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The president's style. is he a brusk, is he business like. he is to the point. is he not very emotional to the sense that he give you empathy put his arm around the victim. that's not his approach. i think if you are in texas right now what he did today and full day what you wanted to hear. >> martha: just watching some of the networks today and the coverage of the president's visit as we heard from the congressman moments ago, i mean, there are some people out there that just don't want to ever say anything positive about the president. jen psaki was one of them today cnn said she didn't thin...

Doing pretty well at least three of them, ohio, pennsylvania, in florida. the president has a pretty distinct advantage. if this holds, merry catherine, is there any way governor romney can win? >> if these numbers hold it is not good for him. what you have to consider also, will the numbers of democrats they surveyed in these polls hold till election day? that is nearly impossible. if you look at the question where they asked how many of you voted for obama in '08, in florida, ohio, those numbers outperform in this poll his actual numbers in '08 by 10 points. so you're polling 10 points more ...

And i think that insofar as he's responsible for any of his -- part of this is, by the way, not avoidable. i went through this. until people feel better about their own lives, they're not going to feel good about their president. there's nothing you can do about that. because the american people hire you to win for them. and if they don't feel like winners, they don't give you very much credit even if you've done some of these things. some of the credit will come. but on the empathy issue, i personally think it's a bum wrap. that is, you know, we're a -- he and i grew up in different cultures....

Clinton once seen as one of barack obama's most vocal critics, at least during the 2009 primary campaign, as emerged as one of his leading supporters, arguing that the president's critics have given him a bum rap and too little credit for the job he's done. politico senior reporter ken vogel joins us now. thanks so much. we're talking about the comments that the former president made, of course, in cape town, south africa, when he was at a forum the other day ago. let's watch and i'll talk about it on the other side. >> on the empathy issue, i personally think it's a bum rap that is, you know,...

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...