a strategic asset of the democratic party going into these fall elections which look very, very tough for the democratic party. >> mike barnicle, what is your take on it? >> oh, man, look out below. look o...

Its a self-fulfilling prophecy. give them the tools through allies to have the upper hand. the extreme islamists will have the dominant position. we wanted to supply weapons, training and finances to the opposition. in some cases they have. they have a fighting shot at winning the fight. >> how do you know we are not doing that now covertly. >> well, there have been public reports that some of its been done. im taking the words of the administration and the public statements. they have consisten...

Have been hiring people. the president talk about what we do think is fair. its fair to give them a fighting shot. we have a different priority set than newt gingrich and our republican colleagues have. >> he called the statements ridiculous. do you think he is calling racial politics when he calls president obama a food stamp president? >> its hard to tell what it means. im not being facetious what newt means. he says a lot. >> sean: 12 million more people since barack obama that are on food st...