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Good evening i'm chris matthews. up in new york leading off tonight a special hardball, obama's america. martin luther king, jr. was born 82 years ago. this week also marks the second anniversary of president obama's inauguration. tonight we cut the president's four year term into two and look coldly at the first half. how is he doing? has the president moved us towards post-racial society. if so how. how is he doing on that acid test of any president the jobless number. how about african-american unemployment and the country's political tone. it better now since tucson? does politics in ameri...

About the political process, of course he didn't read the bill. it would be physically impossible for members of congress to read everything in these bills, in fact it is created by attorneys and eaves a staffer in congress and worked 16 hour days and read the bills and knew what was in them but could only read a small amount and that is why people around them help them do this and the notion of -- >> this is one of the most important bills... >> right. >>... passed in the last decade, gary b. you read it. >> well, yeah. well, i tell you what, here's -- first of all, i agree with caroline. i d...

Happening today is very different, and i think that the american public can trust their leaders because they obviously know what is happening on the ground. >> so the acid test as to whether pakistan and the pakistani military has changed is whether it will go after the taliban or whether it will go after terrorists in pakistan but not those who attack pakistanis. there you obviously have an overwhelming self-interest. these are forces that are trying to overturn -- overthrow your country, your government. but will they go after those other terrorists? in other words, not will they take the ba...

Civilian government is weak. now, i understand that there will be misgivings based on the past. but the u.s. leadership, and you will notice that president obama has weighed in, admiral mullen has weighed in, we have heard from national security adviser jim jones, they've all made it very clear that what is happening today is very different, and i think that the american public can trust their leaders because they obviously know what is happening on the ground. >> so the acid test as to whether pakistan and the pakistani military has changed is whether it will go after the taliban or whether i...

Impact been? >> it's been a tremendous shot in the the arm for anti-establishment republican candidatesment they wanted a series of primaries, no one expected them to do. now that may make it difficult for them to win over moderate independent voters in the fall, but right now, enthusiasm matters to politics and all of the enthusiasm is with the tea party. i'm here in las vegas attending a left wing bloggers convention and a tea party convention and i can tell you a world of difference in attitude and enthusiasm between the groups. >> you're going between both of those, you're ambidextrous. >>...