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And he is a detail guy. in this case, he was in all those meetings. you can say that sometimes he, you know, he is too much lost in the details or he sees too many complexities in. this case, we have trashed him a lot for being overly complex in his thinking sometimes. this is a case where his ability to deal with complex things really helped him evaluate it seems all the pieces of this thing. >> do you think we have ever picked a president we think is not as smart as we are? do you think that t...

Wow. welcome back to "hardball." that was of course was president obama talking to a bipartisan dinner meeting of congressional leaders at the white house last night. early poll numbers show some big changes in attitudes. a "washington post" pugh research center poll conducted monday finds a spike in the countrys attitude about how things are going. roughly 1-3 now say they are satisfied. it was 1-4 in march. thats an uptick. the presidents personal approval, however, has gone way up in this pol...

Cannonization. the guy would be on mt. rushmore if w. had done this. carving the stone tonight, right? >> no question. >> the spiking of the ball. >> just like what george w. did, you know, on the aircraft carrier. >> without even doing it. >> it wasnt really mission accomplished. this really was mission accomplished. if it was the republicans, there would be fireworks everywhere. >> todd, do you want to venture a partisan assessment here? >> i think most republicans were quite effusive of the p...

And i think its a big tipping point in my view, a big tipping point between the parties that didnt exist before. >> todd? ike was restrained. he didnt use military force hardly at all. carter didnt use it. but theres a difference between restraint -- >> most of our lifetime its been the reverse. but i think one of the things that president obama may have put to rest with this, there will be some people that never like him, but you really cant say he is not a man who has a certain amount of darin...

Point in my view, a big tipping point between the parties that didnt exist before. >> todd? ike was restrained. he didnt use military force hardly at all. carter didnt use it. but theres a difference between restraint and pa restrai restraint -- >> most of our lifetime its been the reverse. but i think one of the things that president obama may have put to rest with this, there will be some people that never like him, but you really cant say he is not a man who has a certain amount of daring, be...

The details or he sees too many complexities in. this case, we have trashed him a lot for being overly complex in his thinking sometimes. this is a case where his ability to deal with complex things really helped him evaluate it seems all the pieces of this thing. >> do you think we have ever picked a president we think is not as smart as we are? do you think that the right will even go that far? they are looking at people like palin they dont think is as smart as they are. do you think well eve...

Howard fineman is the editorial director for "the huffington post" and msnbc analyst. and todd perdham is the national and todd perdham is the national editor -- do i have to ask what republicans -- secular cannonization. the guy would be on mt. rushmore if w. had done this. carving the stone tonight, right? >> no question. >> the spiking of the ball. >> just like what george w. did, you know, on the aircraft carrier. >> without even doing it. >> it wasnt really mission accomplished. this really...

>> by the way, hes put a lot more troops in afghanistan, ok? he didnt put as many as some of the conservatives wanted. stepped up the present attacks with the drones. and here are the differences between president bush and dick cheney almost literally pushing the 500 daisy cutter bombs down onto iraq and not getting what they were targeting. and the approximate the getting the purpose that he was targeting. >> theres a difference between being cold blooded and being a sadist. i think presidents ...

And todd perdham is the national editor. do i have to ask what republicans -- secular cannonization. the guy would be on mt. rushmore if w. had done this. carving the stone tonight, right? >> no question. >> the spiking of the ball. >> just like what george w. did, you know, on the aircraft carrier. >> without even doing it. >> it wasnt really mission accomplished. this really was mission accomplished. if it was the republicans, there would be fireworks everywhere. >> todd, do you want to ventur...

Youd take him out. you shouldnt say that out loud because it will hurt our relationship with pakistan. >> by the way, hes put a lot more troops in afghanistan, ok? he didnt put as many as some of the conservatives wanted. stepped up the present attacks with the drones. and here are the differences between president bush and dick cheney almost literally pushing the 500 daisy cutter bombs down onto iraq and not getting what they were targeting. and the approximate the getting the purpose that he w...