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Country. >> seth, it seems to me that if 3 to 5% of folks had gone for obama who didn't, we would be talking a landslide of -- >> you have to recall just how republicans were in the 2008 election cycle. so, george bush had one of the lowest approval ratings in history at the time of the election. remember, obama was consistently comparing mccain to george bush, trying to tie them together and also, mccain made some big campaign blunders such as seeming to not be able to understand the problem of the economy. >> did you take into consideration the president's race was an asset in certain quarte...

Doesn't work, he can always give a go michele bachmann style. remember how she confronted the campaign blunders a couple of weeks ago? >> i haven't had a gaffe or something that i've done that has caused me to fall in the polls. >> there it is. just deny everything, although i think the poll numbers speak for themselves. neither strategy seems to be working. up next, vacation veto. today, president obama teamed with former president bill clinton to promote job creation through energy-efficient building projects. and don't think that the president missed an opportunity to nudge congress to pa...

At least trying to touch on the topic of poverty and maybe, maybe all of the candidates will look at this as a way to reach out to a different demographic and honestly talk about some of the biggest problems facing the country, rather than only focusing on the economic woes of people who are actually getting by. >> thank you michelle bernard. thank you steve kornacki. up next, rick perry is wasting no time making sure we know he can laugh at his campaign blunders. the latest example of that is coming up in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. to use on a denture, it could be...

The least among us. i'm not saying newt gingrich is doing that. he's the only candidate trying to touch on the topic of poverty and maybe, maybe all of the candidates will look at this as a way to reach out to different demographics and honestly talk about the problems facing the country rather than only focusing on the economic woes of people actually getting by. >> thank you. up next, rick perry is wasting no time making sure we can laugh as campaign blunders. the latest is coming up on the side show. you are watching "hardball" on msnbc.

Dogs by the wrong name. >> what happened in new hampshire here? >> those of you that will be 21 by november the 12th, i ask for your support and your vote. >> i was thinking drinking age, maybe. >> drinking age, drinking age. okay, all right. that makes sense. but how about -- >> you got to have an excuse, right? so that's mine, and i'm sticking to it. >> and of course, if that doesn't work, he can always give a go michele bachmann style. remember how she confronted the campaign blunders a couple of weeks ago? >> i haven't had a gaffe or something that i've done that has caused me to fall in t...