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Oro emote or whatever, but i think the president is getting a bum rap. you got to be who you are, you got to be who you're comfortable with, and whatever your personality is, it is. i don't see him lacking in empathy just because he doesn't blow his top at the slightest provocation. i think it's a bum rap. >> just one clarification. are you concerned that those two relief wells they're drilling right now are supposed to be ready in august and stop this leak might not work? >> yeah. at some point i think we'll have to ask ourselves -- i haven't been part of the decision-making process so i'm no...

Back for monday night play by play. eric erickson is with us and rollin martin in the room with us. >> i had to give him color. come on. i'm from texas. >> the former president bill clinton talked to our wolf blitzer at a time warner event in south africa. the question was has president obama -- is it fair to criticize president obama for not getting more emotional for things like the gulf oil spill. let's listen. >> i personally think it's a bum rap. he and i grew up in different cultures. we're a different generation. we express ourselves in different ways. he's a brilliant, articulate and i...

That. the american people hire you to win for them, and if they don't feel like winners, they're not going to give you very much credit even if you have done good things, so some of his credit will come. but on the empathy issue, i personally think it's a bum rap. that is, he and i grew up in different cultures, we're different generations, we express ourselves in different ways. he is a brilliant, articulate, and i think exceedingly empathetic person, but his whole -- and look, when he got into politics, he didn't want to sound like a fire-eating preacher for fear of being racially stereotype...

White house and stopped what we call the stakeout location to speak to reporters. in doing so, the chairman apologized. he said bp would keep its commitments. then we said something that got him in a little hot water. let's listen. >> it comes across as he is frustrated because he cares about the small people. and we care about the small people. i hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies or don't care. but that is not the case in bp. we care about the small people. >> now svanberg is from sweden. and we looked at a translator, small people, little people, it transl...

To walk around and listen in. overhear conversations? to me that's unbelievable that nobody said, hey, buddy, take a hike. >> i like dr. evil's glasses. >> that's your nickname for wolff? >> yes. >> what have we all learned? never cooperate with a book if you are in the middle of an administration. when i was deputy press secretary of state. karl rove was my responsibility. a reporter from a liberal magazine said he gets a bum rap and i want to do a profile piece saying he is great and super smart. i was charmed. i went to the white house communications director and said give him a shot. he sa...