>> you know, it's one of those cases where the political class in washington has disagreed. the obama supporters naturally want him to run. they like conflict and those on the right who want to be able to use president obama as a point of contact for their criticism, they want him to run, too. it's people like pat nye who have tried to put america first who have been in the oval office working for democratic presidents who really believe the pressures are so intense now that politics should come last to solving our problems and he should go to re-election. >> someone used to criticism is sarah palin. she weighed in on this. let's take a look at what she said. >> we know that obama wasn't vetted through the campaign and now, you know, some things are coming home to roost, if you will, with his inexperience and his associations and that's ultimately harms our republic when a candidate isn't -- isn't vetted by the media. >> do you agree with that? >> i absolutely agree. the amount of attention that was