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Wow. welcome back to "hardball." that was of course was president obama talking to a bipartisan dinner meeting of congressional leaders at the white house last night. early poll numbers show some big changes in attitudes. a "washington post" pugh research center poll conducted monday finds a spike in the country's attitude about how things are going. roughly 1-3 now say they are satisfied. it was 1-4 in march. that's an uptick. the president's personal approval, however, has gone way up in this poll. he is up at plus 18 points now, and was at minus three last month. while the country is positi...

Howard fineman is the editorial director for "the huffington post" and msnbc analyst. and todd perdham is the national and todd perdham is the national editor -- do i have to ask what republicans -- secular cannonization. the guy would be on mt. rushmore if w. had done this. carving the stone tonight, right? >> no question. >> the spiking of the ball. >> just like what george w. did, you know, on the aircraft carrier. >> without even doing it. >> it wasn't really mission accomplished. this really was a mission accomplished. if it were they, the republicans, there would be fireworks everywhere....

And todd perdham is the national editor. do i have to ask what republicans -- secular cannonization. the guy would be on mt. rushmore if w. had done this. carving the stone tonight, right? >> no question. >> the spiking of the ball. >> just like what george w. did, you know, on the aircraft carrier. >> without even doing it. >> it wasn't really mission accomplished. this really was mission accomplished. if it was the republicans, there would be fireworks everywhere. >> todd, do you want to venture a partisan assessment here? >> i think most republicans were quite effusive of the praise of the ...