Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131228:16:03:00
Trymaine lee, sherrilyn ifill. so thanks for putting that piece together. sometimes it's hard to remember this was the year in which the president was reinaugurated. right? and yet stands at this point with approval rating of just 40%, a disapproval rating of 52%. how hard a year was it for president obama? >> well, i think it was an incredibly hard year. we should note that the economy did improve, so that was another bright shot-spot at the end of the year. the unemployment rate dropped to 7%. i think what you're see noug is a bit of a reset within the obama administration. certainly that st...