Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110812:13:24:00
To run against. congress. >> this downgrade you've been reading about could have been entirely avoided if there had been a willingness to compromise in congress. there's some in congress right now who would rather see their opponents lose than see america win. >> well, is this the stronger president obama? some critics have been waiting for? is it too little, too late? never too little, too late. we're joined by the senior political strategist for president obama's re-election campaign, david axelrod. okay. >> chuck. >> i want to ask you, he actually addressed an issue that had become a debate...