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With the united auto workers president, bob king and michigan congressman gary peters. >> i deserve a second term but were not done. >> new poll numbers show the american people agree with that statement. e.j. dionne and joan walsh. on the presidents surge. and racism rears its head in a republican super bowl ad. the candidate behind the ad isnt backing down. >> the economy get very weak. ours get very good. we take your jobs, thank you debbie spend it now. good to have you with us. thanks f...

Fodder in a debate. you know what, it is, that is the way it is. conservatives believe the auto loan was the wrong thing to do. they are on the wrong side of history. and their only hope is to politicize, just like we saw all the political talk last friday, when the job numbers came out. but the message of this ad is just too strong. >> how do we come from behind? how do we come together? and how do we win? detroit is showing us it can be done. and what is true about them is true about all of us...

>> all that matters now is whats ahead, how do we come from behind. how do we come together? how do we win? detroits showing us it can be done, and whats true about them is true about all of us. this country cant be knocked out in one punch. we get right back up again, and when we do, the worlds going to hear the roar of our engines. yeah. its halftime, america. and our second halfs about to begin. >> that ad starring clint eastwood generated the third most twitter traffic on sundays super bowl ...

Military action. and i think its that confidence thats lacking right now. >> michael singh, jeffrey goldberg, thank you very much. so we go from really things of huge consequence to things maybe not so much but, boy, are people talk about it. we just learned this morning clint eastwood is going to dough it nate money from that controversial super bowl ad that has the republican all up in arms to charity. just in case you missed it, here is a quick look. >> this country cant be knocked out with...

As barack obama heads in his reelection, things are without a doubt much much better than they have been. and much, much better, much, much better than they could have been. so how do you turn much better than they have been in something that packs the rhetorical force that morning in america packed back in 1984? how do you convey the feeling things are getting better in an effective message dirty harry himself, i never voted for a democratic president in my life seemed to have solved for presid...

This country cant be knocked out with one punch and the world will hear the roar of our engines. yeah. its halftime, america. and our second hatch is about to begin. >> clint eastwood is denying his super bowl spot halftime was designed to make president obamas day. he says it was instead about the american spirit. president obamas advisers said this morning -- or had this to say on "morning joe" today. take a listen. >> i knew nothing about the ad until i saw it. honestly i dont understand why ...

Filmmaking ever done. the super bowl ads. >> all that matters now is whats ahead, how do we come from behind. how do we come together? how do we win? detroits showing us it can be done, and whats true about them is true about all of us. this country cant be knocked out in one punch. we get right back up again, and when we do, the worlds going to hear the roar of our engines. yeah. its halftime, america. and our second halfs about to begin. >> that ad starring clint eastwood generated the third m...

Controversial political perspective. it featured clint eastwood talking about halftime of the big game. take a listen. >> its halftime in america, too. people are out of work and theyre hurting. theyre all wondering what theyre going to do to make a comeback and were all scared because this isnt a game. >> in part the ad talked about the success of the government bailout of the u.s. auto industry. conservatives criticize the ad for being pro obama. last night on the ed show, michigan congressman...

This country cant be knocked out in one punch, we get right back up again and when we do, the world will here the roar of our engines. yeah, its halftime, america. and our second halfs about to begin. >> im a bit of a sucker, its halftime in america. that slogan, the gutteral feeling captures something i think the obama team has been attempting with mixed results to project. the idea of its halftime in america is an idea we are now mid-way through a project of national reconstruction, there is p...

good evening. im erin burnett. and "outfront" tonight, the middle east on the verge. countries across the region from iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting tonight as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding president bashar al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. >> were ...