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Big daddy in the white house. you cant just stamp your foot and get your way. with the president, most legislation still originates in the house, which is still in republican hands. presidents need public support and pressure to move their agendas effectively through congress and congress has to believe they will be punished politically if they dont follow president obamas lead, which means he needs robust support. in a second term, this is the lefts best opportunity to shift the discourse and c...

Gotten elected a third time. >> i look back at the second roosevelt term as a problem because he went very conservative then, cut spending and browse us into a second -- brought us into a second part of the great depression which he didnt have to do. it was done by policy. i think eisenhower had the problem with sherman adams, his chief of staff betrayed him for money. i want to try something by you, a theory, it may be changed by history, first president, first term you pick the best people you...

At the pentagon, leon panettas departure probably wont after until after spring. but some think that michelle will be the first ever woman to head the pentagon. and then in the senate, rhode island senator jack reed, and john kerry, the man who talked bob gates into staying at defense in the beginning of the presidents first term. and then theres john kerry and some thought there if rice gets stayed, they still would want to put kerry in the cabinet somewhere. and then theres attorney general er...

It reads in part, the voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the presidents first term. they have simply given him more time to give him the job they asked him to do together with the congress that restored balance. hes basically saying we won, you won. this is going to be a fight. i didnt see a lot of hope in that for negotiation. >> not only that, he started on a very -- hey, dont offer us anything that cant pass the house of representatives. >> whats that mean? >> well, that mea...

Problems that even he admits he failed to solve during his first four years in office and they preserved republican control of the house of representatives. the voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the presidents first term. they have simply given him more time to finish the job. they asked him to do together with the congress the restored balance to washington after two years of one party control." all right. so when we come back were going to dig deeper into the counties that d...

Something toappen. they want a impert country. heres something from mitch mcconnell. he put out a statement. hes still minority leader. he left no doubt republicans will not be cooperating. it reads in part voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the presidents first term. they have simply given him more time to give him the job they asked him to do together with the congress that restored balance. hes basically saying we won, you won. this is going to be a fight. i didnt see a lot ...

Uncompromising opposition explain some of these failures and render that much more impressive the substantial accomplishments of mr. obamas first term." well, thats one way of endorsing a president. >> wes, what do you think? >> well, you know, its interesting because it actually has -- if you read on in the editorial, in the endorsement, it actually has a lot of shades of colin powells endorsement. where basically he talks about its not even so much about -- people understand the challenges the...

The u.s. uses, the momentum of the taliban has been checked, im sorry, if you can penetrate camp bastion in this kind of operation, you still have a strong fighting force. i think the point you started off with is the most important one for us here, not on the scene to make, which is that this is really important. our country is still at war. u.s. soldiers are at risk and getting killed almost every day. and there needs to be more discussion in our presidential campaign about what policies peopl...

Eastern. now back to "the five" in new york. ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to five five. mort zuckerman is one of the wealthiest americans and editor in chief of "u.s. news and world report." if 2008 he was unapologetic supporter of then senator obama. in the presidents first term, mr. zuckerman has done a sharp aboutface, going so far to admit it was a mistake to vote for him in the first place. his criticism is intensifying. we get to op-ed he wrote in a moment. but first here he is on hanni...

Similar attack happened at the u.s. consulate in libya today. its the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we have a live report on ground zero of the remembrance there as well as the pentagon and thanksville, pennsylvania. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to "the five" in new york. ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to five five. mort zuckerman is one of the wealthiest americans and editor in chief of "u.s. news and world report." if 2008 he was unapologetic suppo...