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Last eight hours. >> so you're serious about mid-course correction as simple as, you know, dislike on social media, they think the speech was dark, people are tweeting that you were too harsh and then he would add a grace note about hillary clinton as a result? >> i have no such evidence that that is what happened today, but there is no way to rule out the possibility and we do know for a fact that he lives in a constant twitter media feedback loop. his existence is to speak, act, watch the coverage of said speech or act to often weigh in on sid coverage on twitter and to gauge the reaction on...

[ applause ] >> that was a side of this president we don't see that often. this sort of gracefulness. especially given how adversarial they have been up there. >> i thought it was a real grace note. he often used examples, not of boehner, but of other people throughout the speech to show that we're not dysfunctional outside washington. that, in fact, there's a lot of good things going on, and that that should be the model for the chamber itself. i thought that was a fairly effective strategy. >> have these speeches outlived any political purpose? i mean, the intent would certainly be to revive...

Friendship lunch? >> my guess is that it is largely symbolic. it is good for democracy, the president and mitt romney, who is leaving the national stage. we won't have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the aisle. he is being bipartisan. it is good for democracy. it ratifies the results. it is not all th...

Friendship lunch? >> my guess is that it is largely symbolic. it is good for democracy, the president and mitt romney, who is leaving the national stage. we won't have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the aisle. he is being bipartisan. it is good for democracy. it ratifies the results. it is not all th...

People may not be supporters, may not vote for me, but i've got to try to convince them, part and parcel of the message he delivered when he was elected. >> one of the strikes against obama among, you know, those who will not vote for him, is that he -- he talks in poetry. i've never listened to a politician who talks more in pros than mitt romney. when he was in the room, he seemed actually lit up and in a way much more articulate as you said. and this linear, cost benefit, you know, balance sheet mitt romney, is never going to have this ability to have like numbers, like obama has on things ...