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No president, no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. but he has laid the foundations for a new modern successful economy. a shared prosperity. and if you will renew the presidents contract, you will feel it. you will feel it. >> a year from now i think people will see we are starting to make some progress but there is still going to be pain out there. if i dont have it done in three years then it will be...

And pretty partisan by a man who still knows how to work that room. with more on this, here is abcs terry moran from charlotte. >> reporter: the big dog and the one. an extraordinary and historic moment. >> we are here to nominate a president. [ cheers and applause ] and ive got one in mind. >> reporter: bill clinton was back and democrats loved this moment. >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] and -- i proudly nominate him to be the stand...

No president, no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. >> welcome to "morning joe" live from the democratic national convention. we make the blackfinn salon our home here for the entire week in charlotte, north carolina. >> boy, thats a line, isnt it? >> >> yeah, it is. with us on set here at the bar, we have msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, national affairs editor for new ...

Landed near gait 11. there is the picture. you can see that there is a huge support system around that plane right now. 9:16 a.m. eastern time. this is coming from wtxf. it was en route to dallas the flight was turned around and brought back to philadelphia. this is the situation unfolding as we watch. we will keep an eye on it. any developments on the ground in philadelphia well let you know. >> president obama started with a much weaker economy than i did. listen to me now. no president, no pr...

Listen to me now. no president -- no president -- not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the dmg that he found in just four years! [cheering] >> but he has laid the found -- foundation for a new, modern, successful economy, a shared prosperity. and if you will renew the presidents contract, you will feel it. you will feel it. folks...: whether the american people believe what i just said or not may be the whole election.

Did bill clinton say about barack obama in 2008? >> give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale ive ever seen. >> and former president clinton issued what some are calling a much better defense of president obamas record than the presidents team starting with the economy. >> president obama started with a much weaker economy than i did. listen to me now. no president, no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found i...

Every president between truman and george w. bush. we decided what would we predict obamas approval should be and what is his approval actually. we found over the course of his first term, hes been outperforming what she would expect by about six points towards the ends of 2011, beg beginning of 2012. >> that translates into -- do you see an effect where if you look at this economy and you dont know anything else, you would say the incumbent president should be losing but hes actually ahead beca...

Approved been talking about on the stump. the "the washington post" has said it has three pinocchios because its not true. thats an independent fact checker saying that bottom line while the president noted that this other democratic ad hasnt run anywhere its gotten a lot of attention in the media and play. in part because of us as well, shep president taking heat frequency he takes questions from reporters. how does his credibility compare with that of his predecessors. >> stacks up well. go th...

>> shep: historic significance of this besides the fact they are gaze lynde, what is the significance here? >> despite years of protests and loss sponsorships, they stood its ground for many years. former chairman once predicted the club may invite a female member but not by force. and more controversy erupted this year when they didnt extend an invitation to the new i.b.m. ceo. they offered it to four predecessors. the club that has been around 1932 admitted the first african-american member in...

Again, transparency is important. i know that is a view, a principle shared by a large number of people in this room. and the -- the principle of transparency that governor romney has been asked by my colleagues in chicago to live up to is not one above and beyond what his predecessors have done. we are asking him to live up to the standard of previous major party candidates for president, a standard that was established by his father in 2008. >> a standard ignored four years ago by john mccain ...