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Unemployment and the president will tell you that is simply not good enough. and so he is going to be judged moving forward on the economy. for some more criticism here's republican strategist kevin madden. >> he built a profile with the american public in 2008 as a centrist, as somebody who is going to change washington. as somebody who was a post-partisan. i think his profile over the last year has really become saddled with the perception that he is somebody who is hyper partisan and somebody who is not willing to work acrosby partisan lines. >> reporter: of course looking ahead to 2011 he ...

Look for him in days and weeks ahead to paint democrat and meek as extremist on the left and republicans and rubio as extremist on the right to cast himself as independent, post-partisan, to do florida's business and resurrect his political fortunes. >> bret: as far as caucusing with republicans will he say that? >> reporter: big, big question. big, big question. running as an independent is one thing. having legislative viability and impact in washington and not being part of the structure is very difficult. two examples to look at are joe lieberman, independent from connecticut who caucuses ...