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Failing. >> kimberly: i think having axelrod go out, who isn't the most likable or articulate individual to defend you. guess what? no one else is left standing. clinton, corey booker. buler? buler? nobody left. axelrod goes out and he doesn't do a good job of it. they are alienating facts. >> bob: if we could make a point of relationship to the public at large. the sunday talk shows are -- nobody watches them outside of boston. >> kimberly: we watch them. >> bob: in new york. people in the average america doesn't follow those things. having said that, dana said the public sector is doing bett...

>> kimberly: bolling, bolling -- >> eric: let's talk about that. when he says the private sector is doing fine, everyone said it's a gaffe. look what happened. did he not expose something, did he not tell the world what he is really thinking? >> dana: that is the thing on friday. as soon as he said that, about 10:35 in the morning. everyone knew what the headline was coming out of the day for political use in the 24-hour period. it lasted through the sunday shows. then we get to this morning and you start to have more of a look at what did he mean by that? one of the things he was arguing is g...

When he says that the private sector is doing fine and trying to help the public sector, any measure is doing better than private sector, you got a twist -- what is this? twist around the apple? >> greg: axelrod claims that the comment was taken out of context. which where is this mythical context? where all of obama's phrases make sense? can we all move to this mythical land of context where we can understand him -- >> eric: stay on that a second. axelrod over the weekend, axelrod over the weekend said the phrase, the comment taken out of context. but that is something that obama already walk...

To 11 is not a good rate. >> eric: before you jump in. pull up a full screen. see who is doing better. doing fine in actuality. the public sector or the private sector. federal employee wages. this is from the bureau of labor statistics. $37,000 a year -- $73,000. if you go private sector, it's $47,000. wages among federal workers 4.2%. private employees we don't have the actual number but it has to be above 8.2% because 4.2% of public sectors workers are in that number. >> bob: but you are not counting the half a million people who lost jobs at state, local government. that is a federal job. ...