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>> it's going to be do people feel like -- this is almost anywhere. do people feel like this or not. if they feel like things are getting better and the president's party more credit. if they feel like things are not getting better fast enough, then the opposition party to the president does better. that's going to be the question, but it seems to be favoring the president right now. >> that's interesting. in 2010, the public was impatient and threw out the democrats. two years later, that is that much better. >> they showed patience. the question is, is this the new normal. are people used to...

Hear about it, but where is the courageous person who is going to make that public? >> nowhere. i mean, come on, it was left to rand paul to say anything about the drums. you didn't see anything, ron wyden, no one to stand up for profiles in courage in anything that i can tell. dana is right the reason that republicans are saying why hasn't-- why hasn't the senate proposed a budget or passed a budget, it's because the democrats can't agree on it. if it's within their own caucus that they cannot reach agreement on these issues, they can't reach agreement on what to do with entitlements or long-...

The courageous person who is going to make that public? >> nowhere. i mean, come on, it was left to rand paul to say anything about the drums. you didn't see anything, ron wyden, no one to stand up for profiles in courage in anything that i can tell. dana is right the reason that republicans are saying why hasn't-- why hasn't the senate proposed a budget or passed a budget, it's because the democrats can't agree on it. if it's within their own caucus that they cannot reach agreement on these issues, they can't reach agreement on what to do with entitlements or long-term spending on what to do ...

Deference. liberals don't accord them that, but conservatives do. >> smart point. fast and furious, the other news story of this last week was the fact that the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, was held in contempt twice on bipartisan votes in congress. it gets down to the question of transparency. what happened with fast and furious, to what extent was president obama aware of that? listen to a sound bite from the speaker of the house john boehner on this question. here he is. >> do you expect that the justice department will bring suit against their own attorney general? w...

Things are different now is the basic thing. when i look at my facebook feed, it is filled with these stories and i feel like there is a certain point, because of the way facebook in particular is this tool that locks -- this explains one of the reasons why i think the stories aren't connecting to people in lower income brackets. i think a lot of people who are online in facebook in particular are organizing. the blogosphere is fantastic bringing those thoughts but doesn't work together like facebook does. i think why it's grabbed attraction is the straightforward thing. when i look at my face...