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Poorly. they're doing worse than everybody else. but, it is true that when you go in, you get a chance to send one message, and the message is usually not towards john bay nor or eric cantor. it's how is barack obama and the democratic party doing? and right now, right now, if you look at these numbers, it's a negative response. >> and you know, the white house has had a plan for months about how to turn this around in time for the election. they're running out of time. >> running out of time. >> let's check politico. >> let's check in with mike allen the chief white house correspondent there....

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Starts, all the other stuff that's gone on and failed, with all the hype attached to it. it's going to happen in ten days, it's going to happen in two hours. this is the first time they've done something that looks like it might work and there's been no hype. why no pr on this? >> i've been confused about the whole process. this containment cap they work on now, what they're calling the capping stack, it's actually been one of their earliest ideas way back in april. i've been confused why they didn't move forward with this several weeks ago. i know there were storms in the gulf. this was befor...

New containment cap which they put on top which has magically worked. >> which is stunning. yesterday we had thad allen on the show, who we love and we think he's doing a great job, saying you always have the push and pull when you have a government and trying to work with a private company. so we have been working to the. the idea that the government didn't know about this a few days ago, i find it hard to believe. >> i have to imagine they knew. and by the way, what -- what would be the benefit of going out and saying they had this cap. they needed to do it this way from a pr standpoint more...

And all this other stuff that's gone on and failed, all the hype attached to it. it's going to happen in ten days, it's going to happen in two hours. this is the first time they've done something that looks like it might work and there's been no hype. how do you explain that? why no pr on this? >> i've been confused about the whole process, chris. this cap, this containment cap that they are working on now, what they are calling the capping stack, has actually been one of their earliest ideas way back in april, and i know they have been working on this for quite some time. i've been confused w...