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One of the things you realize fairly quick think is there a character out there people see called barack obama. that's not you. whether it's good or bad, it's not you. i learned that on the campaign. given barack obama's remarkable gift in story telling and the impending second act of the drama of his presidency, we thought it is enlitening to bring experts in story telling to give his narrative on what barack obama is creating. joining me is ayana mathis, george saunders, author of a new collection of short stories "the tenth story," victor lavalle and pullser prize winning author michael sha...

He is best known as the author of "what it takes," his account of the 1988 presidential campaign. it's considered by many people to be one of the best books ever written by u.s. politics. cramer also won the pullser prize for his reporting from the middle east back when he was a correspondent for the philadelphia enchoirer in 1979. he also is a prolific magazine writer for "sports illustrated," rolling stone and esquire. if you never read "what it takes" i couldn't recommend it more to you. shoot us an e-mail and let us know why you're awake. can you tweet me and we'll read the best responses ...

Define success at these olympics? >> i think success is different, you know, in each venue. but at the olympics, i think success is providing performances that give people something to think about, inspiration, give people the chills, that make people stand up and cheer whether you're from their country or not. i think that is the important stuff at the olympics. >> reporter: so he likes to go out and have a good time. get off his case. four more races to go. we'll see what he does the rest of the way. coming up next on "morning joe," 1984 silver medalist in the down hill and, incidentally, pu...