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>> president barack obama we assume will run for re-election, i do, you do, i think, he'll run for re-election in 2012. it seems to me he will have to have shown progress over there, certainly in his ability to take us out of there eventually. do you have a sense of the clock, of the calendar over there? is it manifest around you that we're not staying indefinitely? there is a duration to this war. it probably has something to do with 2012. what is your sense of that, putting it all together, as you've been able to do? >> you know, it's -- the thing that seems much more clear over here than it...

The sbes of your agenda is certainly noble. >> it's noble. i don't believe it for a minute but it would be noble if it were true. you know, chris, i think the best sign that he is looking to be re-elected and look, i would like to see him be re-elected. i'm not tearing the president down here, but i am concerned about one thing. there's one area where he's putting his own re-election i believe ahead of the country's best interests. and that's on the issue of economic recovery and the deficit. he has turned into something ever a deficit not a hawk but a worrier. and david axelrod, his political...

Greene has said he has a plan to create jobs for his state. quote, another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays, little dolls, me, like maybe little action dolls. me in the army uniform, air force uniform and me in my suit. they can make toys of me and my vehicle, especially for the holidays and christmas for the kids. that's something that would create jobs. well, this is apparently on the level that mr. greene actually said that to this newspaper. moving over to georgia, democratic candidate for governor barnes has a message for his state's legislature. st...

Against the taliban is not something that is going to hurt politically or hurt morally or hurt just emotionally as much as -- as much as having our troops in combat does. >> okay. thank you very much. my -- well, i'm proud to say my colleague, rachel maddow. watch "the rachel maddow show" live from afghanistan at 9:00 p.m. eastern. up next, a democrat running for governor in his state says his state has become a laughing stock because his legislature is passing bills about placing microchips in people's brains and seceding from the union. you can probably guess where. you're watching "hardba...

Voter mood on a certain level. this economic recovery is very, very unstable. we could seriously go backwards. so the president focusing on the deficit? that's politics. that's not policy and it worries me. it bothers me. >> howard, your thoughts initially. >> well, my thought initially is that in barack obama's mind there's kind of a zen to this. the way to get reelected is to behave like you don't care about getting re-elected. i think he cares about history. i think he and david axelrod shaped the theme making history, day that we were change we were waiting for that obama himself embodied ...