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Not a simple yes or no answer for this administration. and that's why the president is going to have a lot of work to do at that convention where you are in charlotte. why it's so sensitive to them and why it could be problematic in the debates ahead is that mitt romney is going to try to hammer this question bike ronald reagan did since 1980 like another democratic incumbent jimmy carter. that turned the election against carter, shep. >> shepard: we are going to hear from a couple of bain capital staffers during the convention this week. >> we are. senior obama officials confirm that there wi...

Because animal spirits are needed right now to try to boost the economy, but at the same time, the more that he can basically point to the eurozone and say actually it's not our fault that the economy is not taking off, it's those guys in greece, the better. >> fill in that part of the equation if you could and david take over. because there is the part where the previous administration has some responsibility and i think that's an effective, maybe a bit convoluted argument, but an argument people will look at, as it pertains to the rest of the world, i think that's going to be harder for amer...

Look, when you listen to these republican rallies and so forth, these are just old, tired criticisms that people are out of touch. they don't understand. romney's trying to whip up the base. the truth is the president's done a remarkably strong, effective job as leader and as our commander in chief. he has finished the war in iraq like he said he would. he surged in afghanistan. he made the right decisions. >> let me ask you about afghanistan, for example, general. because just overnight, 15 people died in afghanistan. the taliban took responsibility. we've had the burning of the korans. that ...

Time? >> it certainly has the potential to lose effectiveness. remember, one of the first guys in recent years use this i've got a secret plan was someone who wanted to end the war in vietnam, he won that race. although subsequent years didn't end up very favorably. it has a real potential problem, and the reason it has a problem, is because in this case, when you're transferring your weakness to your opponent, you're operating from a position of weakness. and it's the voters that you will most will need, mitt romney if he's the nominee, most will need moderate, independent republicans and con...

Opponent on strengths. do you think that it has lost any of its effectiveness over time? >> it certainly has the potential to lose effectiveness. remember, one of the first guys in recent years use this i've got a secret plan was someone who wanted to end the war in vietnam, he won that race. although subsequent years didn't end up very favorably. it has a real potential problem, and the reason it has a problem, is because in this case, when you're transferring your weakness to your opponent, you're operating from a position of weakness. and it's the voters that you will most will need, mitt r...