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President and future presidents are boxed in. >> to link this back to where the discussion began a few minutes ago, editorial judgments that placed certain stories above the fold, one of the things, i think, i feel strongly that the media has made an error on in the past six or seven months is misreading the tea party movement. and it's understandable. it began with crazy birthers and everything holding up ridiculous signs. that part is understandable. but as the movement progressed, and you could see it play out in massachusetts from town to town to town, people are angry, disturbed and fearf...

Remember when you were writing your book. and a month into the presidency, you wrote this. and you predicted this in your book, "the last best hope." americans will soon expect their leaders to balance their books at home. personal savings rates will rise, and an era of new responsibility will erase the shabby standards we set for ourselves over the past generation. americans will also become impatient with politicians who fail to put our financial house in order. now is the season to toss aside economic ideologies and begin the warm embrace of simple math. whether you are a republican or demo...

Sam stein, thanks. >> thanks, sam. next, savannah guthrie live from the white house with a preview of this morning's "daily rundown." he said hurricane katrina was the best thing to happen to the education system in new orleans. education secretary arne duncan will be with us to clarify those comments. damage control. the deeper story behind what's happening at toyota. first, here's ginger zee with your groundhog day forecast. ginger. >> good morning, mika and everyone. we don't have any airport delays to speak of. so good news there. but it's going to get messy especially around charl...

Although democrats have struggled in the past, the current political climate has reinvigorated the party there and could serve as a window into the fall's midterm elections. >> sam stein, is this illinois seat another possible massachusetts result for republicans down the road? >> yeah. >> i know we're a long way off. >> yes and no. yes in the fact that it is a definite republican pickup with mark kirk being a well-positioned candidate although he's sort of been pulled to the right which could be problematic, but no because there are so many other interests and factors. you have rod blagojevic...

>> on both sides. >> -- we need to get paul ryan on a lot more because we need to encourage republican legislators to put more ideas out. isn't he one of the few guys -- >> yes. >> -- he's serious and doesn't go around and pose for the cameras. as sam said, he comes up with his own ideas. whether you agree with him or not, at least that's where we start the debate. >> go back to the first point when obama, it was clear in september of 2008 when it was clear he was going to inherit a bad thing if he won, he would say to his staff, is it too late to throw this thing? because there was still a ch...