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And his wife have been giving a lot of exit interviews as their final days in the house behind me wind down. in an interview with "60 minutes" set to air on sunday, the president was reflecting on his time in office. he says he and his team have not always been good at communicating the good things about his policy proposals. let's play some of that. >> part of the job description is also shaping public opinion. and we were very effective, and i was very effective, in shaping public opinion around my campaigns. but there were big stretches while governing where even though we were doing the ri...

And the president has given mcconnell a little bit credit for that as he's started to do this series of exit interviews. that set the stage for how this health care fight played out in 2009. the president at the time had democrats in control of the house. a majority of 60 votes. a super majority of 60 votes in the senate that let him pass whatever essentially legislation he wanted to. and what he chose to spend his political capital on was this health care law. eight years later, a lot of democrats have paid a price for it. a health care system that's dramatically different. 20 million people ...

David axelrod was the guy doing the interview. he was the guy who was the architect of those obama campaigns. what do you make of the argument the president is making there? he says, hey, with i would have won this election if i would have been running. >> no, he actually said, i think i could have. one of the problems that president obama has had throughout his eight years is that he has a tendency, when asked questions, hypothetical questions, he sort of responds at a remove and starts to take on the role that i am presuming right now that you take on from time to time, that is a commentator...

Architect of those obama campaigns. what do you make of the argument the president is making there? he says, hey, with i would have won this election if i would have been running. >> no, he actually said, i think i could have. one of the problems tha president obama has had throughout his eight years is that he has a tendency, when asked questions, hypothetical questions, he sort of responds at a remove and starts to take on the role that i am presuming right now that you take on from time to time, that is a commentator, an analyst, a pundit, and looking at his own administration, from a remov...

Democratic party has actually been propped up by the personal likability of president obama. his policies and the party as a whole have been rejected by massive margins. you look at just the losses at the state legislature. yes, democrats hold fewer state legislators. number on the actual majority of governorships across the country, the house and the senate and now the white house. the democratic party has seen his foxbusiness.com losses under president obama. >> i don't remember bush or clinton complaining this much when they left during these exit interviews. i think they are designed to ce...