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That. what took them so long to wake up and smell the cool late and smell the coffee and get burned by their own tea party? >> i think it was two things. this is the first time things really didn't go their way politically. they decided we're going to oppose everything obama does, we're going to obstruct and be there to get power back when people say the economy has not improved. what happened was obama's approval rating came down fast in 2009. republicans had a great midterm in 2010, and so they could convince themselves for the last two years, the economy is not in great shape. we have alrea...

>> is the u.s. negotiating with the taliban? >> this is completely afghan led process. the u.s. is very much in the information loop. full awareness of what is going on and support laid out. in a couple of isolated cases there has been a degree of facilitation, if you will. >> but the insurgents may not be his biggest problem. it may be the weak and perceived government of president karzai. >> we have been talking in the last 24 hours to members of commando forces who say when they go make a bust for narcotics or arrest corrupt officials they are punished by the karzai government. how do you m...

>> is the u.s. negotiating with the taliban? >> this is completely afghan led process. the u.s. is very much in the information loop. full awareness of what is going on and support laid out. in a couple of isolated cases there has been a degree of facilitation, if you will. >> but the insurgents may not be his biggest problem. it may be the weak and perceived government of president karzai. >> we have been talking in the last 24 hours to members of commando forces who say when they go make a bust for narcotics or arrest corrupt officials they are punished by the karzai government. how do you m...

Information loop in a couple of cases has helped, in a sense, but not doing the negotiation. actually in a couple of isolated cases there have been a degree of facilitation, if you will. reporter roar the general said what it was like when president obama offered him this job. putting him in charge of a second surge. here is what he said. >>guest: there was no negotiating, only one answer for someone in uniform and that is the answer i gave. i would loved to have alerted my wife. i sent her a text message but she was in a meeting and did not get it until after the news channels had the announc...

But the democrats are still getting their message together. their so many headlines, the democrats aren't saying this is the one you really need to pay attention to. they have thing they are throwing up on the wall but it's really not sticking. >> they have to focus on something positive. they can't win by just attacking the president. >> the country is polarized. in democracy, you don't blame voters but we have voters who are polarized and they want to believe what the voters have to say. >> the problem is the information loop. the information loop is destructive right now. the feedback loop ...