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A kansas city shuffle? on a foreign policy level, senator max baucus seems an odd choice for america's next ambassador to china. the montana democrat does not speak chinese, while he knows about trade issues, baucus is not known for a history of ties to the country. according to the "wall street journal" china's citizens are taking to their version of twitter to voice concern over how the 72-year-old will fare in their notoriously thick beijing air. one post quoted reads so old, don't die in the beijing smog. but if you fan away the smog and look at this assignment through the lens of politics...

Perceived inside the country as an effective, at least on the foreign policy level, effective government. it's a big positive for them. >> okay, but can they enrich uranium? i mean, can they make a bomb? >> well, they can enrich uranium under the interim agreement at 5%. with 5% uranium, there's no way to make a bomb. the agreement seems to foreclose a path to enriching bomb grade uranium. that means they would have a great deal of difficulty and take a long time toward making a bomb. >> you know, just a few weeks ago, we were talking on this very show the excitement for some of the potential ...

There is something called the internet that still exists in the world. these clips are so available, statements live online, and it basically is a flip flop. the other thing is on a foreign policy level, look, republicans and democrats, you know, there has been bipartisan support for humanitarian intervention in the past. to make this a wedge issue i don't think plays well for either side. >> chris, let's list tone what haley barbour said about gays serving in the military. i think we will hear more about this this weekend. >> when you're under fire, and people are living and dying on split se...

Tired of talk? >> i think there's a funk. i think that there's an economic funk. look at the major story today. where the yemeni leader of al qaeda has been taken down in a drone attack, that's a major victory in the war against terror as was the successful conclusion of the hunt for bin laden. and yet, it doesn't seem as if those successes on a foreign policy level in the war on terror have altered the numbers and what that tells me is that the numbers are valely entirely wedded to the economy so until the economy turns around i don't think he's going to get any relief in the data you're refe...