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Here's what president obama said to a group of donors last night about recent budget talks with the republicans. what the president didn't know, there was an open mike nearby. >> >> that sound, by the way, courtesy of cbs radio mark knoller. joining us now, david gergen, maria cardona, also former bush speechwriter david frum. david, i want to start with you.
Special posters. the proceeds are going to the gulf residents. the gulf coast residents. so clearly there's a connection that some of the folks here who live here feel with those who are at the gulf of mexico. i also want to bring up a point here, fred, just to give you a larger context. my colleague of cbs, mark knoller who keeps all presidential records, he says if you look at the 18-month mark, he's taken about 65 vacation days compared to president bush at this time, it was 216 days. so clearly that's kind of the bigger picture, and the last point is that all presidents when they're on vac...