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2012 slogan popping up on new t-shirts that says "we do big things". >> we can do what this moment dmandzs and focus on whats necessary for america to win the future. >> reporter: but incumbency also has a downside. >> they do bad things an the policies they have imposed have not helped us get unemployment down to where it ought to be. >> reporter: the candidate of hope and change in 2008 was largely a blank slate. now he has to defend a controversial record, which is why he tried to hit the "re...

Big things." >> we can do what this moment demands and focus on whats necessary for america to win the future. >> usa, usa. >> reporter: but incoumbency alo has a bad side. >> the policies that they have opposed helped get unemployment down to where it ought to be. >> the candidate of hope and change in 2008 was largely a blank slate. now he has to defend a controversial record, which is why he tried to hit the reset button and focus on jobs in the state of the union. but the crisis in egypt is ...

Controversial record, which is why he tried to hit the reset button and focus on jobs in his state of the union. but the crisis in egypt is a reminder. sometimes incumbents set the agenda. other times it gets set for them. >> our hearts are broken. and yet our hearts also have reason for fullness. >> reporter: while the tucson tragedy was also out of the presidents control, he rose to the occasion, and his approval rating has been on the rise, now hitting an impressive 55%. at this point in thei...

Necessary for america to win the future. >> usa! >> reporter: incumbency also has a downside. >> they do bad things and policies they have imposed have not help us get unemployment down to where it ought to be. >> reporter: the candidate of hope and change in 2008 was largely a blank slate. now he has to defend a controversial record, which is why he tried to hit the reset button and focus on jobs and the state of the union. the crisis in egypt is a reminder sometimes incumbents set the agenda a...

While the unemployment number at 9% is really good, if you get below 8% by election day, thats going to be good for barack obama. but were supposed to create 120,000 jobs a month to keep up with population levels. were supposed to create 200,000 jobs a month -- >> who is out producing these jobs? business doesnt want to do it. >> we still have a hallow economy. the dow is over 12,000. its sort of a jobless recovery. and so i think theres sort of the -- a lot is going to depend on whether ehes ru...

U.s. is not seen on the street as the best friend of these people out there demonstrating. there was a poll done in egypt not that long ago that showed approve alt of the u.s. in general was under 20%. so the guys out there demonstrating in these various countries, on the grass roots level -- now, the u.s. can go in there and support governments or say reassuring things to vary leaders. they have to be careful about not looking two involved because this is a grass roots, street-level thing were ...

The military is respected by the people. >> one of the things that we saw back in june of 2009, president obama went to cairo. he promised pressing the reset button, if you will of. some polls indicates that egyptians theyre disappointed by u.s. policy in the middle east. ive spoken with people on the ground, who saying they dont believe that washington and this president have done enough to put pressure on the mubarak government to really bring about some social and democratic change. do you th...

Loan. he is worried that his children wont have a good future. thats why hes out. now, the protests and the twitter and all the social networking stuff helps. it helps inspire people, coordinate, but thats not why they are out. they are out because of mismanagement and a system that is really gotten so far away from its people. and many egyptians believe the reason that mubarak and other regimes in the arab world are going to go on that route have been able to become so separate from their peopl...

Hits along the way when you are calling someone unamerican and the president of the united states. im a big fan of his. i like him a lot. hes a very smart man and a good man and he wants to do the best for his country. you can disagree with how he goes about it, but i think its a nice idea to try to tone it down between everyone. will it last? of course not. it will last a week. but it is aiming news the right direction and i think if you hit the reset button every once in a while, its probably ...

Now, you can disagree with how he goes about it, but i think its a nice idea to try to tone down some of the vitriol between everyone. will it last? of course not. it will last a week. but it is aiming news the right direction, and i think if you hit the reset button every once in a while, thats probably a good thing. >> george, hollywood has a history of actors who turn into successful politicians. ronald reagan, arnold schwarzenegger, the more i see you popping up on these sort of shows, the m...