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Americans generally view former presidents positively. favorability for carter, clinton, and reagan all exceeded 65% in their latest popularity polls. plus let me say he's kept his mouth shut. >> now americans are finding out he's expanded these programs, and they're giving his policies a second look. >> the obama supporters who say, well, maybe in retrospect we were too hard on the guy because our guy has pursued some of the same national security policies. and the second group is a bunch of independents who say, well, look at the republican party now. maybe bush wasn't all that bad, so then ...

Crisis to stabilize the financial system which was on the brink of collapse. people forget that. in the fall of 2008, the financial system was on the brink of collapse. president bush took some very courageous decisions. you mentioned tarp i think was the biggest thing that stabilized the financial system and it was very unpopular. it was unpopular on the left because it was a bailout for banks and unpopular on the right because of it a bailout. what you see in there is -- i hope people come away with a recognition that this wasn't a president who chased popularity. he tried to do the right th...

Sophisticated and not pushing the envelope kind of way. her dresses come below the knee. she wears a lot of lace. she has had a tremendous influence on, obviously, style around the world. do you think she is taking a lot of cues from the queen? >> i think she is taking advice and lead from the queen. the reality is nobody particularly kate wants to upstage the queen in the jubilee celebrations. she is doing it with a plumb. she was the star performer a year ago. she helped put the royal family back on the map. the popularity polls are higher than ever. this is all about the queen and service s...

Multiple polls in iowa a clear sign that gingrich is having trouble in the popularity polls. but i emphasize that polls at this juncture with the caucus and primary so close loose some of their merit. they run behind where the public sentiment is and it shows that gingrich is having a problem with the popularity in the polls. and then the ground game and he is trying to get enough boots on the ground to be competitive, and here in new hampshire, romney has a huge lead. because iowa and new hampshire are trending toward romney gingrich has a lot of capping up to do and if he does not get critic...

Endorsement for gingrich there was, as well, kind of a dig at romney, doris. we'll put it on the screen. we don't back candidates based on popularity polls as they indicate in the endorsement, or big-shot backers. we look for conservatives with courage and convictions who are independent minded, grounded in their core beliefs about this nation and its people and best equipped for the job. you don't have to agree with him on every issue. we'd rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what he thinks we want to hear. >> it's a devastating dig, i think. it's usu...