Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111228:08:37:00
He's going to be a tough guy to beat. >> he may be. i mean, i think it's early to say the economy is really on the mend in a way that we're going b to feel next november, ed. but it does seem to be going in the right direction now. as you and i have talked about, the president also really seems to have given up on that idea compromising with people who don't want to compromise and is depicting himself and is fighting for middle class and working class people in a way that not only the base but even independents seem to be responding to. so that's a very positive trend in itself. >> can i add o...