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Apparatus. >> there's not. you're not seeing anyone make any move. while they want him to run, he's not making any moves. will duvall patrick come in? he's talking about having a robust primary. there is no move being made. >> an important point i think has not gotten focused on. we focused on how aggravated the white house was and yet they did not save her but they certainly didn't throw her over. the important thing is how much of the white house apparatus is sort of moving over to the campaign and past obama advisers. they see her as the best hope for preserving his legacy. >> so do voters....

>> those who get the care give it highway marks. >> absolutely. >> but the problem -- >> the problem is we have good benefit system. we spent a lot of money, this isn't a money issue. we spent a lot of money on our veterans. we had 30 million veterans and the budget was 20 billion. we have about 21 million, the budget is 160 billion. we're putting money on the problem. we need leadership in the areas where we can access the -- allow people to access the system. >> when there was speculation about shinseki, this was written, it's a parody of crisis management. let's find someone is, who they mi...

He'll serve until a permanent replacement can be nominated and confirmed. one of the names floated for the job is james webb. he is a decorated marine, former secretary of the navy and author of the new memoir "i heard my country calling." senator, thanks for being here. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> so first it of all, the reaction to the move from both sides of the aisle has been pretty universal that shinseki needed to go. do you agree? was that the right move? >> i've been saying ever since the latest problem erupted that's between the president and general shinseki. but i've been wo...

Have. i think, in fact, obama and the congress are going to turn around if he's re-elected after the election and be coping with these difficult choice all over again. >> toss in there that there is data that helps with this as well. senator webb at president obama's campaign event yesterday in virginia started out by saying the stock market has doubled during the period that obama has been in office, but there are, obviously, other bits of data that are a disconnect from this. >> the fascinating thing, on two bigger issue, afghanistan and the economy, the biggest vulnerability the president h...

Summer of 2010, senator jim webb, democrat, wrote, i dedicated my political career to bringing fairness to the economic system and our work force regardless of what people may look like or worship. unfortunately present day programs work against that notion having expanded so far beyond their original purpose that they now favor anyone who does not happen to be white. now, i'm not asking you to weigh in on affirmative action, but is that the underlying sentiment that you're talking about here among working class white people? >> i think it is. you know, i am going to stay in the camp that says...