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Inaugural address perhaps than four years ago. this is what michael waldman wrote about the impact, full screen here. it has been an odd fact that this president has consistently refrained from making bold statements when he has had his widest and most consequential audience. youve government presidents your entire agree. would you agree with michael waldmans assessment of president obamas speech-making so far? >> no. as a matter of fact weve had some very moving speeches in the wake of tragedy ...

Inability to look at him and his di sear -- >> lets do that part. were going to do theatrics right now. the dumb part of politics. could it be he cant stand looking at the guy. >> yes, but davids point is right though. its systematically why would he suddenly start to be able to sell his accomplishments well on this debate stage when he hasnt done a good job of selling them for 3 1/2 years. >> but he hasp . in the last year, when he got his butt kicked in the debt ceiling debacle, hes been much ...

She doesnt like the political part of speech-making. she made that controversial speech fours years ago which she said for the first time in her adult life she was proud of her country. is that the kind of thing she is trying to stay away from? have voters forgotten that? >> they have absolutely forgotten that. in fact her convention speech four years ago was so important in making voters forget about that. she had said that earlier in the summer and her entire convention speech four years ago w...

I think the time in term of the campaign time sort of will be september, you know, sort of when people are paying more attention as we get closer to the election? >> the other thing we should say is speech after speech after speech every day he lays out what jobs -- its not like he hasnt -- hasnt talked about it. its what the -- >> let me -- ive been critical in the past. let me say that they have been very aggressive and their speeches have been very focused. i think that from the standpoint of...

mainstream media until now. fox news pounds eric holder after a house committee votes to hold him in contempt while msnbc acts as the attorney generals defense lawyer. >> nobody in the mainstream media was paying any attention to this scandal. fox news was. nobody else was covering it. >> well, not quite. but have journalists blown the story, or is this scandal manufactured by the right wing media? and well tackle these television topics. ann curry appears to be on her way out at the "...

What he said in an unguarded moment is what mitt thinks and believes. its so out of touch -- >> when he says i dont make much in speech making, and he made $400,000, do you think it doesnt mean much to him? >> i think its entirely possible he has no idea how much he makes in speaking fees, obviously its a ton of money. >> he hasnt paid a full income tax -- >> what about when he says things like "i dont care about the very poor" what does that mean? >> i had a problem with that comment from a tot...

Earlier that you never thought about using this in an ad before, i would write obama care on there and shake it. >> thats how you get past it? >> i think you lean forward into it. >> that slogan has been taken. >> you cant lane forward into this many gaffes. youre absolutely right, chris. what he said in an unguarded moment is what mitt thinks and believes. its so out of touch -- >> when he says i dont make much in speech making, and he made $400,000, do you think it doesnt mean much to him? >> ...

Dismantling of this guy using his own words. chris, what he said in an unguarded moment is what mitt romney really thinks and believes and its so out of touch with peoples lives and their values and -- >> when he says i dont make much in speech making and that year he made $374,000, do you think he meant it didnt mean that much to him? >> i think its entirely possible he has no idea how much he makes in speaking fees. obviously its a ton of money. >> probably the only money he paid a full income...

Thologically thread bare. before i came over here, i found this quotation from pope john paul ii who many would regard as theologically sophisticated and see him as a conservative. he said, the needs of the poor must take priority over the desires of the rich. and the rights of the workers over the max mization of profit. that sounds like it has a lot of relevance to this campaign were in the middle of. >> what explains the difference in the partisan interpretation of remarks like that? you saw ...

Paul ii who many would regard as theologically sophisticated and see him as a conservative. he said, the needs of the poor must take priority over the desires of the rich. and the rights of the workers over the max mization of profit. that sounds like it has a lot of relevance to this campaign were in the middle of. >> what explains the difference in the partisan interpretation of remarks like that? you saw the president today in that speech making remarks much -- that echoed those of pope john ...