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Colonial america and "sweet land of liberty." how do we get people interested in history? and we think sometimes in novels you can get people inside people's minds, inside the emotions and bring it to life in a way that leads them to go on to read books that are nonfiction. >> speaker gingrich, thank you very much for being on the show this morning. good to see you again. >> thanks a lot. and great to see calista, as well. >> maybe we can take another picture. we keep putting it on the air. you can read an excerpt on our blog -- >> she's very proud of her t-shirt. >> i'm proud of her. i think ...

President obama on two grounds all year long, is one, his failure to endorse simpson-bowles and address the national debt which i think is a failure of leadership and two, he didn't transcend the political divide of red and blue states. indeed exacerbated it in some of his rhetoric and his very personal attack, negative ads that i was concerned about. so that's, a b-plus from me as a partisan democrat. i'm still a supporter of barack obama. i think he has strong character. jenna: all right. still a passing grade as you just mentioned. >> for sure. jenna: lanny, this is on bill clinton. bill cl...

Strings and he still isn't able to do it. give moder mitt romney a chanceo do it. >> eric: i'll hold yours for last. what grade do you give him? >> dana: i don't play this. i'm so tired of this. i remember every reporter, the laziest, easiest question, what grade would you give yourself? in life, you don't get a chance to grade yourself. maybe a little self-reflection is good but you get graded on your performance by other people. in 2009, president obama answered that question by saying i give myself a b-plus or something like that. i thought, don't ever grade yourself. say incomplete because...

>> four years in presidency and incomplete. asking people to be patient with him. >> reporter: white house officials incyst it's not new because president graded himself with incomplete. true. they are not mentioning just one year in the presidency he told oprah win friday he deserved a solid "b" plus. and added passing healthcare would tip it to an a-minus. today the chairman of the convention went further suggesting that the president deserves top marks for trying to turn the economy around. >> give him an "a" for effort. "a" for making sure that americans are better off today than four year...

Didn't get to class or that always arrived late. >> oh. >> and it's -- okay. joe, i know was never got to class. i think mika was the arrived late. but i just think the idea of having mika brzezinski wearing a newt university t-shirt. you have to show them. as far as i'm concerned this made the entire project worth while. this is -- i'm here to learn. >> the fact that she's here to learn is a revolutionary moment. the idea that she is -- remember she is doing this just before they go to charlotte. >> i'm so dead. ♪ >> do i get a grade? >> you do. >> okay. what's my grade? >> b-plus, would ha...