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Stuff. lets go to john harris and then to chris cillizza with the same question. expect president obama unite the party, the democratic party, his party, behind the single message or at least a common front going into nease elections or is it already too scattered? john harris. >> chris, president clintons message to me was that they should at least urgently try this. i think the people around him privately do acknowledge what i think most people here in washington acknowledge, that its very, ha...

Begin momentarily at the state department. israeli and palestinian leaders meeting face-to-face. president obama saying hes under no illusions that passions run deep and this will be extraordinarily difficult. well see what these leaders have to say coming up at the top of the hour. >> reporter: im alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the unemployment picture, the employment picture is far from healthy. ill have the latest numbers for you along with a preview of what wall street expects ...

We heard from the president yesterday saying that he was cautiously hopeful, that this was a moment of opportunity for these leaders to try to resolve their differences. the other thing that he made mention and made point is that he was under no illusions that this was going to be easy. he said that passions run deep and extraordinarily complex and difficult situation. covered presidents before. many tried to do this. president clinton, president bush. they failed in their attempts. the obama ad...

Stability. does it matter to the rest of the world that they keep fighting or dont keep fighting? >> well youre 100% right. america has a lot of other interests. iraq, afghanistan, iran. but the arab-israeli issue, i have to say resonates out in that part of the world with a ferocity and intensity that makes an advantage to the americanes if they can make progress and a disadvantage if they cant. so i think we have a stake in reducing the amount of anti-american sentiment that exists out there. ...

I also want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to many friends and allies especially our quartet partners and former british prime minister tony blair will be joining us as representing the quartet at the dinner this evening. the purpose of these talks is clear. these will be direct negotiations between israelis and palestinians. these negotiations are intended to resolve all final status issues. the goal is a settlement, negotiated between the parties that ends the occupation whi...

Those who are the sheep underneath president obama right now, pelosi and reid. and are conducting some activity in implementing policies. by adopting policies that arent right for national security. >> sean: you put yourself out there and made it known you are supporting more conservative candidates. many people that you went out on a limb for, people you endorsed shattered the illusions of the establish. ment the candidates are breaking through. as you look at the candidates you supported early...

Those who are the sheep underneath president obama right now, pelosi and reid. and are conducting some activity in implementing policies. by adopting policies that arent right for national security. >> sean: you put yourself out there and made it known you are supporting more conservative candidates. many people that you went out on a limb for, people you endorsed shattered the illusions of the establish. ment the candidates are breaking through. as you look at the candidates you supported early...

But i dont think they have any illusions were out of there july 2011 hard and fast. its a starting point. as petraeus said in the interview with miss griffin this is a starting point. and we may do limited withdrawal. i dont think anyone is under illusion we are getting out in july 2011 regardless of politics. >> if you go back to obamas speech at west point he did not sadie -- say definitivety that wed be out. >> vice president biden quoted in a book saying bet on it. >> bret: but he must have ...

But i dont think they have any illusions were out of there july 2011 hard and fast. its a starting point. as petraeus said in the interview with miss griffin this is a starting point. and we may do limited withdrawal. i dont think anyone is under illusion we are getting out in july 2011 regardless of politics. >> if you go back to obamas speech at west point he did not sadie -- say definitivety that wed be out. >> vice president biden quoted in a book saying bet on it. >> bret: but he must have ...

And i think everyone agrees on that. >> its never too early to talk about 2012. we asked voters whether theyll vote for a republican or president obama. the president loses by 5 points, 45% to 50%. but which republican? the current candidates from our poll in order, mitt romney, former alaskan governor, sarah palin, newt gingrich, and mike huckabee. does it matter? >> yeah, i think it does matter. at the end of the day, its all very well and good having a poll that shows that a generic republica...