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That the administration willfully misrepresented the reasons why we were going to war in iraq? >> well i think its a little more subtle than that. first of all jeb bush has provided the ultimate example of the french phrase which is when you think of the witty remark you should have made on the way out of the party. four days later, hes finally got an answer to this question. hes got to get a little quicker on the uptake. i think there was a more subtle process that was beginning on here. i thin...

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Story of "the new york times" today, the original plan was for senior u.s. officials to contact the military over in pakistan if it seemed like there was going to be a firefight. if it seemed imminent but the president thought that would put too many troops at risk. apparently, the final line of defense was going to be if the pakistanis were about to engage the united states military, the seal teams, admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff would pick up the phone and call ...

Republican controlled congress. that marks a four point jump from a month ago. the gop also appears to be benefitting it from the publics pessimistic move. 59% say the country is on the wrong track while only 32% of americans believe we are headed in the right direction. compare those numberses to the last two times congress changed hands, 06 election, 61% under george w. bush said the u.s. was on the wrong track, similar to 1994, 55% believed the same thing when president clinton was at the hel...

Building this mosque and cultural center near, not on, ground zero, but even near ground zero? >> yeah, even near it. i think its because were -- were a little slow on the uptake sometimes. those are pretty much the exact numbers of the people at the beginning of the iraq war, of 28%, 30% opposed it. and about 70% were in favor of it. we always seem to get it wrong at first, whether that was with slavery, killing indians, women not voting. were not very good at the beginning of these things. wer...

Take great care not to be political or even give the perception of being political, and to have real weight behind his words. something very specific after all these days. it is true that he was slow on the uptake, but there is still as james keeps saying, were only a third of the way through this. he is there now. he could do this. the problem is what is it in his control to do? there are over a dozen agencies and departments all tripping over each other. there is still not a unified command st...