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Outlining his approach of introducing financial regulation without impacting the nation's economic interests overseas. speaking to business leaders yesterday, he also addressed the current political climate, which he says is affecting the nation's prospects. >> we've arrived at a juncture in our politics where reasonable efforts to update our regulations or make basic investments in our future are too often greeted with cries of government takeovers. or even socialism. and not only does that kind of rhetoric deny our history, but it prevents us from asking hard questions about the right balanc...

Really should go to the law school there and deliver a lecture on wrongful persecution. because for my mind -- >> thank you. >> rod blagojevich and david paterson would make the best ticket in 2012. you put these two people before you even start. you have illinois, you have new york. you're on your way to 270 ele electoral votes, willie. >> we stand, we stand next to rod blagojevich. all right. guys coming up at the top of the hour, you've been talking about it all morning -- robert gibbs, we're going to use the right picture of him and it's going to be great. keep it on ""morning joe"" we'll ...

They care about jobs. we forced a simple up or down vote. i never go back and have constituents say, could you put a few more exemptions -- >> are you going to support the health care bill when it comes out again? >> i supported the version when it came out in the house. i've not a big fan of the senate version. >> the stupak amendments outlawed funding for abortion. i understand funding for abortion is back in the senate bill. if it comes in the bill over in the house and they're going to fund abortion, would you fund the health care bill? >> i've got a lot of problems with the senate bill. t...

Bipartisan victory. how are they going to do it in a way that tries to also at the same time undermine the other stuff. so the theatrics of this are probably going to be a little much, interesting for all of us to try to interpret. >> okay. at the same time, i feel like -- remember that session obviously when the president went to the republicans event and it was so good, at least in terms of the optics for the white house. and everyone was saying the next day, we need more of this, we need more of this. why has this all of a sudden sort of fallen apart in terms of the optics? because it seems...

>> i think she's frankly one of the brightest guests on the show. >> and willie geist in vancouver there with the headlines there. >> and willie's one of the brightest guests we have on the set in vancouver. >> absolutely. >> not right now i'm not that bright, i can tell you at this hour. i'll get to it, let me give you one quick headline before you get back to your conversation, guys. some controversy on the american ski team. lindsey vonn, the superstar, the golden girl, the "sports illustrated" cover girl, thought to be the greatest american skier ever, going down here in the giant slalom. ...