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Deserves four more years. >> we are not done. we have made progress but the key right now is we don't start turning in a new direction that could throw the progress off. >> sean: he refused to accept any responsibility to deliver on political promises but instead of blaming george bush he pointed at the founding fathers. >> what has frustrated people i have not been able to force congress to implement every aspect of what i said in 2008. well, you know it turns out our founders designed the system that makes it more difficult to bring about change than i would like sometimes. >> sean: the thin...

Kick. he's talking about jobs. i think the contrast is getting sharp. >> in an interview last night with matt lauer before the super bowl, president obama made this case for re-election while addressing the budget concern of many voters. the biggest concern of many voters, the economy. >> i deserve a second term, but we're not done. look. when you and i sat down, we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. in fact, we had found out just a few days before we sat down we had lost that month 750,000 jobs. now we're creating 250,000. we've made progress, and the key right now is to make sure we don't sta...

We're not done. when you and i sat down, we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. in fact, we found out just a few days before we sat down we lost that month 750,000 jobs. now we're creating 250,000. we have made progress. the key now is to make sure we don't start turning in a new direction to throw that progress off. >> you know, i'm looking at the polling numbers. they are positive. i want you to get deeper on this. it looks to me like the president is hedging the bet here. he reads the numbers. they basically say unless congress gets their act together and keeps the cut going in the payroll ta...

Following the same rules that main street is doing but we've made progress and the key right now is to make sure we don't start turning in a new direction that could turn that progress off. >> so the new motto instead of hope and change in my mind is fair share. fair share. i mean, that's what you're going to hear from now until november because they've obviously tested those words a gazillion times. they work. they work. >> clearly what we heard last night during that six minute interview with matt lauer. matt lauer wearing the necktie, was his stump speech. that's what he's going to do going...

In a new direction that could throw that progress off. >> you see, i think that was a perfect pitch in the president's mind to the whole middle of the country. because he'll pretty much get the votes on the coasts, right? if you look at a map, those are the blue states. when he said let's go back to old-fashioned values, and people paying their fair share. see, i think that's an appeal by the president to the whole middle part of the country who likes the way that that sounds, they are in favor of good old-fashioned values. not sure they're in favor of this whole fair share argument but i thin...